Nir Eyal: How to Break Bad Habits and Use Discomfort to Your Advantage
Abel James Show
Abel James Bascom
4.7 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 12 January 2024
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Do you find that you're more easily distracted than ever?
You're in good company.
In the age of nonstop notifications, painfully short attention spans, and endless fear mongering and doom scrolling, sometimes it feels difficult to get things done.
So are you ready to master your time, attention and productivity?
Imagine what you could accomplish if you could stay focused and follow through on your goals, despite all the distractions of modern life. Now is the perfect time to harness science-backed strategies to break bad habits for good.
I’m pleased to be here today with Nir Eyal, a business consultant and award-winning author, including his latest bestseller, “Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life.”
On this episode with Nir, we're chatting about:
- How to break bad habits and reduce wasted time
- How to use discomfort to your advantage
- How to master your time and attention
- Why that long to-do list could actually be hurting your productivity (and what to do instead)
- And tons more…
Read the show notes: https://fatburningman.com/nir-eyal-how-to-break-bad-habits-and-use-discomfort-to-your-advantage/
For more from Nir Eyal, including his award-winning book "Indistractable," articles and more, go to NirAndFar.com.
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| 0:15.2 | Hey folks this is Abel James and thanks so much for joining us. Do you find that you're more easily distracted than ever? You're in good company in the age of non-stop notifications, painfully short attention spans, and endless fear-mongering and doom scrolling, sometimes it feels difficult to get things done. |
| 0:19.2 | So are you ready to master your time, attention, and productivity? |
| 0:23.2 | Imagine what you could accomplish if you could stay focused |
| 0:26.2 | and follow through on your goals, |
| 0:28.3 | despite all the distractions of modern life. |
| 0:31.0 | Now is the perfect time to harness science-backed strategies to break bad habits |
| 0:36.1 | for good. I'm pleased to be here today with Near E.A business consultant and award-winning |
| 0:42.2 | author, including his latest best-seller, Industry. A Business consultant and Award Winning Author, |
| 0:42.7 | Including His Latedestractable How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life. |
| 0:48.8 | Indestractable received critical acclaim winning the Outstanding Works of Literature Award and was named |
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