Every Brain Hack Explained in 4 Minutes

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Your brain runs in ultra-cycling cycles.

The first 90 minutes of deep work have the maximum productivity gain. Go further and you will start to burn out.

But here's how to solve it: take a 20-minute break, ignoring this natural timer. If you don't, you will also burn out.

Don't grind non-stop.

Sprint, rest, repeat.

Your bad habits are the invisible walls guarding your productivity.

The solution: build a 20-second delay.

Log out, hide the app, move the snacks.

Make the bad habits annoying enough that your brain reconsiders and doesn't want to do them anymore.

The extra seconds can be the difference between scrolling for an hour and staying focused.

Use a gum before studying.

Consume it again during the exam, that's a contextual memory buff.

Your brain autosaves with the help of sensory triggers like checkpoints.

Chewing the same flavored gum helps put you in the same mental zone.

Your senses are shortcuts into your old mental state.

Do your hardest tasks first. Your brain wakes up with maximum focus and zero mental clutter.

But if you open your phone first, congrats! You just screwed up every task you had and 30% of your processing power to reels and rage bait.

Start with your biggest tasks instead. It's the main priority, and finishing it sets the tone for the whole day.

It gives you a dopamine rush that fuels your next tasks and gives you momentum.

Start a ritual, such as lighting a candle and cracking every knuckle in your left hand.

Whatever your weird ritual is, you're signaling your brain that it's time to enter focus mode.

No lag, no minimal clutter, no loading screen - just instant lock-in.

Focus isn't just summoned by willpower; it's also triggered by pattern recognition.

You're creating a shortcut to enter flow. 

It's not superstition; it's behavioral programming. Rituals are the keyboard macros of productivity.

LeBron James is often seen performing slow diaphragmatic breathing during breaks.

Michael Phelps would always listen to Eminem before racing as part of his pre-competition routine.

Stephen Curry is known for his wide range of pre-game rituals, including a whole sprint. He also describes his mental state as going on autopilot and feeling at one with the game when he's in the zone.

Stuck somewhere? Try explaining it out loud - not only to yourself, but to your imaginary disciples. That's the Feynman technique.

If you stumble over your own words, it means you haven't understood it yet.

Every stumble is a hidden bug in your mental code - find it and fix it.

Then try explaining it again - simpler, cleaner, and faster.

The goal isn't to sound smart - the goal is to teach it like an in-game tutorial.

When you can explain it without pausing, you've officially understood it.