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Eileen Gu saw the funny side when asked by journalists how she is able to speak so freely and quickly
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00:00This isn't supposed to be a rude question, but do you think before you speak, because you answer questions so
00:09quickly and so comprehensively, whether it's about geopolitics or your sport or aerodynamics, like, can you take us into your
00:18brain?
00:21Thank you, Charlotte. That's very kind.
00:25Oh, man. Do I think? I think, overall, I'm just a pensive person. Like, I'm a very introspective, I'm an
00:33introspective young woman. Like, I spend a lot of time in my head, and it's not a bad place to
00:38be. I journal a lot. I break down all of my thought processes. I think I apply a very analytical
00:43lens to my own thinking, and I kind of modify it, because it's so interesting. You can control what you
00:49think.
00:50Like, you can control how you think, and therefore, you can control who you are. And especially as a young
00:54person, like, I'm 22, so with neuroplasticity on my side, I can literally become exactly who I want to be.
01:00How cool is that? Like, how empowering is that, right? And so, the fact is, I get to become, every
01:05day, the kind of person that me, at age eight, would revere.
01:09Like, I would be obsessed with me today. Are you kidding? I would love me. And I think that's the
01:13biggest flex of all time, that you can have, like, little younger you be proud of you today.
01:17And so, I guess, for me, it's like, yes, I spend a lot of time in my own head. Yes,
01:21I think a lot. But it's not really, like, in an egotistical kind of way.
01:24It's in, like, a tinkering, like, a scientist kind of way. I'm always, like, trying to modify. I'm trying to
01:28think, how can I be better?
01:29How can I approach my own brain the way that I approach my craft of free skiing, so that I
01:34can be better tomorrow than I was today?
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