The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish

#104 Nir Eyal: Mastering Indistraction

Feb 16, 2021

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Understanding and exploring internal triggers can help regain control over emotional discomfort and prevent distraction.

Using a timeboxing approach and scheduling important tasks in the calendar can prioritize and focus on what matters most.

Being aware of and actively managing external triggers, such as notifications and pings, can help regain control and minimize distractions.

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Mastering Internal Triggers

Distraction begins from within, with internal triggers such as boredom, uncertainty, fatigue, and anxiety. By understanding and exploring these triggers with curiosity, one can gain control over their emotional discomfort and prevent distraction.

Making an Implementation Intention: An Effective Time Management Technique

01:27

Master internal triggers

00:49

Teaching Adults to Deal with Discomfort and Distraction

02:48

Indestractable - The Third Type of Pact

01:24

Introduction

4min

The Social Dilemma

3min

Is Facebook Perpetuating Filter Bubbles?

2min

Social Media Is Not Realistic for People

3min

Hooked - The Only Case Study in the Book

4min

We Need a Little Bit of Personal Responsibility

1min

Do You Have Any Super Power?

4min

The Root Cause of All Human Behavior Is Not Carrots and Sticks

3min

You Can't Control Your Feelings, Right?

2min

10.

How to Deal With Discomfort in a Healthy Way

4min

11.

The Opposite of Distraction

4min

12.

How to Become Indistractable

4min

13.

Mastering Your Internal Triggers

4min

14.

To Do Lists Are Killing Your Productivity

3min

15.

Time Boxing - The Only Metric of Success

3min

16.

Do You Have a Todolist Mentality?

3min

17.

How to Revise a Time Box Calendar

4min

18.

Hacking Back External Triggers

4min

19.

How to Hack Back a Product?

3min

20.

The Most Effective Smoking Cessation Study in History

3min

21.

Indestractable - The Third Type of Pact

4min

22.

How Do You Teach Your Child to Become Indestructible?

3min

23.

How Much Screen Time Do You Give Your Kids?

2min

24.

No Phone Zones in the Family Dining Table

2min

25.

Time Boxing

3min

26.

The Secret to a Happy Marriage

3min

27.

When You're Ninety, What Do You Want People to Say About You?

2min

Bestselling author of Hooked and Indistractable, Nir Eyal was dubbed by The M.I.T. Technology Review as, “The Prophet of Habit-Forming Technology.” In this episode, Shane and Nir discuss regaining control of our attention from technology, how to get more done in less time, controlling the things you have agency over and so much more.

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The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish

#104 Nir Eyal: Mastering Indistraction

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Deep dives

Mastering Internal Triggers

Making Time for Traction

Hacking Back External Triggers

Preventing Distraction with Pacts

Creating Effort Pacts for Behavior Change

Using Price Pacts and Identity Pacts for Behavior Modification

Making an Implementation Intention: An Effective Time Management Technique

Master internal triggers

Teaching Adults to Deal with Discomfort and Distraction

Indestractable - The Third Type of Pact

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#104 Nir Eyal: Mastering Indistraction

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Mastering Internal Triggers

Making Time for Traction

Hacking Back External Triggers

Preventing Distraction with Pacts

Creating Effort Pacts for Behavior Change

Using Price Pacts and Identity Pacts for Behavior Modification

Making an Implementation Intention: An Effective Time Management Technique

Master internal triggers

Teaching Adults to Deal with Discomfort and Distraction

Indestractable - The Third Type of Pact

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