What if the key to a more effective and less stressful life wasn’t about time... but about energy? In a world overwhelmed with notifications, time-consuming meetings, and endless to-do lists, our daily routine is often dictated by urgency rather than essentials. That’s exactly what Lewis Verdun proposes to overturn in Hacking Your Daily Life, based on the latest research in neuroscience, productivity, and attention management.

Behind the concept of personal “hacking” lies a simple principle: identify the most powerful leverage points in your routine to multiply results. In just five minutes of reading, this guide gives you three decisive pillars to take back control of your time and energy.

Impact: Focus on what truly matters

The first key to daily hacking is to apply a smart version of the Pareto principle: 20% of our actions generate 80% of our results. The challenge is to identify the high-leverage task.

Instead of stacking micro-tasks, the author suggests defining a “DPT” — Daily Priority Task — each morning that will absorb your peak focus time.

Why is this powerful?

  • It reduces decision fatigue

  • It builds a real sense of accomplishment

  • It avoids the trap of “false productivity” (being busy without moving forward)

This strategic focus is the first step to hacking your daily life: impact over volume.

Concentration: Build a mental bunker

The second lever is the art of Deep Work, the ability to do deep, uninterrupted work for intense yet limited periods. Inspired by Cal Newport’s work, this concept is built on a key principle: distraction is expensive, even when brief.

Here are some key techniques covered in the book:

  • Mental bunkerization (turning off notifications, keeping phone out of sight)

  • Creating “focus blocks” in your schedule

  • Rituals to enter a deep work state (music, breathing, physical anchor)

These practices aim to protect your attention and free your mind from ambient noise. In short, you’re not just saving time: you’re reclaiming your capacity to think deeply.

Energy: Harness your ultradian peaks

Work more? No. Work with your body. The third pillar of Hacking Your Daily Life is based on ultradian rhythms — natural 90- to 120-minute cycles in which our brain moves between peak alertness and fatigue.

Lewis Verdun invites us to:

  • Identify your chronotype (morning, intermediate, or evening)

  • Sync your DPT with your peak energy time

  • Integrate real recovery breaks (walking, breathing, hydration)

  • Use food and light to enhance cognitive alertness

It’s not a luxury, it’s a strategy. Because managing energy well helps you do more, in less time, without burnout.

A simple, fast, actionable method

By combining these three dimensions (impact, concentration, energy), the book proposes a “personal operating system” to implement today. All of it in just five minutes of reading.

Here are a few recommended micro-actions:

  • Define your DPT first thing in the morning

  • Block a 90-minute Deep Work session

  • Avoid secondary decisions before noon

  • Take a real break every 2 hours (no email, no phone)

  • End your day with a closing task (recap, gratitude, plan)

The power lies in repeating these micro-hacks daily. You don’t need to be a digital monk or a trained CEO: just switch from reactive to intentional mode.

So as hyperconnection drains our attention and mental overload becomes the norm, Hacking Your Daily Life stands out as a smart, fast, and concrete answer.

This book is not another miracle method: it’s a minimalist, pragmatic compass to refocus on what matters. A tool that turns routine management into a lever for meaning, energy, and creativity.

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