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Indistractable How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life

Nir Eyal

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The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

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The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

The book was highlighted for its framework on aligning values with personal goals, which the author explained using concentric life domains. Another guest praised it as a valuable resource for tackling distraction, noting its relevance to the episode’s theme. Both mentions conveyed strong endorsement of its practical insights.

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Episode: Moment 126: How To Master The Consistency Of Achie...

Although not explicitly mentioned by name, the speaker, Nir Eyal, references his own book's concept of values as attributes of the person you want to become.

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So then what you do is you put your values in terms of these three life domains. I look at them as concentric circles. At the center of these three life domains is you.

Episode: The Speaking Expert: How To Speak So Everyone Hear...

Julian said he was a big fan of Nir Eyal's book Indistractable, noting its relevance to the discussion on distraction.

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I'm a big fan of Nir Eyal's book. Indistractable.

The Jordan Harbinger Show

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It was mentioned as Nir's next book, in which he discussed internal triggers and how people deal with stress using different methods.

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because I talk a lot about what I call internal triggers these uncomfortable emotional states that prompt us to action

— Episode: 250: Nir Eyal | Control Your Attention a...

Episode: 250: Nir Eyal | Control Your Attention and Choose...

It was mentioned as Nir's next book, in which he discussed internal triggers and how people deal with stress using different methods.

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because I talk a lot about what I call internal triggers these uncomfortable emotional states that prompt us to action

one of the most popular notions is that motivation is about the pursuit of pleasure and the avoidance of pain we call this Freud's pleasure principle and that's not true it's just not true that neurologically speaking it is pain all the way down

and so that has to be the first place to start and there are two ways to go there so one method is to actually deal with a discomfort and i don't think we talk about this enough

Episode: 48: Nir Eyal | How to Manage Distraction in a Digi...

It was described as a forthcoming book that delves into how to manage distraction in a digital age, offering practical tools for better managing time and attention.

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He's been a friend of the show for a while and he's the author of the book hooked and the forthcoming book Indistractable which is coming out here in a few months.

And that comes out one, who knows.

The book title will be Indistractable.

Episode: 250: Nir Eyal | Control Your Attention and Choose...

It was described as taking five years to write, and covers the idea that all behaviour is driven by a desire to escape discomfort. It was said that some of the commentary around technology is ridiculous.

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it took me five years to write this book because there's just so much research out there a lot of misinformation out there

in writing indistractable is this idea that we have to come to grips that all behavior all behavior is driven by a desire to escape discomfort

it gets to the core of I think some of the ridiculous commentary we've had lately around how technology is hijacking your brain and how it's addictive and how it's so bad

Episode: 48: Nir Eyal | How to Manage Distraction in a Digi...

It was described as a book about how to manage distractions, understanding internal and external triggers, and techniques to help individuals regain control over their time and attention.

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He's been a friend of the show for a while and he's the author of the book hooked and the forthcoming book Indistractable which is coming out here in a few months.

And that's kind of the the line of thinking for my next book is that I kept hearing from people who said Great, you know You taught me how these products are built and and for many people who read the book

The next book is called Indistractable

Episode: 250: Nir Eyal | Control Your Attention and Choose...

It was described as a book that dives deeper into internal triggers and the desire to escape discomfort, providing a framework for controlling attention and managing distractions.

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the subject of my next book because I talk a lot about what I call internal triggers these uncomfortable emotional states that prompt us to action

one of the most popular notions is that motivation is about the pursuit of pleasure and the avoidance of pain we call this Freud's pleasure principle and that's not true it's just not true that neurologically speaking it is pain all the way down

in writing indistractable is this idea that we have to come to grips that all behavior all behavior is driven by a desire to escape discomfort

part of the reason I wrote this book is because I was struggling with distraction myself in many ways

great big thank you to near iL his book is called indistractable his other book is called hooked of course we'll leave that in the show notes for you

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