The Importance of Scheduled Time for Relationships and Reflective Work

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The industrialized world is experiencing a loneliness epidemic because we no longer have scheduled time for relationships like we used to in religious institutions. We need to bring back regular social interactions like previous generations had. Social media overuse is a symptom, not the cause, of our lack of regular social interactions. Therefore, it is important to schedule time in our calendars for relationships with friends, family, and significant others. In terms of work, there are two types: reactive work and reflective work. While reactive work is necessary, it is crucial to make time in our schedules for reflective work in order to avoid going in the wrong direction. Scheduling time for thinking and creative work is essential, even if it is just 15 to 20 minutes.

In this new episode Steven sits down with the American behavioural design expert, Nir Eyal.

Nir’s career has focused on behavioural engineering and helping businesses to develop habit-forming products. His work explores the intersection of psychology, technology, and business, and has earned him the label of “The Prophet of Habit-Forming Technology”. Since 2003, he has co-founded two technology companies, worked as a consultant in product design and taught as a lecturer in Marketing at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design. Nir is the author of 2 bestselling books, ‘Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products’ and ’Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life.’

In this conversation Nir and Steven discuss topics, such as: