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E43: Nir Eyal - How to Become Indistractable

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

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Why Don't We Do the Things That We Want to Do?

Wright: Why don't we do the things that we want to do? That's usually the rue cause, the fundamental question. And it turns out that that is the root cause of all distraction. Boredom, certainty, fatigue, loneliness, anxiety, these uncomfortable sensations are what drives us to do everything that we do. Wright: Love does hurt, arologically speaking I mean it literally drives us crazy. But if you think about what's involved in wooing and getting up to that bhetter - there's a very good reason why we say love hurts.

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