Huberman's Ultimate Daily Productivity Routine

Huberman's Ultimate Daily Productivity Routine

Use science-backed tools for enhancing focus, learning, creativity, sleep, physical strength and endurance, and brain and body health.

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Delay Caffeine

Delay Caffeine

6:30 AM
120m
Simple Task
Fasting

Fasting

6:30 AM
360m

Fast for increased focus

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Walk Outside and Move Forward

Walk Outside and Move Forward

6:35 AM
20m

Self-Generate Forward Motion/Ambulation Outdoors: Visual and Auditory Flow has a powerful effect on the nervous system, see 1, 2

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View Bright Light

View Bright Light

6:35 AM
20m
  • Get sunlight if you can.
  • The aim is to push cortisol to occur early. - Getting sunlight helps start this.
  • If you have a dog, take them for a walk at the same time.
Choose from 3 Options
Sunny ~10min ,
Cloudy ~30min ,
Indoor ~30 min of 900 Lux light from above
Hydrate

Hydrate

8:30 AM
5m
  • 16-32 Oz (0.5 to 1.0 Litre)
  • Room temperature
  • Add 1/2 tsp salt
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Caffeine Time

Caffeine Time

8:30 AM
5m
Choose from 3 Options
Coffee ,
Yerba Mate ,
Guayusa Tea
Optimise for Deep Work

Optimise for Deep Work

8:50 AM
5m

Optimise for deep work:

  • Get into a "tunnel" for quality work
  • Capturing the steepest slope of temperature rise Wake Up Time + 120m
Link to https://youtu.be/CCnCMHNyny8
Deep Work Morning

Deep Work Morning

9:00 AM
90m

Perform Deep Work

High Focus Work Bout

Timed Activities - 1h 30m
Optimal Exercise

Optimal Exercise

10:45 AM
60m

Supports the idea that physical activity can impact brain, organ health, and body health in the short and long term.

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PRE-WORKOUT
Choose from 4 Options
Coffee ,
Yerba Mate ,
Guayusa Tea ,
Alpha GPC
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Choose from 3 Options
Strength ,
Endurance ,
Other
Food for Alertness

Food for Alertness

12:00 PM
10m

Slightly lower carbohydrate intake as starches cause the release of serotonin in the brain and can cause lethargy.

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Brief Walk Outside

Brief Walk Outside

12:20 PM
15m
  1. Accelerate Metabolism (nutrient utilisation) 2. Generate Optic Flow (via forward momentum) 3. Gives brain more information about light and time of day
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Athletic Greens

Athletic Greens

12:30 PM
5m

Athletic greens early in the day, as part of fast.

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Supplements for Hormones

Supplements for Hormones

12:30 PM
10m
  • Hormone regulation (specifically testosterone and oestrogen) requires cholesterol (cholesterol is a precursor).
  • To optimize for testosterone and oestrogen being in an ideal range.
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Stay Hydrated

Stay Hydrated

1:40 PM
5m

Reminder to drink water to help optimize for brain and body health.

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Non-sleep Deep Rest (NSDR)

Non-sleep Deep Rest (NSDR)

1:45 PM
15m

Deliberate and directed shift in ones state to improve stress, memory 1. App Reveri.com 2. article

Choose from 4 Options
meditation ,
yoga nidra ,
hypnosis ,
other
Link to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgytx8CBwH8
Nap If You Need

Nap If You Need

1:55 PM
30m
  • 20m naps are fine.
  • Naps should be shorter than 90m. See Matt Walker's book on "Why we Sleep" There are essentially two varieties of people: people for whom napping interferes with falling asleep later that night and staying asleep and people for whom the nap does not interfere
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Deep Work Afternoon

Deep Work Afternoon

2:00 PM
90m

Do another deep 90-min work bout. If you combine with morning caffeine delay you should avoid afternoon drop in energy

Simple Task

High Focus Work Bout

Timed Activities - 1h 30m
View Late Afternoon/Evening Sun

View Late Afternoon/Evening Sun

4:00 PM
30m

Go outside between 4-5pm as the sun starts to go down/arc:

  • This lowers sensitivity of retina in the late evening
  • Can act as a buffer against bright light viewed after 10:00PM, which disrupts melatonin.
Simple Task
Eat Dinner

Eat Dinner

6:00 PM
30m

Eating foods I enjoy, and it is also about optimizing the transition to sleep and helping with recovery

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Food for Mood

Food for Mood

6:00 PM
30m

Ingesting foods high in fatty acids (OMEGA) is important for mood/depression. Ingest at least 1000 milligrams of EPA/DHA per day.

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Avoid Phone Distractions

Avoid Phone Distractions

9:30 PM
5m

Put phone on airplane mode.

Sleep Supplements

Sleep Supplements

10:00 PM
5m

Supplements to aid the transition to sleep

Avoid Bright Light

Avoid Bright Light

10:00 PM
360m

David Berson's lab at Brown University, one of the foremost circadian biology laboratories, as well as Samer Hattar's laboratory at the National Institute of Mental Health that viewing bright light, or even not so bright light, between these hours of 11:00 or 10:00 PM and 4:00 AM can disrupt learning and memory, can disrupt the immune system and can disrupt mood in very long-lasting ways

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Increase Body Temp

Increase Body Temp

10:10 PM
30m

Use a hot bath, sauna, or shower to increase body temperature. Your body is then going to engage particular mechanisms for cooling itself off that are going to allow you to drop your temperature more quickly and fall asleep more easily. - Use longer bouts of sauna for growth hormone release 20 min in, cool off for 10 min, 20 minutes more shower then bed.

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Falling and Staying Asleep

Falling and Staying Asleep

10:30 PM
10m

Sleep, how to access sleep, how to fall asleep easily, and how to make sure that the sleep we have is of sufficient duration and quality*

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Falling Back Asleep If Waking in the Night

Falling Back Asleep If Waking in the Night

11:15 PM
45m
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What You'll Get
  • Fall Asleep Faster & Stay Asleep
  • Elevate Mood
  • Sharpen Mental Focus
  • Accelerate Learning
  • Boost Productivity
  • Reset Mind & Body
  • Balance Hormones
What you need to get started
As recommended by the creator

What do I need to start this routine?

Optional

Reveri (App)

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Light Box

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Yerba Mate

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Guayusa Tea

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