How To Find More Time to Write by Becoming Indistractable with Nir Eyal

from Become a Writer Today · host Bryan Collins

168 hours.Every writer, no matter what stage they're at in their careers, gets the same amount of time each week to waste or spend.So how can you accomplish more with what you have?Nir Eyal is the author of Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life. He's also an angel investor, productivity consultant, and former university lecturer.He explains: How time-boxing and constraints can help writers become more productive Why he spent five years writing Indistractable The problem with many popular productivity books today What his ideal writing routine looks like And lots more.I started by asking Nir to explain one of the core ideas in his book: time-boxing.Resources:Nir's scheduling tool IndistractableHow to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/becomeawritertoday/messageSupport the showIf you enjoyed the show please leave a review on Apple. And if you have any questions you can find me on Twitter @BryanJCollinsThanks for listening!

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