#104 Nir Eyal: Mastering Indistraction

What I discovered was that distraction, the leading cause of distraction, and research bears this out. The leading cause of distraction is not what we call external triggers, not the stuff outside of us. But rather distraction begins from within, what we call the internal triggers. That is the leading cause of distraction. bordom, uncertainty, fatigue.

Anxiety. If you don't Understand this principle that I live by that time management requires pain management. Time management requires pain management. You'll always be distracted by something, right? If it's too much news, too much booze, too much football, too much Facebook, it doesn't matter.

something is gonna distract you unless you understand what feeling You are trying to escape. Procrastination, distraction. It's not a character flaw. Not some kind of moral failing. It is the inability to deal with emotional discomfort.

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