1770: This is How to be Less Distracted By Having Fun in Tedious Tasks by Nir Eyal on Productivity & Curiosity

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🗓️ 15 October 2020

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Nir Eyal tells us how we can have fun to minimize distraction. Episode 1770: This is How to be Less Distracted By Having Fun in Tedious Tasks by Nir Eyal on Productivity & Curiosity Nir Eyal writes, consults, and teaches about the intersection of psychology, technology, and business. The M.I.T. Technology Review dubbed Nir, “The Prophet of Habit-Forming Technology.” Nir founded two tech companies since 2003 and has taught at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford. He is the author of the bestselling book, Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products. In addition to blogging at NirAndFar.com, Nir’s writing has been featured in The Harvard Business Review, TechCrunch, and Psychology Today. Nir is also an active investor in habit-forming technologies. Some of his past investments include: Eventbrite, Product Hunt, Pantry, Marco Polo, Presence Learning, 7 Cups, Pana, Symphony Commerce, Worklife (acquired by Cisco) and Refresh.io (acquired by LinkedIn). Nir attended The Stanford Graduate School of Business and Emory University. The original post is located here: https://www.nirandfar.com/tedious-tasks/ Please Rate & Review the Show! Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com and in The O.L.D. Facebook Group and Join the Ol' Family to get your Free Gifts! Interested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalLivingDaily Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 1770. This is how to be less distracted by having fun
0:05.7	in tedious tasks by near-a-all of nearandfar.com. And I'm Justin Mollock, the guy that's been
0:11.2	reading to you every day, including all days for over four years, covering living a meaningful
0:15.8	life, self-help, productivity, happiness, and more. Today's author regularly writes about business,
0:22.5	marketing, and habits. He's frequently narrated over on Optimal Startup Daily, which is a show we
0:27.6	recently relaunched just two weeks ago, actually. So be great if you can check that out. Again,
0:32.1	that's Optimal Startup Daily. But since you're here, let's get right to it and start optimizing your
0:37.4	life. This is how to be less distracted by having fun in tedious tasks by near-a-all of nearandfar.com.
0:49.4	Want to be less distracted? Try this. Find the fun in tedious tasks. From comic books and radio
0:57.8	programs to TV shows and Atari games, the world has always been full of things that distract us.
1:04.4	Today, most of us blame our phones or more specifically social media, words with friends,
1:09.4	or Netflix, as a reason we can't get anything done. Yet these aren't the real culprits. Instead,
1:16.2	our distraction is usually driven by our desire to escape discomfort, including boredom,
1:21.0	fear, and anxiety, or tasks in our word calendar that don't sync with how we value our time.
1:26.8	When you binge on the office, rather than doing your taxes, watching Michael, Pam, and Dwight
1:31.7	is your understandable way of avoiding an activity you deem to be a tedious task. The secret
1:37.3	is staying focused at times like these is not to abstain from the office. You'll just find another
1:42.3	distraction, but to change your perspective on the task itself. Ian Bogas studies fun for a living,
1:49.0	a professor of interactive computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Bogas is written 10 books,
1:54.5	including quirky titles like How to Talk About Video Games, The Geeks Chihuahua, and most recently
1:59.7	Play Anything. In the latter book, Bogas makes several bold claims that challenge how we think
2:04.7	about fun and play. Fun, he writes, quote, turns out to be fun even if it doesn't involve much,
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