These are a series of notes collected as I gather knowledge on tips and tricks for hacking your brain to reach peak performance.
1. Having more time in life Link to heading
The perception of time depends on how much attention our brains pay. When we are not paying attention, we are daydreaming. Adults typically daydream for up to 30% of their waking hours.
To increase productive time, pay full attention, catch yourself when you daydream, and bring your focus back to the task. When full attention is given, almost all the processing power of the prefrontal cortex is available to work with.
When attentive, the mind chatters less, making us calmer and more likely to enter the flow state. So pay full attention to whatever you are doing—lose track of time, and paradoxically, you gain more of it.
Source: Make MORE TIME using Neuroscience
2. Don’t share your goals until you have started working on them Link to heading
This might seem like a superstitious belief, but it is not. Our brain is optimized to pursue anything that can trigger a dopamine release—what the AI world calls a reward function. When we share our goals, it triggers dopamine, causing us to feel satisfied and ready to move on to the next goal. Withholding your goals prevents that premature release, leaving your brain motivated to pursue the goal for the potential future reward.
Source: Andrew Huberman Goals Toolkit
3. Finish what you start Link to heading
A simple yet effective technique for exercising and building willpower. Start with smaller tasks so the friction to begin—and to finish—is much lower. Momentum compounds.