Indistractable - Quotes | Nir Eyal

A few quotes from Indistractable by Nir Eyal:

• The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity
• Being indistractable means striving to do what you say you will do.
• We must learn a powerful technique called a “precommitment,” which involves removing a future choice in order to overcome our impulsivity.
• “The most effective way to make time for traction is through “timeboxing.” Timeboxing uses a well-researched technique psychologists call “setting an implementation intention,” which is a fancy way of saying, “deciding what you’re going to do, and when you’re going to do it.”
• You can’t call something a distraction unless you know what it’s distracting you from.
• The goal is to eliminate all white space on your calendar so you’re left with a template for how you intend to spend your time each day.
• Keeping a timeboxed schedule is the only way to know if you’re distracted.
• After all, the time you plan to waste is not wasted time.
• The Fogg Behavior Model states that for a behavior (B) to occur, three things must be present at the same time: motivation (M), ability (A), and a trigger (T). More succinctly, B = MAT. Motivation is “the energy for action,” according”
• The wealth of information means a dearth of something else . . . a poverty of attention.
• To receive fewer emails, we must send fewer emails.
• As philosopher Paul Virilio wrote, “When you invent the ship, you also invent the shipwreck.
• Instead of starting with what we’re going to do, we should begin with why we’re going to do it.