Go to Settings and navigate to the search bar. Type "color filters" and select the option to switch to Grayscale mode.

How To Apply The Grayscale Hack

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.

4.20-Second Wall

Hit the practice range until you gain enough XP to finish the quest.

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.

The Gum Buff

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.

Examples of Rituals Done by Professionals

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.

3.90/20 Time Hack

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.

8. Feynman Method Hack

Phones are like dopamine slot machines.
Flashy colors, flashing notifications, and infinite scrolling.
But in Grayscale mode, it's like turning your screen into an old Gameboy.
Suddenly, Instagram looks ancient.
TikTok is so boring, it's not even worth your time.
Your brain loses interest because the reward system just got a mid-season nerf.
Without color, the emotional charge fades.
Apps start to feel like chores.
It won't fix everything, but it will guide you and give you more willpower to stop.

2. Grayscale Hack

You start an activity, but abandon it completely. This is the Zeigarnik Hack.
Your brain flags unfinished tasks with bright flashing red markers until they are completed.
When you start a task and walk away, your brain sets a permanent waypoint marker that won't go away until you finish it.
Once the loop is open, your brain becomes obsessed with closing it.
Use that obsession to your advantage by starting a task.

1.The Zeigarnik Hack

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.

7. Flow State Hack

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.

6. Task Priorities Hack

There are some really good hacks  you can apply to make you work instead of being distracted and procrastinating.

8 Brain Hacks to Use in Your Everyday Life Explained in 4 Minutes
Use These Hacks Today to Level Up:

➤ TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 - The Zeigarnik Hack
00:33 - Grayscale Hack
01:08 - 90/20 Time Hack
01:35 - 20-Second Wall Hack
02:04 - The Gum Buff
02:28 - Task Priorities Hack
03:02 - Flow State Ritual Hack
03:30 - Feynman Technique 


Learn them. Use them. Hack your life today.


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