Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life

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Another side affect of this book is that my desire to drink alcohol and other compulsive behavior has just disappeared, and I wasn't even particularly focusing on that. It just happened as a by product, and I'm so happy. 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"? I spend far too much time on Apple News (mostly saving stories to gmail folders or bookmarks in Chrome but I have a wide range of interests and they cover over 200 publications. I do not plan to stop using Apple News but am defiantly being more selective and delaying my reading to a later time.

To prevent distractions with pacts, plan for when you’re likely to get distracted, make unwanted behaviors more difficult, and call yourself “indistractable.” If you’re mowing the lawn, for example, instead of running away or rewarding yourself, look at the activity differently until you discover new challenges you didn’t see before (e.g., beating a record time). first 20 hours و 4 hour workweek هم همینطوری بودن) کل شیره‌ی حرفشونو میشه تو ۵ صفحه خلاصه کرد و از اون ببعدش میشه پروموت کردن یه سری اپلیکیشنو وبسایت جدید که شاااید برای بعضیا مفید باشن ولی نه برای همه. Dissatisfaction and discomfort dominate our brain’s default state, but we can use them to motivate us instead of defeat us.”

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The chapter around identity was interesting. Much easier to make good decisions when you identify as someone who eats healthily or isn't a smoker than if you identify as someone who has a sweet tooth or a smoker trying to give up. The positive of this book is that you will get some key takeaways that will be helpful to you from this book. People want autonomy yet, according to Robert Epstein, author of "The Myth of the Teen Brain" in Scientific American, his surveys showed that "teens in the U.S. are subjected to more than ten times as many restrictions as are mainstream adults, twice as many restrictions as active-duty U.S. Marines, and even twice as many restrictions as incarcerated felons." No wonder they love playing video games that give them a sense of control. Precommitments keep you from feeling distracted by removing a future choice. However, they should only be used after the other three indistractable strategies have already been applied. Being indistractable is about learning to channel master feelings of dissatisfaction to make things better.

I liked Nir's other book, "Hooked." It is one of my favorite and best product/business books ever (and also useful for non-product people). After "Hooked" taught the whole industry how to build addictive products, Nir is now basically selling the "cure."Living the good life requires not only doing the right things but also not doing the things we know we’ll regret. Being indistractable, according to Eyal, is about understanding the real reasons why we do things against our best interests. Part 1: Master Internal Triggers