Recruitment Hack #87 - Use Greyscale To Reduce Mobile Addiction
Gray is the new Black - Reduce the addictiveness of your mobile by turning your phone to grayscale.
Mobiles are addictive things. They’re brilliant though, I for one, for years, was addicted to Angry Birds.
Mobile phones can also be a killer of productivity, steal family and friends' time and damage sleep. They are probably the 21st-century cigarettes.
There is one simple, quick and easy way to reduce the addictiveness and the desire to want to be on your phone. It is called grey scaling.
What is grey scaling?
Essentially, you are turning all the colours black and white. So it’s like an old 1950s movie but on your phone. It essentially kills the blue haze background your phone produces.
The instant you do this, going on Facebook or any app is nowhere near as fun or interesting because the colours give it vitality and addictiveness to the brain. The colours help to create that dopamine hit.
By going on grayscale, you won’t want to be on your phone as much and will be able to focus on the day-to-day stuff during work.
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This Recruitment Hack is excerpted from my book 'Recruitment Hacks,' which is accessible in both Paperback and eBook formats.