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.

We 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.

We 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.

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Connect with Nir:

• Nir's blog - NirandFar.com
• Twitter - @NirEyal

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Connect with Sam:

• Sam's newsletter on creativity - Explosive Thinking 
• Watch the pod - YouTube - Growth Mindset
• Twitter - @samjamharris
• Instagram - @SamJam.zen

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Chapters

00:00 Introduction to building focus - Nir Eyal

02:48 What is Distraction 

03:58 Any action can be traction or distraction

07:22 Sam's 10 day meditation

08:21 Story behind how everything happened - got distracted whilst spending time with her daughter

10:26 Reason why we get distracted - internal triggers

13:49 Vipassana 10-day retreats

15:06 Feeling bad is not bad

19:01 detachment from reality

21:26 syncify

21:48 Making pacts - Price, Effort, Identity

22:09 Effort pact

23:27 Price pact

23:40 Identity pact

24:34 Cigarettes and being indistractable

31:50 Nir's next mission

32:40 Send off

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