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.

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Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 10, 2021

It can become a vicious cycle, fast” Sometimes when we’re working in a “service” function, we do ourselves a disservice. It can become a vicious cycle, fast. Can we chat more about this to see if I can fit it into this cycle?”. The vase represents a working cycle (a month, a quarter, what have you).

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The Product Coalition

MAY 24, 2021

Be aware of this and how to deal with it, don’t get caught in a vicious cycle of trying to provide certainty where it isn’t possible. Corporations get distracted by market size. These activities distract from focusing on real customer problems. There are corporate forces that work against new products and ventures.

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Atomic Spin PM

JANUARY 9, 2019

Growing too fast can lead to poor hires, poor culture, and a distracted management and leadership team. Sawtooth patterns can imply things like staffing up quickly to win a project or being stuck in a vicious cycle of growth and attrition. A sawtooth pattern is a bad sign for me.

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Business of Software Conference

JUNE 29, 2020

And I came up with this sort of horrible vicious cycle where what happens is that as managers, we don’t trust that our teams can reach their outcomes. We need to find a way to break this cycle. Breaking the cycle. And we break this cycle. Our job as leaders is to make sure we’re not the hippo.

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