This 22-Year-Old Olympic Champion was asked If She Thinks Before She Speaks. Her Answer Is a Lesson in Neuroscience.See her response in the link below

“Do you think before you speak?”

That’s what a reporter recently asked Olympic champion Eileen Gu. Already the most decorated freestyle skier in Winter Olympic history—at 22 years of age—Gu has become known for her fiery, quick responses to reporters’ questions.

“I’m a very introspective young woman,” Gu replied. “I spend a lot of time in my own head.”

Gu then shared something exception.

“You can control what you think,” Gu continued. “Like, you can control how you think and therefore you can control who you are. And especially as a young person … With neuroplasticity on my side, I can literally become exactly who I want to be.

As an emotional intelligence coach who’s studied the most successful performers in sports and business for over a decade, I can assure you what Gu is highlighting—the brain’s ability to adapt and change—is a major lesson in unlocking success in work and life.

What exactly is neuroplasticity? And more important, how can you use it to achieve your goals? Let’s break it down.

Use the Military Sleep Method to Fall Asleep Within 2 Minutes, Starting TonightThis technique developed by the Navy to help pilots just might help you fall asleep a lot faster.

Getting good sleep is critical. A 2018 study found that people who sleep for five to six hours are 19 percent less productive than people who regularly sleep for seven to eight hours per night. People who sleep for fewer than five hours are nearly 30 percent less productive.

Sure, they’re awake longer. But they actually get less done.

That’s because other research shows that only getting six hours of sleep makes any task that requires focus, deep thinking, or problem-solving a lot harder. In fact, where attention and reaction time are concerned, only sleeping six hours is like drinking a couple of beers, and only sleeping four hours is like drinking five beers. Other research shows that sleep deprivation makes completing any activity that requires multiple steps — meaning pretty much anything you try to do — much more difficult.

If that’s not enough, another study shows that lack of sleep causes increased activity in your brain’s reward centers specific to food. Eating a poor diet causes a lack of sleep, which unfortunately leads to eating an even poorer diet. (Yay.)

So, yeah: Most people know they need more sleep.

But what if you struggle to fall asleep?

Try a trick called the Military Sleep Method.

Olympic Champion Skier Eileen Gu’s Lesson in Neuroscience