Dopamine Detox : A Short Guide to Remove Distractions and Train Your Brain to Do Hard Things (Productivity Series Book 1)

by Thibaut Meurisse

to achieve long-term goals in your personal or professional life, you must regain control of your attention and rewire your brain to focus on the long term.

long-term thinking is the “secret” to achieving your goals.

today’s society is designed to hijack your dopamine neurotransmitters.

A dopamine detox helps reduce stimulation, thereby allowing you to revert to a more natural state. When you need less stimulation, seemingly challenging, boring or tedious tasks will become more appealing—and easier to tackle.

identify your key task and tackle it first thing in the morning—and do this consistently.

I recommend forty-five minutes of intense work as a maximum. If you want to do several sessions, take a five- to ten-minute break between each work block.