EP 330 – Nir Eyal, Professional Distraction Remover

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Power Athlete

Fitness, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 608 Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2019

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Technology is distrac…SQUIRREL! When Nir Eyal set out to write the book “Hooked”, he wasn’t referencing fishing, prostitution, or the biography of a fictional captain. We are all susceptible to the clutches of technology in the age of the internet. Why? Because there is an entire market designed to tap into our most primitive evolutionary… Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, thanks for tuning into Power Athlete Radio.
0:09.7	How many times do you find yourself in the middle of a work project and the next thing
0:13.6	you know, you are completely distracted from the task at hand?
0:17.1	Well, shame on you, Slacker.
0:18.7	Whether it's a phone notification or a coworker, there are plenty of productivity terrorists at every corner.
0:24.9	And it may even come the form of a podcast like this one.
0:28.1	This week, find out how these distractions are really affecting your success and exactly how to sift through the beneficial smartphone interaction and the absolute life-sucking bullshit of social media.
0:39.4	Stand up to chatty Karen at work and finally finish your TPS reports.
0:43.5	That's right.
0:44.4	It's episode 330.
0:48.5	Power Athlete Nation, it's that time again.
0:56.2	It's your bottom hour schedule every Friday.
1:01.1	What?
1:02.8	Maybe people don't listen to it on Friday.
1:04.6	Maybe listen on Sunday when they're doing yard work.
1:06.4	That's also true.
1:07.8	Why does Sunday have to be for yard work?
1:09.8	Can Sunday just be for drinking beers on the
1:12.1	couch and watching football? Now it is. Yeah, tis the season. That's right, but I'm not drinking
1:17.0	beers on the couch. What are you drinking wine out of the box? Yeager bombs? Straight up. I got two,
1:22.6	my two go-toes right now are boxed wine and white claws. Combined? The sorority girl in you, the sorority girl in you the sorority girl
1:30.0	in you i would have been one hell of a sorority girl but here i am now with you toxic males uh dude
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