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. - - - Connect with Nir: Nir's blog - NirandFar.com Twitter - @NirEyal - - - Connect with Sam: Sam's newsletter on creativity - Explosive Thinking  Watch the pod - YouTube - Growth Mindset Twitter - @samjamharris Instagram - @SamJam.zen - - - 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices