Hack Your Own Brain
Like Duolingo, but for Hack Your Own Brain. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
For the part of you with thirty open tabs that never became anything.
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Key ideas in Hack Your Own Brain
- Dopamine is triggered by the anticipation of a reward, not just the reward itself
- A finished book provides a predictable experience, which generates less dopamine than an unknown one
- Variable rewards create a 'slot machine' effect that is harder to quit
- Predictable rewards lead to faster satiation and stopping
- App interfaces are intentionally built to exploit the brain's reward system
- The relationship between reward patterns and user behavior
- The physical action of swiping creates a brief moment of 'variable' suspense
- Willpower is a finite resource that often fails during stress
- An existing habit acts as a reliable 'anchor' or trigger for a new one
- The brain requires a consistent cue to initiate a routine
- The reward reinforces the loop so the brain repeats it next time
- The logical sequence of a habit loop
- Visual cues in your physical space trigger specific actions
- Habit stacking with anchors
- Reducing friction makes a behavior more likely
- The habit loop
You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo gives Hack Your Own Brain the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
When does your brain release the most dopamine while you are using a social media app?
Get it right to open this lesson and 25 more in the app.
Where Hack Your Own Brain takes you
Stop wondering why you do the things you do. Learn how to trick your habits, read the room, and finally understand the hidden shortcuts your mind takes every day.
- 1
Master Your Daily Habits
- Why you can't stop scrolling
- Building a routine that actually sticks
- How to beat the afternoon slump
- The secret to staying focused
- 2
Read People Like a Pro
- What body language is really saying
- How to be a better listener
- Why we follow the crowd
- The power of first impressions
- How to win an argument without shouting
- Spotting when someone is being dishonest
- 3
The Science of Your Feelings
- Where emotions come from
- How your memory plays tricks on you
- Why we fear things that aren't dangerous
3 sections · 13 units · 26 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
You pick the voice
Hack Your Own Brain is taught in the The Professor style: clear, structured, thorough. Want a different feel? In the app you can spin up the same topic in any of Tomo's teaching styles. Same facts, totally different vibe.
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