Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention with Nir Eyal

Episode Show Notes jeffsanders.com/307 . Learn More About the Show The 5 AM Miracle Podcast . Free Productivity Resources Join The 5 AM Club! . The 5 AM Miracle Book Audiobook, Paperback, and Kindle . Connect on Social Media Facebook Group • Instagram • Twitter • LinkedIn . Episode Summary What does it take to truly become indistractable? In this week’s episode of The 5 AM Miracle Podcast I speak with Nir Eyal, author of Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life, about the many options we have to keep our eye on the prize. . Resources Mentioned in this Episode Focus@Will [Start your 2-week free trial] BetterHelp [Get 10% off your first month with code 5AM] Setapp [Try it free for the first week] Trust and Will [Get 10% off with code 5AM] NirAndFar.com [Nir’s website] Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life [Book by Nir Eyal] Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products [Book by Nir Eyal] Schedule Maker [How to be more productive and focus] Distraction Guide [Learn how To avoid distraction in a world that is full of it] Habits Guide [How not to confuse habits with routines] Read to Lead Podcast [Hosted by Jeff Brown] . Nir Eyal Nir Eyal writes, consults, and teaches about the intersection of psychology, technology, and business. The M.I.T. Technology Review dubbed Nir, “The Prophet of Habit-Forming Technology.” Nir founded two tech companies since 2003 and has taught at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford. He is the author of the bestselling book, Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products and Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life. In addition to blogging at NirAndFar.com, Nir’s writing has been featured in The Harvard Business Review, TechCrunch, and Psychology Today. Nir is also an active investor in habit-forming technologies. Some of his past investments include Eventbrite (NYSE:EB), Refresh.io (acquired by LinkedIn), Worklife (acquired by Cisco), Product Hunt, Marco Polo, Presence Learning, 7 Cups, Pana, Kahoot!, Byte Foods, FocusMate, and Anchor.fm (acquired by Spotify). Nir attended The Stanford Graduate School of Business and Emory University.