Description
You sit down at your desk to work on an important project, but a notification on your phone interrupts your morning. Later, as you’re about to get back to work, a colleague taps you on the shoulder to chat. At home, screens get in the way of quality time with your family. Another day goes by, and once again, your most important personal and professional goals are put on hold.
What would be possible if you followed through on your best intentions? What could you accomplish if you could stay focused and overcome distractions? What if you had the power to become “indistractable?”
International bestselling author, former Stanford lecturer, and behavioral design expert, Nir Eyal, wrote Silicon Valley’s handbook for making technology habit-forming. Five years after publishing Hooked, Eyal reveals distraction’s Achilles’ heel in his groundbreaking new book.
In Indistractable, Eyal reveals the hidden psychology driving us to distraction. He describes why solving the problem is not as simple as swearing off our devices: Abstinence is impractical and often makes us want more.
Eyal lays bare the secret of finally doing what you say you will do with a four-step, research-backed model. Indistractable reveals the key to getting the best out of technology, without letting it get the best of us.
Inside, Eyal overturns conventional wisdom and reveals:
Why distraction at work is a symptom of a dysfunctional company culture—and how to fix it
What really drives human behavior and why “time management is pain management”
Why your relationships (and your sex life) depend on you becoming indistractable
How to raise indistractable children in an increasingly distracting world
Empowering and optimistic, Indistractable provides practical, novel techniques to control your time and attention—helping you live the life you really want.
“If you value your time, your focus, or your relationships, this book is essential reading. I’m putting these ideas into practice.” —Jonathan Haidt, author of The Righteous Mind
“Indistractable is the most practical and realistic approach to balancing technology with well-being. A must-read for anyone with a smartphone.”—Mark Manson, author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
“This book is full of insights, stories, cutting-edge research and—most helpful—concrete, manageable strategies for becoming indistractable.”—Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project
“In a world filled with noise, Indistractable provides a framework that will deliver the focus you need to get results.”—James Clear, author of Atomic Habits
“Success and happiness belong to people who can control their attention. Nir Eyal is on a mission to protect you from distraction—and his lively book is full of actionable ideas”—Adam Grant, author of Give and Take and Originals
“In the future, there will be two kinds of people in the world: those who read and apply the principles in Indistractable and those who wish they had read it sooner.”—Kintan Brahmbhatt, global head of product at Amazon Music
“Being indistractable is the essential skill for our time. Skip this book at your peril! My advice is this: Read it. Live it. Repeat.”—Greg McKeown, author of Essentialism
“This is such an important book. Indistractable is the best guide I’ve read for reclaiming our attention, our focus, and our lives.”—Arianna Huffington, founder and CEO of Thrive, Global and founder of The Huffington Post
“I can think of no more important skill than focus and no better teacher than Nir Eyal. Being indistractable is the skill of the century.”—Shane Parrish, founder of Farnam Street
“As a lifelong procrastinator, I’m painfully aware of how much productivity-related advice there is out there and how little of it is actually helpful. Indistractable is an exception.”—Tim Urban, author of WaitButWhy.com
“This book has done more to change the way I see the world than anything I’ve read in the past several years. The actionable insights from Indistractable have helped me reduce my daily time spent on email by 90%.”—Shane Snow, author of Smartcuts
Nir Eyal lectured at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business and Institute of Design. His first book, Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products, is an international bestseller and taught Silicon Valley how to design user behavior.
His second book, Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life, reveals the Achilles’ heel of distraction and provides a guidebook for getting the best of technology without letting it get the best of us.
Nir writes, consults, and teaches about the intersection of psychology, technology, and business at NirAndFar.com and his writing has been featured in Harvard Business Review, TechCrunch, Time, The Week, Inc.,and Psychology Today.
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