Definition: Neurons that fire together wire together, neurons that fire apart wire apart.
Insight: The brain is able to change neural pathways and synapses, making it possible to create new circuits that help us to perform tasks or problem solve effectively.
Insight: Through training we can manipulate which circuits we want to strengthen in our brain, and train our problem solving skills.
Insight: Breaking problems into smaller steps helps us train specific areas that will help us become more effective problem solvers.
Definition: Neurons that fire together, wire together.
Insight: The more you repeat an activity, the structure of your brain changes so that you become more efficient at that activity.
Insight: Habits are formed when a behaviour becomes more automatic, through repetition.
Insight: Repetition is key to encoding new habits.
Reference: Donald Hebb, 1949.
Definition: Nerve cells that fire together, wire together.
Insight: If your repeatedly activate the same nerve cells, each time it will become easier to activate the relevant cells together, and eventually the neurons will form a long term relationship.
Insight: In time, repeated thoughts, behaviours, or feelings can become automatic, unconscious habits.
Definition: What fires together, wires together.
Insight: Your brain can grow and change throughout your life.
Insight: Your brain is plastic: "use it or lose it".
Key Insights & Principles
Personal Growth & Habits
The human brain is plastic: it can change over time based on how we use it.
Repeated activities, behaviours, or thoughts over time can create new neural pathways that make those activities more efficient over time.
Habits are created through repetition.
Practice what you want to embed as habits, and repeat.
