Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life

by Nir Eyal

PART 1: MASTER INTERNAL TRIGGERS • Chapter 3: Motivation is a desire to escape discomfort. Find the root causes of distraction rather than proximate ones. • Chapter 4: Learn to deal with discomfort rather than attempting to escape it with distraction. • Chapter 5: Stop trying to actively suppress urges—this only makes them stronger. Instead, observe and allow them to dissolve. • Chapter 6: Reimagine the internal trigger. Look for the negative emotion preceding the distraction, write it down, and pay attention to the negative sensation with curiosity rather than contempt. • Chapter 7: Reimagine the task. Turn it into play by paying “foolish, even absurd” attention to it. Deliberately look for novelty. • Chapter 8: Reimagine your temperament. Self-talk matters. Your willpower runs out only if you believe it does. Avoid labeling yourself as “easily distracted” or having an “addictive personality.”