Indistractable: How To Control Your Attention And Choose Your Life [EPUB]

E-Book Overview

"Indistractable provides a framework that will deliver the focus you need to get results." (James Clear, author ofAtomic Habits) You sit down at your desk to work on an important project, but a notification on your phone interrupts your morning. Later, as you're about to get back to work, a colleague taps you on the shoulder to chat. At home, screens get in the way of quality time with your family. Another day goes by, and once again, your most important personal and professional goals are put on hold.   What would be possible if you followed through on your best intentions? What could you accomplish if you could stay focused and overcome distractions? What if you had the power to become "indistractable"?   International best-selling author, former Stanford lecturer, and behavioral design expert, Nir Eyal, wrote Silicon Valley's handbook for making technology habit-forming. Five years after publishing Hooked, Eyal reveals distraction's Achilles' heel in his groundbreaking new book.   InIndistractable, Eyal reveals the hidden psychology driving us to distraction. He describes why solving the problem is not as simple as swearing off our devices: Abstinence is impractical and often makes us want more.   Eyal lays bare the secret of finally doing what you say you will do with a four-step, research-backed model. Indistractable reveals the key to getting the best out of technology, without letting it get the best of us.   Inside, Eyal overturns conventional wisdom and reveals:  Why distraction at work is a symptom of a dysfunctional company culture - and how to fix it   What really drives human behavior and why "time management is pain management"   Why your relationships (and your sex life) depend on you becoming indistractable   How to raise indistractable children in an increasingly distracting world  Empowering and optimistic,Indistractableprovides practical, novel techniques to control your time and attention - helping you live the life you really want.

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E-Book Information

• Year: 2,019

• Edition: Kindle Edition

• Language: English

• Topic: 198

• Asin: B07PG2W6DC

• Org File Size: 8,189,660

• Extension: epub

• Toc: Introduction: From Hooked to Indistractable 1: What’s Your Superpower? 2: Being Indistractable Part 1: Master Internal Triggers 3: What Motivates Us, Really? 4: Time Management Is Pain Management 5: Deal with Distraction from Within 6: Reimagine the Internal Trigger 7: Reimagine the Task 8: Reimagine Your Temperament Part 2: Make Time for Traction 9: Turn Your Values into Time 10: Control the Inputs, Not the Outcomes 11: Schedule Important Relationships 12: Sync with Stakeholders at Work Part 3: Hack Back External Triggers 13: Ask the Critical Question 14: Hack Back Work Interruptions 15: Hack Back Email 16: Hack Back Group Chat 17: Hack Back Meetings 18: Hack Back Your Smartphone 19: Hack Back Your Desktop 20: Hack Back Online Articles 21: Hack Back Feeds Part 4: Prevent Distraction with Pacts 22: The Power of Precommitments 23: Prevent Distraction with Effort Pacts 24: Prevent Distraction with Price Pacts 25: Prevent Distraction with Identity Pacts Part 5: How to Make Your Workplace Indistractable