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114. Ever Find Yourself Distracted?: Nir Eyal, author of ‘Indistractable’ [reads] ‘Indistractable’

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CHAPTER

The Nature of Distraction

There's a myth in the self helped community that feeling bad is bad. In fact, discomfort quietude helps us move forward. We look for whatever relieves that pain reliably. So whether it's too much news, a too much booze, too much football, too much facebook, we will always find something to take our mind off of that discomfort. I love that it. actually being able to sit in the discomfort longer, profi provides acceleration and direction out of that rather than temporary relief.

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