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Pros
I highly recommend this book as something that will reclaim your focus and attention and help you navigate this world of distraction. This book is both insightful and practical and has already helped me to claim back time that i am reinvesting into ot... Read More
Stanford professor nir eyal is about to tell us in an understandable, conversational way how to get more done. Nir provides a framework to handle distractions by addressing the root cause which is discomfort.
The whole concept of using technology at a set scheduled time to get what you want from it rather than constantly scrolling social media really resonates with me. It covers technology, but also things like being distracted by there being tasty food in... Read More
Indistractable is a helpful, comprehensive guide that should be on the reading list of all of those who wish to spend their time in a better manner. It comes with companion online resources like a workbook which asks very powerful questions and helps ... Read More
A good overview of how distractions work. Advises 3+1 step stategy against distraction and backs it with a lot of research.
Cons
The author appears to endorse a fairly robotic existence. Spends too much of the book promoting various apps and companies. I wish i bought the paperback - at least i would be able to return the book, but now it's stuck in my kindle library.
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Quality
Ive just completed the audible version of this book and enjoyed it so much that ive ordered the hardback so that i can refer to... Read More
Its all about being able to deal with the distraction from within
I see the top review criticises the book for going neither deep enough with the theoretical grounding nor extensive enough with... Read More
Competitiveness
I can see how distracting and harmful social media is on his life his wifes life and my five year old grand daughters too
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Not all of it will apply to everyone
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Initially i attended nir’s free indistractable session on eventbrite so i could be an anonymous bystander and think about if nir’s method spoke to me well it did and before i bought the book i’d already been onto the website to look at some of the free resources
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I had an emotionally painful few days thinking about why i’d got to the point i had with complete overwhelm in every area of my life and moved onto putting into practice the method of using containers for planning the focus being on me first then familyhome then work
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I have always believed that work comes first and then everything should fit around that but that has clearly come at a cost to me and i never even realised how badly i was neglecting myself and punishing myself for mistakenly believing i was underachieving all the time
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The book covers mastering internal triggers making time for traction hacking back external triggers group chats slack meetings zoom email
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Nothing new here however it is the most concise accumulation of various techniques along with practical examples laptop or mobile settings adjustments and app suggestions to help you be more indistractable
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The content justifies the plaudits on the cover
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Uk sales and marketing research category even though it was written in 2014
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