> How To Control Your Dopamine For Hyper-Focus And Flow State. Directed by Rian Doris, 2023. YouTube, <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GUNhGRlQDU>. # Embrace boredom to increase productivity ^9be7d7 ## Power of dopamine - Dopamine is the neurotransmitter that makes you want to do more (see [[Dopamine triggers motivational salience]]) - Master your dopamine to master focus - Cheap dopamine desensitizes your dopamine receptors (TikTok, TV, games, junk food, etc.) - Re-sensitize your dopamine receptors to make boring work interesting (see [[Addiction is caused by dopamine down-regulation]]) ## Solutions 1. Take boring breaks. Do not do things in your break time that give you more dopamine than the tasks you do after your break time. 2. Take control of "in-between" moments (waiting for your order, walking to a bus stop, standing in line…) in your daily life where you take out your phone for a quick dopamine hit and replace it with something boring. 3. Do things one thing at a time. When you are eating, eat. When you are working, work. Stop multitasking and put full focus on one thing whatever it is. Less is more (see [[@riandorisHowTripledMy2023|Compress work hours to increase your productivity]]).