Your phone is engineered to hijack your attention. The bright colours, red notifications, and vibrant apps all trigger dopamine spikes that keep you scrolling far longer than you intend. But there's a simple, underrated trick that dramatically reduces this pull: Turn your phone to Black & White (Grayscale). When you remove colour, you remove 80% of the dopamine reward your brain gets from using your phone. Social media feeds lose their punch. Notifications stop feeling urgent. Even addictive apps like TikTok and Instagram feel flat and boring. Suddenly, your phone becomes a tool, not a toy. Why it works Colour = stimulation. It’s the same principle casinos use to keep people engaged. Grey = no reward. Your brain stops associating the device with novelty and pleasure. Friction increases. You naturally get bored faster and put the phone down sooner. What people notice Within a few days: Less scrolling. Less mindless app-switching. Fewer dopamine spikes and crashes. More focus, more calm, and more time back. It’s not a total cure for phone addiction — but it’s one of the easiest wins you can implement in under 10 seconds. One switch can give you hours of your life back every week.

This is the first post in a new series where we’ll break down the Coder Trader Laws. Below is a summary of Law #1. Stay tuned for the full video presentation. - Great engineering is about choosing the right tool, not the fanciest one. - Many devs pick tools for ego or to “flex skills,” which slows them down. - In trading, using C++/Rust for a simple 1-min strategy is pointless—Python gets you live in a day. - Discern when to build from scratch vs. using existing solutions (speed vs. customization trade-off). - This rule applies to life: - Success relies on discernment—trained through experience, books, mentors, and learning from others’ mistakes. - Always break problems into sub-problems first, then pick tools that cover all sub-goals with minimal gaps. - Beware of marketing hype—flashy tools can feel “right” emotionally but be suboptimal. - Choose tools that fit the job and your skillset, not what looks trendy. - Personal example: forcing React/Vue when Django was faster, simpler, and fit your expertise → doubled workload. - Final principle: Don’t choose tools to look smart. Choose tools that help you win. Full Article: https://www.skool.com/coder-trader/classroom/46f42884?md=08ac286737c4488d9040a3a524e16d3f

Hey Coder Traders 👋 I’m excited to announce that I’m creating a Mindset Course! 🧠💪 Over the next few days, I’ll be publishing the course material right here. Because being a great coder isn’t just about logic and syntax — 50% of it is mindset.Let’s build stronger minds and better code together. 🚀

You’ve got a big project ahead — something that could move your life or business forward — but somewhere along the way, you start to feel stuck. Days pass, progress feels invisible, and before long, the “head trash” starts to creep in. That inner voice whispers:“You’re not good enough.”“You’ll never finish this.”“Why even bother?” This is the classic trap of negative self-talk. Once it takes root, it drains your energy, clouds your thinking, and kills your momentum. You don’t just lose productivity — you lose belief in yourself. But here’s the truth: feeling stuck doesn’t mean you’re failing. It means your brain is overloaded — trying to plan, execute, and evaluate all at once. That mental clutter is exactly what feeds the head trash. Step 1: Track Your Wins When your brain only focuses on what’s not done, it’s easy to forget how far you’ve come. So start keeping a win log — a simple list of what you accomplish each day, no matter how small. Finished a section of code? Wrote one page of your plan? Had a productive meeting? Write it down.Progress compounds, and when you can see your wins, motivation follows naturally. Step 2: Make a Clear Plan Most overwhelm comes from not knowing what done looks like. Vague goals keep your brain spinning. Instead, outline your project step by step — break it into small, concrete milestones. Then, for each step, define what “done” means. That could look like: - “Module compiles without errors.” - “Lesson outline reviewed and approved.” - “Landing page published and tested.” A clear definition of done keeps your goals binary — it’s either done or not done. No grey area, no second-guessing. Step 3: Separate Planning from Doing Never plan and execute at the same time. When you plan, you’re strategizing. When you execute, you’re building. Mixing the two creates chaos — you second-guess every move and never enter deep focus. So, dedicate specific times to plan (like at the start of the week), and then switch fully into execution mode. When it’s time to work, just follow the plan. No mental debate. No rethinking.

Happy Friday everyone I just released a video on the background of Coder trader and some of the mindset tools I want to teach everyone in the future. Half of programming is actually programming and then the other half is to do with your mentality and being able to persist and solve problems, here's a helpful video for everyone