Episode #367: Becoming Indistractable with Nir Eyal

Nir Eyal is the bestselling author of "Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products" and "Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life."  He has taught at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and Hasso Plattner Institute of Design. His writing on technology, psychology, and business appears in the Harvard Business Review, The Atlantic, TechCrunch, and Psychology Today. In a world of distraction, the ability to become indistractable offers us a serious competitive advantage.  Nir and I unpacked numerous topics on this show, including: Why our being so easily distracted goes deeper than our devices How toxic workplace cultures sacrifice our potential to do great work; and Nir’s four-step, research-backed model to become indistractable With that, I bring you Nir Eyal. Topics Discussed: Why most distractions come from within Why the ability to disconnect is the true scarce resource of the day Internal triggers  External triggers  Variable rewards (a slot machine in our pockets) Why time management is pain management Evolutionary programming How identify can influence behaviour How do we re-imagine the internal trigger? How to build new habits The 10-minute rule Traction v Distraction Hacking back external triggers Dysfunctional company cultures and productivity What people can do to take back their time in the workplace Making pacts Show Notes: Hooked: https://amzn.to/33rYLP3  Indistractable: https://amzn.to/37HBrzO  Twitter: @nireyal Web: NirandFar.com Book info: NirAndFar.com/Indistractable Schedule Maker: https://nirandfar.com/schedule-maker/ Summary article: https://www.nirandfar.com/skill-of-the-future/ Distraction Guide: https://www.nirandfar.com/distractions/ Habits vs routines article: https://www.nirandfar.com/habits/ ---------- Listen to Future Squared on Apple Podcasts  goo.gl/sMnEa0 Also available on: Spotify, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Stitcher and Soundcloud Twitter: www.twitter.com/steveglaveski Instagram: www.instagram.com/@thesteveglaveski Future Squared: www.futuresquared.xyz Steve Glaveski: www.steveglaveski.com Medium: www.medium.com/@steveglaveski Steve's book: www.employeetoentrepreneur.io NEW Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/futuresquared/ Watch on YouTube: https://bit.ly/2N77FLx GET COACHED BY LUCAS: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/coaching GET LUCAS TO DESIGN YOUR SUPPLEMENT PROTOCOL: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/custom-stack