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Focusmate
“Another, you asked for more tools. Another product I love is called Focusmate. Have you tried Focusmate?”
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Nir Eyal
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01 / evaluation
These are things in our outside environment, the usual suspects, the pings, the dings, the rings, all this stuff in our outside environment, which we tend to blame for distraction, but studies find, that's only 10% of the reason we get distracted, 10% of the time it's because of something outside of us.
“These are things in our outside environment, the usual suspects, the pings, the dings, the rings, all this stuff in our outside environment, which we tend to blame for distraction, but studies find, that's only 10% of the reason we get distracted, 10% of the time it's because of something outside of us.”
- Speaker
- Nir Eyal
- Publisher
- Lenny's Podcast
02 / evaluation
I don't know what it's like now, but when I wrote the book, this was certainly the case that everybody from Stewart Butterfield on down, the CEO on down, believed that to do people's best work, they had to work without distraction.
“I don't know what it's like now, but when I wrote the book, this was certainly the case that everybody from Stewart Butterfield on down, the CEO on down, believed that to do people's best work, they had to work without distraction.”
- Speaker
- Nir Eyal
- Publisher
- Lenny's Podcast
03 / evaluation
This is tricky. So, I think the reason I'm struggling answering this is because there's a difference between habits and routines and a lot of things that people think are habits are not really habits.
“This is tricky. So, I think the reason I'm struggling answering this is because there's a difference between habits and routines and a lot of things that people think are habits are not really habits.”
- Speaker
- Nir Eyal
- Publisher
- Lenny's Podcast
04 / evaluation
Becomes pretty easy when you look at both words, traction, distraction. They're opposites because both words come from the same Latin root, trahare, which means to pull, and they both end in the same six letters, A-C-T-I-O-N that spells action, reminding us that distraction is not something that happens to us.
“Becomes pretty easy when you look at both words, traction, distraction. They're opposites because both words come from the same Latin root, trahare, which means to pull, and they both end in the same six letters, A-C-T-I-O-N that spells action, reminding us that distraction is not something that happens to us.”
- Speaker
- Nir Eyal
- Publisher
- Lenny's Podcast
05 / evaluation
I have to use these tools. So, I wanted much more practical advice, and what I discovered was that the root cause of distraction is much more interesting and the solution is far more empowering than stop using technology, technology's evil, it's melting your brain.
“I have to use these tools. So, I wanted much more practical advice, and what I discovered was that the root cause of distraction is much more interesting and the solution is far more empowering than stop using technology, technology's evil, it's melting your brain.”
- Speaker
- Nir Eyal
- Publisher
- Lenny's Podcast
06 / evaluation
They're not negations, they're complements. And I think I am uniquely qualified to write both these books because I know these techniques work and I know where they don't work.
“They're not negations, they're complements. And I think I am uniquely qualified to write both these books because I know these techniques work and I know where they don't work.”
- Speaker
- Nir Eyal
- Publisher
- Lenny's Podcast