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How to Stay Focused and Beat Distraction - Nir Eyal

Deep Dive with Ali Abdaal

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Making Tasks Playful

  • To make undesirable tasks more manageable, turn them into play by adding constraints and variability.
  • Constraints, such as time limits or specific goals, provide focus.
  • Variability involves finding the uncertainty or interesting aspects of the task to pique curiosity.
  • This approach, advocated by Ian Bogost in "Play Anything," helps maintain attention without requiring enjoyment.
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