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Indistractable

How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life

Nir Eyal

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Published Date
August 6, 2019

Page Count
300 pages

Reading Time
3.5 hours

Listening Time
5.5 hours

📘 Why It's Worth Reading

Indistractable is a fool-proof guide to defending the most precious commodity you have — your time. It contains practical productivity tips, scheduling hacks, and a variety of methods for preventing distraction.

Notable Shoutouts

James Clear

#1 NYT best-selling author of Atomic Habits

“Success and happiness belong to people who can control their attention. Nir Eyal is on a mission to protect you from distraction—and his lively book is full of actionable ideas”

Mark Manson

Bestselling author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

“Indistractable is the most practical and realistic approach to balancing technology with well-being. A must-read for anyone with a smartphone.”

Ryan Holiday

Bestselling author of The Obstacle is the Way and Ego is the Enemy

“An essential book for anyone trying to think, work, or live better.”

Social Shoutouts

Another must-read/listen from ⁦@nireyal⁩ (Hooked before that) I was vigorously nodding along to parts of this book. A great foundation for bringing intention and focus to your work- and home-life. Recommending to everyone at ⁦@Initialized⁩ as well as our founders pic.twitter.com/O5hbILT2Qy

— §AlexisOhanian 7️⃣7️⃣6️⃣ (@alexisohanian) February 26, 2020

Yes. Pushing every CEO to @nireyal Indistractable. Most important business book I’ve read this year. https://t.co/Cay0SDxIwK

— §AlexisOhanian 7️⃣7️⃣6️⃣ (@alexisohanian) May 27, 2020

I highly recommend @nireyal‘s new book, Indistractable. Nir and I disagree on whether phones are a cause of rising in teen depression, but his book is full of great ideas for improving your relationship with your phone, and “hacking back” your time. https://t.co/l2kPIAe1gs

— Jonathan Haidt (@JonHaidt) September 12, 2019

Indistractable by Nir Eyal

This book is more about how to take control of the distraction and make it into something that will benefit you and make you more present in the moment. I’d recommend another book by him called “Hooked”. pic.twitter.com/NgGI2SSOTW

— Wan Nur Syaira (@WanNurSyaira) January 20, 2021

Nir Eyal, author of Hooked, just published his next book, Indistractible 👏🏼https://t.co/4dR7ihkFGx

(I’m grabbing the audiobook)

— Ryan Hoover (@rrhoover) September 10, 2019

If that habit bothers you, then change the habit! You have the power. I think you’d enjoy @nireyal’s book Indistractable, which has a great guide for this kind of thing https://t.co/rpkGLoN1fo

— Jason Feifer (@heyfeifer) January 27, 2020

If you watched The Social Dilemma…

And want to regain control over your social media usage, read:

• Indistractable by Nir Eyal
• Attention Merchants by Tim Wu
• Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport

— Alex and Books 📚 (@AlexAndBooks_) October 3, 2020

Notes from “Indistractable” by @nireyal

Visual Thread pic.twitter.com/wqyLf9CA3G

— Aaron Aalto (@aaraalto) February 6, 2021

I’m Nir Eyal, the author of Hooked and Indistractable. I’ve spent the past half-decade trying to cure my problems with distraction. AMA! from r/IAmA

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📖 Quotes from Indistractable

“The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.”

Nir Eyal

“We can cope with uncomfortable internal triggers by reflecting on, rather than reacting to, our discomfort. We can reimagine the task we’re trying to accomplish by looking for the fun in it and focusing on it more intensely. Finally, and most important, we can change the way we see ourselves to get rid of self-limiting beliefs.”

Nir Eyal

“The better we are at noticing the behavior, the better we’ll be at managing it over time.”

Nir Eyal

“An individual’s level of self-compassion had a greater effect on whether they would develop anxiety and depression than all the usual things that tend to screw up people’s lives, like traumatic life events, a family history of mental illness, low social status, or a lack of social support.”

Nir Eyal

“Being indistractable means striving to do what you say you will do. Indistractable people are as honest with themselves as they are with others. If you care about your work, your family, and your physical and mental well-being, you must learn how to become indistractable.”

Nir Eyal

⭐ Real Reviews on Indistractable

positive review

Amazingly practical guide to help anyone!

This was easily the best book I have read in the past year. The steps laid out to help improve relationships with family, friends and work are simple, elegant, and effective. Much care was put into explaining how our time and attention is diverted away from what we truly want, while referencing the relevant peer reviewed psychology articles supporting the proposed conclusions. Debunking common myths, helping me understand how to take accountability for excuses I didn’t even realize I was previously making. I recommend this book for any parent, manger, child or person who finds themselves distracted. In essence, I think everyone could benefit from this book. The real question is, do you actually apply the advice or just listen to it?

critical review

Good but preachy at times

Generally good advice for personal focus. It takes a pretty narrow view on how to achieve the focus though. Parenting section was off-putting for so many reasons.