10 painful truths about productivity [you NEED to hear] from Nir Eyal
Nir Eyal is a behavioural expert and bestselling author in the field of attention. His work to help people become Indistractable has helped people create systems and mindsets for building focus.\nWe all know what we need to do to achieve most of our goals. Yet we don't achieve them because of unplanned distractions and poor attention management. To live the life we truly want we need to learn the art of managing distraction and becoming indistractable.\nWe discuss the biggest insights from years of research and science to help you live with more peace and less chaos whilst you get the important things done whilst also enjoying down time.\n- - -\n\nConnect with Nir:\n\nNir's blog - NirandFar.com\n\n\nTwitter - @NirEyal\n\n\n\n- - -\n\nConnect with Sam:\n\nSam's newsletter on creativity -\xa0Explosive Thinking\xa0\n\nWatch the pod -\xa0YouTube - Growth Mindset\n\n\nTwitter -\xa0@samjamharris\n\n\nInstagram - @SamJam.zen\n\n\n\n- - -\n\nChapters\n00:00\xa0Introduction to building focus - Nir Eyal\n02:48 What is Distraction\xa0\n03:58 Any action can be traction or distraction\n07:22 Sam's 10 day meditation\n08:21 Story behind how everything happened - got distracted whilst spending time with her daughter\n10:26 Reason why we get distracted - internal triggers\n13:49 Vipassana 10-day retreats\n15:06 Feeling bad is not bad\n19:01 detachment from reality\n21:26 syncify\n21:48 Making pacts - Price, Effort, Identity\n22:09 Effort pact\n23:27 Price pact\n23:40 Identity pact\n24:34 Cigarettes and being indistractable\n31:50 Nir's next mission\n32:40 Send off\n \nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices