Nir Eyal shares with us a new model for managing distraction — how to become “Indistractable.”

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9. Indistractable

10. Akrasia
“Acting against our better judgment.”

11. TractionDistraction
Action

12. TractionDistraction
Action
External
Triggers

13. TractionDistraction
Action
External
Triggers
Internal
Triggers

14. TractionDistraction
Action
External
Triggers
Internal
Triggers

15. We must understand the discomfort
we’re trying to escape.

16. Fix the source or
learn to cope

17. Time management is
pain
management.
Get curious
Surf the urge
Note the
sensation

18. TractionDistraction
Action
External
Triggers
Internal
Triggers

19. You can’t call something a “distraction”
unless you know what it’s distracting you
from

20. Schedule your days or someone else will

21. Make time
for traction
Plan the time
(not the output)
Spend less time
communicating and more
time concentrating
Get rid of
low-value work

22. TractionDistraction
Action
External
Triggers
Internal
Triggers

24. Image - vests

27. Use “Do not disturb while driving”
even when you’re not driving

32. Hack back
external triggers
Ask “Is trigger
serving me?”
Adjust notifications
Leave distracting
devices out of meetings

33. TractionDistraction
Action
External
Triggers
Internal
Triggers

35. ¬
Use tech to block out tech
Forest app
SelfControl (Desktop)

36. Get a focus friend to make
distractions harder

37. FocusMate.com

38. Reduce
distractions
with pacts
Use tech to block
distractions
But be careful!

39. Action
Reduce
distractions
with pacts
Hack back
external
triggers
Make time
for traction
Master
internal
triggers

40. We can
do this

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