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How to Overcome Distractions and Master Your Time with Nir Eyal
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35:04 - 39:01 (03:56)

Nir Eyal discusses how to prevent distraction through mastering internal triggers, making time for traction, and hacking back external triggers with price, effort, and identity pacts.

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The design of habit-forming products is to constantly put users through a hook, creating a stimulus-response loop.
35:04 - 35:59 (00:55)
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Habit-forming products
Summary

The design of habit-forming products is to constantly put users through a hook, creating a stimulus-response loop. Breaking this loop is necessary to stop associating the habit-forming product with boredom, avoidance of work and escape. The best way to break the loop is to schedule the usage making it more of a chore and use it in a cold state rather than an emotional hot state, whose explanation has been given in the book Hooked.

Chapter
How to Overcome Distractions and Master Your Time with Nir Eyal
Episode
#104 - Nir Eyal - How To Control Your Attention And Become Indistractable
Podcast
Modern Wisdom
This episode discusses how to prevent distractions and combat the psychologically manipulative tactics of tech companies by using price, effort, and identity pacts.
35:59 - 39:01 (03:01)
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Distractions
Summary

This episode discusses how to prevent distractions and combat the psychologically manipulative tactics of tech companies by using price, effort, and identity pacts.

Chapter
How to Overcome Distractions and Master Your Time with Nir Eyal
Episode
#104 - Nir Eyal - How To Control Your Attention And Become Indistractable
Podcast
Modern Wisdom