
Nir Eyal (Part 1) - Become Indistractable in Four Science-Backed Steps
Slo Mo: A Podcast with Mo Gawdat
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Acceptance of Commitment Therapy - Ten Minute Rule
One of the techniques that work best for me comes from acceptance of commitment therapy. This is a well documented, well studied methodology. The ten minute rule inow i love this el like this one. I'm trying to popularize it because it is so effective. It turns out that saying no back fires. When we tell ourselves not to do something, that when you tell yourself strict abstinence, right? It's like pulling on a rubber band. That tension of telling ourselves not toDoSomething is itself pleasurable. So what we want to do instead, instead of selling no, is to say, not yet. Works for every distraction.
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