Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life

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But reading it will give you the chance to reflect on how you prioritise your life, how you get distracted, and how you will refocus on what matters. It comprises of easy to read short chapters with further sections talking about dealing with distractions from within, reimagining internal triggers, hacking back external triggers, workplace distractions, having Indistractable relationships and, etc. It's a timely and pretty important book as the modern age of technology appears to have become like opium to some. The best part of this entire book was his advice on setting guidelines on tech usage with your kids, partner, and your friends.

While there are definitely some benefits to the short-and-sweet approach—including bring easy to digest, quick to read, and full of memorable sound bites—in this instance it felt light on content and substance, much like a drawn out blog post. But _Indistractable_ straddles an uncomfortable divide between providing an overview of the various ways in which we are distractable and suggesting changes that the reader can implement.Dissatisfaction and discomfort dominate our brain’s default state, but we can use them to motivate us instead of defeat us. He describes why solving the problem is not as simple as swearing off our devices – abstinence is impractical and often makes us want more. You’d get about all you need to glean from this book by simply reading the the “Remember This” synopses at the end of each chapter, or the chapter takeaways that are helpfully compiled together towards the end of the book. International best-selling author, former Stanford lecturer, and behavioral design expert, Nir Eyal, wrote Silicon Valley's handbook for making technology habit-forming.

The positive of this book is that you will get some key takeaways that will be helpful to you from this book. When we consider our children, how can they flourish if they can't concentrate long enough to apply themselves? All sorts of life events we think would make us happier actually don’t, or at least they don’t for long. If you're reading this book, my guess is you've already tried those techniques and, like me, found they didn't quite do the trick for you. Empowering and optimistic, Indistractable provides practical, novel techniques to control your time and attention - helping you live the life you really want.If you care about your work, your family, and your physical and mental well-being, you must learn how to become indistractable. What example are we setting for them if our loving faces are replaced by the tops of our heads as we constantly stare into our screens?

His writing on technology, psychology and business appears in the Harvard Business Review, The Atlantic, TechCrunch, and Psychology Today. I'm coming clean today, telling this story for the very first time in its raw, ugly detail," she said. Part Three follows with a no-holds-barred examination of the unwanted external triggers that hamper our productivity and diminish our well-being. Another day goes by and, once again, your most important personal and professional goals are put on hold.Well, Stanford Professor Nir Eyal is about to tell us in an understandable, conversational way how to get more done and there is plenty of technical detail included for those of us who enjoy knowing the ins and outs.

In a world filled with noise, Indistractable provides a framework that will deliver the focus you need to get results.

Nir Eyal is the bestselling author of "Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products" (a finalist for the 2014 Goodreads Choice Awards) and "Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life. They can compete with other players and view their relative rankings on tournament-style leaderboards.