Mirror neurons: The mysterious mechanism that determines who you are.

Before you learned to speak, before you even understood what "I" is – your brain was already observing, learning, and copying. As a child, you did not analyze, did not plan, did not understand. But your brain was already processing stimuli from the environment, recording them as patterns to follow. It is thanks to this that you began to walk before you even understood what it meant to "go." You watched your parents move around the house, smile, talk, and get angry. And you absorbed it all with your entire being.

It’s not magic. It’s mirror neurons – small but incredibly powerful nerve cells that have one essential function: to teach you life through imitation.

They are what make us feel empathy, what allows us to share in the emotions of others. They are responsible for the fact that after watching a motivational movie, you feel like taking action, while after an hour of browsing gloomy news, you feel emptiness and fatigue.

They also determine what beliefs you build about yourself – whether you believe you can or that you can’t. Because before you started thinking consciously, you were learning unconsciously. From your parents. Teachers. Friends from the playground. Your boss. Influencers from Instagram. Anyone you watched, read, or listened to. All of this shaped you. And most importantly – it continues to shape you.

After all, you are already an adult.

You have the power of choice. You can decide what you want to "feed" yourself. What images, words, emotions, attitudes you want to absorb. Because your brain, although developed, still operates based on the same principles: it imitates what it sees most often.

This can be good news – but also a warning.

If you are still surrounded by people who lack ambition, do not develop, constantly complain, and are perpetually tired – your brain registers this model and treats it as the "norm." By turning on mainstream media every day, which is so filled with negative information, designed to keep us in perpetual uncertainty about our tomorrow. Streaming series that are filled with crimes and all kinds of violence. All of this affects how you live. If, on the other hand, you start surrounding yourself with stimuli that support your health, growth, courage, and agency – your brain will begin to replicate this. Even if it rebels at first, remember the goal of improving your life conditions.

So what can you do?

• Replace excuses with action.
• Replace complaining with inspiration.
• Replace "impossible" with "what can I do to get closer to my goal?"
• Start choosing content that builds you up, rather than weakens you.
• Start investing time in people who lift you up, not bring you down.
• Start being a conscious author of your own life - instead of a passive recipient.

Because your life will not change until you change what you let into it.

Change does not start with a big decision. It starts with one conscious choice. Start today. Your brain is already waiting for you.