From Getting Hooked to Being Indistractable

In this podcast, we cover two books written by Nir Eyal. His 1st book Hooked was written for product managers, designers, marketers, start-up founders, and anyone who seeks to understand how products influence our behavior. His 2nd book Indistractable teaches us How to Control our Attention and Choose our Lifepath in a proper and systematic manner.

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00:00 Intro
01:50 Nir's background and his interest in psychology
06:25 How to overcome social media addiction?
10:39 Is addiction dangerous?
14:45 Social Media: A Distraction?
20:34 Triggers and traction
23:40 Understanding the mind
28:52 Self Help industry and its misconception
30:13 Making time for traction
36:24 Discipline and its importance
39:24 Predirection towards distraction
42:37 Screen time and Kids
49:14 Q & A Session
58:18 Closing Comments

You can check Nir's work out, on his website: https://www.nirandfar.com/

Follow Nir:
Twitter: @nireyal
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