Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life

by Nir Eyal

The antidote to impulsiveness is forethought. Planning ahead ensures you will follow through.

Even when we think we’re seeking pleasure, we’re actually driven by the desire to free ourselves from the pain of wanting.

Just as we don’t “run out” of joy or anger, willpower ebbs and flows in response to what’s happening to us and how we feel.

Unfortunately, the less time we invest in people, the easier it is to make do without them, until one day it is too awkward to reconnect.