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!

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 /!

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

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

24. Triggers
Be healthy!
‣ strength to spare

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

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

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!

28. Social
‣Tracking‣Willpower

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

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

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