The Four Research-Backed Steps to Be Indistractable

#25: Bestselling author Nir Eyal joins Chris to discuss how you can become indistractable. They discuss the hidden psychology that drives people to distraction, why procrastination is not a character flaw, why you should stop using to-do lists and how becoming indistractable will let you take back your time and start making traction on the things that matter to you in your life.

Nir Eyal (@nireyal) has taught at the Stanford School of Business and their design school. He has co-founded and sold two tech companies and is the author of two best-selling books: Hooked: How To Build Habit-Forming Products and Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life.

Selected Links From The Episode

Nir's Website: Nir and Far (includes Nir's free 80 page Indistractable workbook)

Summary of Indistractable: The Most Important Skill of the Future is Being ‘Indistractable’

Nir's Books:

Select Articles & Resources from Nir:

Full Show Notes

Who is Nir Eyal? [00: 24]

What is the opposite of distraction (and it’s not focus)? [01:48]

How your mind tricks you into thinking you’re being productive. [03:06]

How he discovered that distraction doesn’t have anything to do with technology. [04:51]

Here’s the real (scientific) reason why you get distracted. [09:57]

4 steps to become indistractable [13:13]