Nir Eyal, bestselling author of Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products, wrote the book on the secret psychology of technology. However, in this talk, Nir provides the antidote to the current distraction crisis. Nir shares the findings of his five years of research into how to master what he calls, "the skill of the century," the power to be "Indistractable." Nir's entertaining, research-backed talk, provides practical advice and memorable strategies for managing distraction in business and life.

1. N I R E YA L
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I N D I S T R A C T A B L E
How to Master the Skill of the Century

4. Indistractable

6. Akrasia“Acting against our better judgment.”

7. TractionDistraction
Action

8. TractionDistraction
Action
External
Triggers

9. TractionDistraction
Action
External
Triggers
Internal
Triggers

10. TractionDistraction
Action
External
Triggers
Internal
Triggers

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

12. Fix the source or
learn to cope

13. Most distraction
start from within.
Crowd out
with curiosity
Surf the urge
Note the
sensation

14. TractionDistraction
Action
External
Triggers
Internal
Triggers

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

16. Schedule your days or someone else will

17. Make time
for traction
Plan the time
(not the output)
Spend less time
messaging
Get rid of low-
value work

18. TractionDistraction
Action
External
Triggers
Internal
Triggers

20. Image - vests

22. I am busy but
you can
RED LIGHTRED LIGHT
Please do not
disturb unless
it is really
important
For more ways to focus visit:
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24. Use “Do not disturb while driving”
even when you’re not driving

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

30. TractionDistraction
Action
External
Triggers
Internal
Triggers

32. Distracting stuff
You
Could be you

33. Image credit: www.thekitchensafe.com

34. ¬
Use tech to block out tech
Forest app
SelfControl (Desktop)
Time Guard app

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

36. TractionDistraction
Action
External
Triggers
Internal
Triggers

37. Hack back
external
triggers
Deal with
internal
triggers
Make time
for traction
Reduce
distractions
with pacts

38. We can
do this

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