Welcome to the show. I'm Jordan Harbinger. As always, I'm here with my producer Jason DeFilippo.

On this episode we're talking with my good friend, near a yell.

He's been a friend of the show for a while and he's the author of the book Hooked.

And the forthcoming book, Indistractable, which is coming out here in a few months,

we're actually getting a sneak peek. Today, we'll explore the tension between what

near calls traction and distraction, I see what you did there, and how to ensure that you're

moving closer to your goals, even if your daily activities include things that might,

on their face, seem a little bit like Tandrance. We'll also explore some of the triggers

that cause us to lose our way and how to program our environment to avoid and mitigate those

triggers by building effective barriers around you, distracting technology, and your goals.

And finally, we'll discover why you're not really addicted to technology and why it's

actually dangerous to say that you are.

Don't forget we have a worksheet for today's episode so you can make sure you solidify

your understanding of all the key takeaways here from near a yell.

The link to the worksheets is in the show notes at jordanharbanger.com slash podcast.

Now here's near a yell.

So when I met you, your knowledge was a double-edged sword. It was like, oh, I talk about distraction

and how apps are controlling our brains and how these social media companies and things

like that dig their hooks into us and your book, your first book that I read was called

hooked. And I thought, oh, that's really interesting. And then I thought, oh, you speak a lot.

Who do you speak to?

I do a lot of consulting for social media companies.

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