Nir Eyal

Strategies for becoming less distracted and improving focus | Nir Eyal (author of Indistractable and Hooked)

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Opening
Nir Eyal (00:00:00): I went to Alibaba and I bought myself one of these flip phones from China like we used to have in the 1990s with no apps, no internet connection. And then I got myself a word processor off of eBay so that I could just sit down and write and do the important stuff. And even when I stopped using all the technology, even when I got rid of all the apps, I would sit down on my desk and I'd say, "Oh, you know what?...

The opener starts with biography before advice. That order makes the guest legible as a person before the listener extracts tactics.

Low-ego framing
"career", "growth", "podcast"] word_count: 18355 --- Nir Eyal (00:00:00): I went to Alibaba and I bought myself one of these flip phones from China like we used to have in the 1990s with no apps,...

Uses we/us, uncertainty, or learner framing instead of performing authority.

Accept praise cleanly
tactical things you can do to become more indistractable and to focus better. Thank you so much for being here. Two final questions. Where can folks learn more about the stuff you're doing? Where do they...

Accepts praise without shrinking from it or turning it into a performance.

Name the work
ons. Where can folks learn more about the stuff you're doing? Where do they buy your book? Where they learn more about the things you can do for them? And then finally, how can listeners be sold to you?...

Names a concrete strength, artifact, or contribution instead of offering generic praise.

Return warmth
I don't really want to do it right now." So, this is incredibly important and I appreciate your candor here around what you feel because all of us experience it and we don't want to talk about it. We want to...

Matches the guest's warmth and keeps the social temperature generous.

Low-ego framing
Lenny (00:15:27): I don't know if this is an emotion or feeling, but there's just this, I need to get serious and start using my brain and there's...

Uses we/us, uncertainty, or learner framing instead of performing authority.