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- You can control what you think.
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Like you can control how you think and therefore you can control who you are.
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And especially as a young person, like I'm 22, so with neuroplasticity on my side, I can literally become exactly who I want to be.
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How cool is that?
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Like how empowering is that, right?
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Arlene Gu once said, "You can control what you think.
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You can control how you think." and therefore you can control who you are.
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At first, that sounds like just another motivational quote.
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But when you look at her life, it's actually the foundation of how she operates.
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She's an Olympic gold medalist, one of the best freestyle skiers in the world, a model, and a student at Stanford University.
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I'm trying to modify.
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I'm trying to think how can I be better?
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How can I approach my own brain the way
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that I approach my craft of free skiing so that I can be better tomorrow than I was today?
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Four mindset principles that have shaped Aileen Gu's success.
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and how you can apply them to your own life.
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Aileen Gu treats her mind like something she can train, just like her body.
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This connects to the idea of neuroplasticity.
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I'm an introspective young woman.
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Like I spend a lot of time in my head and it's not a bad place to be.
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I journal a lot.
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I break down all of my thought processes.
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I think I apply a very analytical lens.
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to my own thinking and I kind of modify it
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because it's so interesting you can control what you think like you can control how you think
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and therefore you can control who you are
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and especially as a young person like I'm 22
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so with neuroplasticity on my side I can literally become exactly who I want to be how cool is
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that like how empowering is that right neuroplasticity the brain's ability to change adapt
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and form new neural pathways based on experience and repetition in simple terms Your brain is not fixed,
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it changes, based on what you repeatedly think and do.
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That means your habits, your thoughts, and even your self -image are not permanent.
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Over time, repetition strengthens certain neural pathways and weakens others.
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So the more you practice certain ways of thinking, the more automatic they become.
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Gu has spoken about journaling and spending time analyzing your thoughts, which reflects this idea in practice.
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The main idea is simple: you're not stuck with who you are right now.
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Your brain is constantly being shaped by what you repeat.
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Your thoughts shape who you are.
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Eileen believes your thoughts don't just affect how you feel, they shape your identity.
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As she puts it, you can control what you think, you can control how you think, and therefore you can control who you are.
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One of the key lessons she learned came from her coach who explained that nervousness and excitement are physically the same response.
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The only difference is how your brain labels it.
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So instead of thinking, I'm nervous, she learned to think, I'm excited.
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My high school cross -country coach,
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Corin, told me about the theory of appraisal. when you're excited.
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Your brain decides if it's a positive or a negative value.
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When I used to feel really nervous, she would say: You're not nervous, you're just excited.
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That's really translated to any high pressure situation I've ever been since then.
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That small shift changes how she performs under pressure.
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This connects to a bigger idea.
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Identity is built through repetition.
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If you repeatedly see yourself as someone who learns, adapts, and improves your behavior starts to match that identity.
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Even your self -talk matters because the way you speak to yourself becomes the way you act.
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Before Eileen performs a trick on the mountain, she has visualization as a psychological practice of performing movements.
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The brain cannot tell the difference between a vividly imagined scene and a real one.
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It is most effective when it engages your sight, hearing, smell, touch, and taste.
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It's because the brain cannot easily tell the difference between a vividly imagined scene and a real one.
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run, but it's not just imagination, it's structured.
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She mentally runs through the movement from different perspectives, focuses on how it will feel, and builds a full sensory experience.
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The core part of her mindset is her willingness to take risks.
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A big thing is I'm not afraid to try.
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I take big risks, and...
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For the last two Olympics, it's worked out.
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But even if it hadn't, I think I left nothing on the table.
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Like I know that looking back at this Olympics and the months that preceded it, There's quite literally nothing that I could have done more.
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Like I did everything I could.
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She said,
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that the worst failure isn't falling short, it's not trying at all.
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For her, progress only happens when she's willing to step into the unknown and trust her preparation.
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Instead of avoiding failure, she uses it
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as a part of the process because if you never try you don't fail but you also don't grow
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What makes Aileen Gu's mindset so powerful is that none of it depends on talent.
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It starts with the belief that your mind can change.
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She trains her thoughts like she trains her body.
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She reframes pressure.
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She visualizes success before it happens.
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And she's willing to take risks even when the outcome isn't guaranteed.
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So who you become isn't fixed by your circumstances.
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It's shaped by what you repeat every day.
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think you can control how you think and therefore you can control who you are.
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So the real question is simple: if your mind can change, Who are you going to become?
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- I'm gonna do it.

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Prime impressioni: perché questo video è ottimo per la pratica di conversazione in inglese

Questo video su Eileen Gu è un materiale fantastico per chi vuole migliorare la propria pronuncia inglese e la fluidità. La lingua usata è colloquiale ma articolata, con frasi naturali che riflettono come le persone parlano nella vita reale. Inoltre, i concetti trattati (come la neuroplasticità o la gestione del stress) sono interessanti e stimolanti, il che rende il processo di apprendimento più piacevole. Ogni frase è carica di emozione e intonazione, perfetta per esercitarsi con il shadowing in inglese: ripetere immediatamente dopo il parlante per imitare il tono, la velocità e le pause.

Scomponiamo il testo: frasi naturali e come usarle

Ecco tre frasi che dimostrano come il linguaggio si usa nella vita quotidiana:

  • "You can control what you think. You can control how you think." La ripetizione della struttura "you can control" rende il messaggio potente e facile da ricordare. In inglese, le ripetizioni sono spesso usate per enfatizzare un concetto. Per imitarla, focalizzati sulla pronuncia di "control" (con la "t" soft) e sulla pausa tra le due frasi.
  • "That small shift changes how she performs under pressure." La parola "shift" è un esempio di vocabolo versatile: qui significa "cambio minore". La frase usa il tempo presente per narrare un fatto generale, una struttura molto comune nelle conversazioni. Per la pronuncia, prestati attenzione a "performs" (la "s" finale è soft) e a "pressure" (la "sh" come in "shampoo").
  • "How cool is that? How empowering is that, right?" Queste domande retoriche sono tipiche del linguaggio colloquiale. Usano l'intonazione ascendente per creare coinvolgimento. Per riprodurle, imita l'energia nella voce di Eileen e la pausa dopo "right" per dare il tempo di riflettere.

Una routine di pratica: shadowing per migliorare velocemente

Prova questa semplice routine per esercitarti con il video: 1. Guarda un frammento di 10-15 secondi e ascolta attentamente l'intonazione e la pronuncia. 2. Ripeti immediatamente dopo, cercando di imitare ogni dettaglio (velocità, pause, enfasi). 3. Registrati mentre ripeti e confronta il tuo audio con l'originale: noterai dove devi migliorare (es. la "th" in "the" o la lunghezza delle vocali). 4. Ripeti il processo per 5-10 volte finché la frase suona naturale. Questo metodo, chiamato shadow speak, aiuta a rafforzare le connessioni neurali tra ascolto e produzione del linguaggio, sfruttando proprio la neuroplasticità di cui parla Eileen! Con la pratica regolare, noterai che la tua pronuncia inglese diventa più fluida e confidenziale.

La grammatica di questo video

Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:

StrutturaNel video
Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fais not fixed · being shaped · is built
Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adessohave shaped · has spoken · I've ever been

Cos'è la tecnica dello Shadowing?

Shadowing è una tecnica di apprendimento delle lingue supportata da studi scientifici, originariamente sviluppata per la formazione dei traduttori professionisti e resa popolare dal poliglotta Dr. Alexander Arguelles. Il metodo è semplice ma potente: ascolti un audio in inglese di madrelingua e lo ripeti immediatamente ad alta voce — come un'ombra che segue il parlante con un ritardo di solo 1–2 secondi. A differenza dell'ascolto passivo o degli esercizi di grammatica, lo shadowing costringe il tuo cervello e i muscoli della bocca a elaborare e riprodurre simultaneamente i modelli di discorso reale. La ricerca dimostra che migliora significativamente la precisione della pronuncia, l'intonazione, il ritmo, il discorso connesso, la comprensione dell'ascolto e la fluidità del parlato — rendendolo uno dei metodi più efficaci per la preparazione alla prova di speaking dell'IELTS e per la comunicazione reale in inglese.

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