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How You Can Stop Distraction Right Now with Nir Eyal
The Science of Success
How to Overcome Distraction
Many tasks that we think are worky, right? That kind of feel like we should be doing can also be distraction. So one thing that constantly got me before I learned how to overcome it was sitting down on my desk and saying, okay, it's time for me to do some focused work. Even the pursuit of pleasure itself is psychologically destabilizing,. neurologically speaking, there's a reason we say 'I love hurts' because in fact our behavior is driven by the desire to escape discomfort.
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