8 No B.S. Productivity Hacks You Can Apply in 60 Seconds (or Less)

The tiniest of changes can yield the most massive of results

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Productivity isn’t rocket science, far from it.

You don’t need fancy Pomodoro clocks, “magical” morning routines, exorbitantly priced courses, or a PC cluttered with a swarm of “productivity” apps.

The best productivity hacks are often the simplest (and quickest). I want to share 8 such potent tips with you.

With each taking less than a minute to apply, you can implement them in real-time as you read this article.

Enable Monochromacy on Your Smartphone

Designed to let loose floods of dopamine, your electronic devices with their surreally rich colors draw you in and keep you hooked — day in, day out.

But there’s a simple cure — enabling gray-scale mode.

As former Google design ethicist Tristan Harris found, sapping your phone of its color culls the itch to dive into games and social media by killing mental reinforcements.

You can take this a step further by enabling grey-mode on your laptop and other devices as well.