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7 Mind-Bending Habits That Will Rewire Your Brain for Success (Warning: Number 5 Will Shock You)

Fahri Karakas
6 min readAug 9, 2024
Photo by Jr Korpa on Unsplash

Last Tuesday, as I sat in my dimly lit home office at 6 AM, staring at a blank screen and an equally blank mind, I had an epiphany.

The old ways of thinking about success and productivity were dead. Obsolete.

In that moment of clarity (or perhaps caffeine-induced hallucination), I realized that everything I thought I knew about achieving my goals was fundamentally flawed.

And if you’re reading this, chances are, so is yours.

What I am about to share with you is not another list of “wake up at 5 AM” or “visualize your success” platitudes.

No, these are the 7 weird, wonderful, and wacky habits that have transformed my life — and they might blow your mind.

Habit 1: The “Quantum Leap” Morning Routine

Forget your typical morning routine. It’s time to embrace quantum uncertainty.

Here’s how it works:
1. Set 5 alarms on your phone, each 10 minutes apart, starting from your usual wake-up time.
2. Label each alarm with a different, slightly outrageous morning activity. (Mine include “Dance like no one’s watching,” “Doodle when eyes closed,” and “Write a rap about your breakfast.”)
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Fahri Karakas
Fahri Karakas

Written by Fahri Karakas

Associate Professor in Business & Leadership at University of East Anglia. Passionate about doodling, imagination, and creativity. Author of Self-Making Studio.

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