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Nir Eyal
OCTOBER 30, 2023
Here’s what you need to know to actually hack back distraction: there are only three causes of any distraction: an internal trigger, an external trigger, or a planning problem. A distraction tracker is the only way to help you figure out which of those is causing you to get distracted so you can do something about it.
Nir Eyal
OCTOBER 17, 2023
Because I write about distraction and how to avoid it, I often get asked the question “Aren’t distractions sometimes a good thing? Don’t we all need some distraction in our lives?” The post The Crucial Difference Between Distraction and Diversion appeared first on Nir and Far.
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Nir Eyal
DECEMBER 6, 2021
Distractions seem ubiquitous today, but they’ve always been a part of human life, even going back to Greek mythology. The post How the Ancient Greeks Beat Distraction appeared first on Nir and Far. Here’s how to resist them.
Nir Eyal
MAY 8, 2023
Discover better ways to tackle distractions at work. The post Managers, Stop Distracting Your Employees appeared first on Nir and Far. When employees know their performance is being measured by the rules of productivity software, they become motivated to prioritize emails and messages over their core work.
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Nir Eyal
AUGUST 8, 2021
If we have so many hours to play with every day, why […] The post How to Escape the Vicious Cycle of Distraction appeared first on Nir and Far. And yet research suggests that the average working American has four hours of leisure per day.
Lenny Rachitsky
DECEMBER 29, 2023
A tactic: When you feel an urge to do something distracting—like scroll on your phone—try to delay doing it for just 10 more minutes. I’m someone who works out), as a last line of defense against distraction. You’re not saying “no,” you’re just saying “not yet.”
Speaker: Jesse Walker, Product Manager at Canva
While this may seem obvious, it can be easy to forget amidst the daily distractions of juggling everything from delivery management, team management, backlog grooming, and sprint planning. As product managers, our primary focus should always be on creating value for our users.
Speaker: Nir Eyal
Ever get the feeling the world is full of too many distractions? In Indistractable, Nir provides the antidote to the current distraction crisis. In this webinar, Nir provides research-backed, practical advice, and memorable strategies for managing distraction and our time.
Advertiser: Datadog
There was a time when technology managers needed to actively monitor these kinds of granular metrics, but today, these alerts just create distracting noise. Getting constant alerts that something is broken with your product, despite there being nothing wrong. Alert fatigue is a real thing.
Speaker: Ramli John, Managing Director at ProductLed and Author
Today’s users are impulsive and easily distracted. A large chunk of users never gets to experience the full value of the product. Your platform is littered with dead accounts that are taking up valuable space. Let’s face it. They don’t have the time (or patience) to try and figure things out by themselves.
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