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#104 Nir Eyal: Mastering Indistraction

The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish

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Mastering Your Internal Triggers

How we master internal triggers is a few different ways. A lot of what i draw from is from acceptance of commitment therapy, which has been around for decades. One of the techniques that i use almost every day is called the ten minute rule. It says you can give in to any distraction, but not right now. And so many times i'll take out my phone and set the time for ten minutes for me to make two choices: I can either explore that sensation with curiosity rather than contempt or do whatever it is i was going to do at the moment.

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