Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life

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No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher. This is a great and most importantly practical book which helps you understand why you get distracted and what you can do about it.

The practical tips and recap at the end of each chapter are very useful if you want to put the learnings in practice and live without distractions!

The Pacific Crest Trail is renowned as one of the most arduous—and sometimes dangerous—hiking trails in America. But I promise you that by the time you finish this book, you will discover several breakthroughs that will change the way you manage distraction forever. Fortunately, we, unlike Tantalus, can step back from our desires, recognize them for what they are and do something about them. The trinity of more data, transferred at faster speeds, enabling ubiquitous access to new content on our devices, means the world can be more distracting. The book covers a lot from being more focused at work to parenting to relationships and I learned several new ideas.

As a father concerned with screen time and non-productive behaviors, there were some absolute gems here. Whether internal or external triggers prompt us, the resulting action is either aligned with our broader intention (traction), or misaligned (distraction). Similar to the Jill Konrath book “More Sales Less Time” but it goes into more detail and provides more strategies than just turning off application sounds. I thought that giving the why and underlying structure of distraction was perhaps the most important contribution. Chance stumbled upon a product that typified many of the persuasion techniques she taught in her class.It comprises of easy to read short chapters with further sections talking about dealing with distractions from within, reimagining internal triggers, hacking back external triggers, workplace distractions, having Indistractable relationships and, etc. We don’t have time to wait for regulators to do something and if you hold your breath waiting for corporations to make their products less distracting, well, you’re going to pass out. philosopher Paul Virilio) <- Love this quote as it reinforces that technology can be used for good and/or bad, but it's up to the user to control it. International bestselling author, former Stanford lecturer, and behavioral design expert, Nir Eyal, wrote Silicon Valley's handbook for making technology habit-forming. adhd خیلی علاقه پیدا کردم و شرایط الان و ترسناکه که تا مدتها علائم adhd باید از کودکی دیده میشد (به طور خاص تا ۱۲سالگی) ولی امروزه با مصرف خیلی زیاد از گوشیهای همراه الان بزرگسالها هم دارن علائم این اختلال رو پیدا میکنن و انگار باعث بوجود اومدن اختلال تمرکز تو خودشون میشن.

Indistractable will help you make the most of your time and find peace and productivity in an increasingly distracting world. Another aspect I found frustrating about the writing style was the slightly condescending or braggadocious tone that occasionally cropped up (especially when it came to subtly flaunting his wealth). I discovered the power of managing emotions when I set out to find a cure for my chronic distraction. Imagine we’ve just discovered that a facial recognition algorithm is amplifying some racial inequality. Neither approach is really pursued to a sufficient extent, and so the book feels both shallower than would be optimal and insufficient in terms of pointing out what can actually be done about distraction.Let go of this belief as it encourages you to believe you have a reason to quit because you have used up your willpower. The curse seems benign, but when Tantalus tried to pluck fruit from the tree, the branch moved away from him, always just out of reach. The “something” he’s referring to is a simple question that my wife and I have posed to each other throughout our 22-year marriage.

While the simple, straightforward, and to-the-point approach made the content easily digestible and quick to read, it further exacerbated the feeling of the book being light on content. On the other hand, if we do acknowledge that distraction originates inside ourselves, we can take steps to become indistractable and ultimately live the lives we want. Whilst this is great for companies who want people to consume their products, it is not great for the individuals who just can't navigate this world of distraction.Empowering and optimistic, Indistractable provides practical, novel techniques to control your time and attention--helping you live the life you really want. One way to let go of thoughts or feelings that are not helpful is to use the "leaves on the stream" method. Five years after publishing Hooked, Eyal reveals distraction's Achilles' heel in his groundbreaking new book. Begin your journey and understand the advantage of truly being in control over your time and attention. Can’t technologies, like many other external influences, increase our degree of inner discomfort and dissatisfaction?