Hack Your Brain III - The Dark Side

It's hard to keep working when we're frustrated or just feeling lazy. So can we use tricks to perform best, when we're at our worst? Know thy weaknesses, train yourself, bribe yourself, track yourself!

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1. The Dark Side of
   HACK YOUR BRAIN
   @abelar_s
   maitre-du-monde.fr
   @HumanTalks
   09/04/2013
   This is the dark part of my « Hack Your Brain » series:
   how I hacked myself, with examples I’m not proud of.
   But hey, I learned.
   Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu
   R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn
   Everyone thinks of changing the world,
   but no one thinks of changing himself.
   ~ Tolstoy
   

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2. Come to the Dark Side...
   ... we have cookies.
   Who am I?
   ‣ EPITA, FAVEOD, ParisRB
   ‣ Ruby since 2006
   ‣ Rails since 2007
   ‣ Asking questions since 1984
   

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3. Come to the Dark Side...
   ... we have cookies.
   Who am I?
   ‣ This talk follows...
   ‣ Health tips from geek to geek
   ‣ Hack Your Brain - for introduction
   ‣ H.Y.B. Trivia - for my science heroes
   ‣ Hack Your Motivation - that’s theory
   ‣ ... and now for the practice!
   

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4. Come to the Dark Side...
   ... we have cookies.
   Starting blo!s
   Why & How?
   

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5. Come to the Dark Side...
   ... we have cookies.
   Starting blo!s Jasper Maskeline
   Why & How?
   ‣ Unsatisfaction
   ‣ I’m always frustrated
   ‣ Laziness
   ‣ I am very lazy
   

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6. Come to the Dark Side...
   ... we have cookies.
   For what?
   Being smart
   

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7. Come to the Dark Side...
   ... we have cookies.
   For what? Jean-Jacques Rousseau
   Being smart
   ‣ credible excuses
   ‣ arrogant
   ‣ liar
   

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8. Come to the Dark Side...
   ... we have cookies.
   Rewards Voltaire
   Be productive
   

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9. Come to the Dark Side...
   ... we have cookies.
   Rewards Voltaire
   Be productive
   ‣ respect
   ‣ power
   ‣ boss
   ‣ €!
   

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10. Come to the Dark Side...
    ... we have cookies.
    Triggers
    Being fit
    

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11. Come to the Dark Side...
    ... we have cookies.
    Triggers Molière
    Being fit
    ‣ health
    ‣ lose fat
    ‣ get a girl!
    

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12. Come to the Dark Side...
    ... we have cookies.
    Habits
    Stop destroying yourself
    

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13. Come to the Dark Side...
    ... we have cookies.
    Habits Lincoln
    ‣ procrastination
    ‣ nail biting
    ‣ smoking
    ‣ TV
    ‣ shame
    ‣ your mom
    Stop destroying yourself
    

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14. Come to the Dark Side...
    ... we have cookies.
    Social
    ‣ Willpower
    ‣ Tracking
    

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15. Come to the Dark Side...
    ... we have cookies.
    Social Steve Jobs
    ‣Tracking
    ‣ temptations
    ‣ patterns
    ‣ SMART
    ‣Willpower
    ‣ pride, social, herd
    ‣ training
    ‣ bribes
    

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16. Come to the Dark Side...
    ... we have cookies.
    maitre-du-monde.fr
    @abelar_s:
    - twitter
    - slideshare
    -speakerdeck
    Questions?
    

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17. OH, & ONE MORE THING...
    Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu
    R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn
    

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18. Starting blocks
    Rage! Steal!
    ‣ Unsatisfaction
    ‣ Laziness
    

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19. Starting blocks Jasper Maskeline
    Rage! Steal!
    ‣ Unsatisfaction
    ‣ stay hungry
    ‣ stay foolish
    ‣ Laziness
    ‣ avoid work
    ‣ delegate
    ‣ reuse
    ‣ hire
    

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20. For what?
    Learn!
    ‣ knowledge is power
    ‣ experiments
    ‣ unfinished work /!\
    

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21. For what? Jean-Jacques Rousseau
    Learn!
    ‣ knowledge is power
    ‣ backs your claims
    ‣ stay ahead
    ‣ experiments
    ‣ deal with uncertainty
    ‣ more fun than work
    ‣ disregard rules
    ‣ sheer quantity
    ‣ unfinished work /!\
    

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22. Rewards
    Earn money!
    ‣ beat your boss
    ‣ understand how it’s done
    ‣ take credit when due
    ‣ be flawless
    

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23. Rewards Voltaire
    Earn money!
    ‣ beat your boss
    ‣ be flawless
    

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24. Triggers
    Be healthy!
    ‣ strength to spare
    

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25. Triggers Molière
    Be healthy!
    ‣ strength to spare
    ‣ let others be jealous
    ‣ tackle hard problems
    ‣ less problems
    

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26. Habits
    ‣ stop procrastination
    ‣ don’t work
    ‣ stop the waste
    Rebuild yourself!
    

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27. Habits Lincoln
    ‣ stop procrastination
    ‣ willpower, triggers, weaknesses
    ‣ stop notifications
    ‣ don’t work
    ‣ automate stuff
    ‣ work effortlessly
    ‣ stop the waste
    ‣ find time wasters
    ‣ find energy wasters
    Rebuild yourself!
    

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28. Social
    ‣Tracking
    ‣Willpower
    

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29. Social Steve Jobs
    ‣Tracking
    ‣ temptations
    ‣ patterns
    ‣ traps
    ‣ SMART
    ‣Willpower
    ‣ bribes
    ‣ social / herd
    ‣ training
    ‣ health
    

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30. maitre-du-monde.fr
    @abelar_s:
    - twitter
    - slideshare
    -speakerdeck
    Questions?
    Thanks!
    

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31. You left the Dark Side
    All by yourself, with small increments.
    Was that so hard?
    Achievement Unlocked!
    

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