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Building Member Habits and Becoming Indistractible with Nir Eyal

Masters of Community with David Spinks

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The Opposite of Distraction Is Attraction

The opposite of distraction is traction. Both words come from the same latin root, trahare, which means to pull. Traction pulls you towards what you say you're going to do - things that help move you towards your values and help you become the kind of person you want to become. The opposite of traction is distraction, any action that pulls you further away from what you said you were going to do. And so it's really up to us aso users of these products, to make sure that we use them with intent. There's nothing inherently wrong with them, as long as we use them according to our values and our schedule. We have a higher rung of responsibility

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