Nir And Far: Business, Behaviour and the Brain

Can virtual meetings be as effective as in-person ones?

It?s one thing to eliminate distractions in meetings. It?s another to do the same in virtual meetings.

Now that virtual teams are becoming a norm, many coworkers have never met each other in person. Yet, they?re expected to work every day toward a shared goal. Rapport and trust become even more crucial in virtual workplaces but also may be trickier to establish.

You can read the Nir And Far blog post on: How to Banish Virtual Meeting Boredom https://www.nirandfar.com/virtual-meeting-boredom/

Nir And Far, a podcast about business, behaviour and the brain by Nir Eyal. If you enjoy this podcast, please subscribe on iTunes and leave an iTunes review. It will greatly help new listeners discover the show. Please visit my website Nir and Far for other info about my writing, books and teaching: http://www.nirandfar.com/

You?re probably not going to fulfill all your goals this year. And if you don?t, it likely won?t be because you?re incapable; it will be because you got in your own way.

A slew of limiting beliefs will distract you from your goals and New Year?s resolutions. Below are four ways you?re likely to shoot yourself in the foot with self-limiting beliefs, plus how to get rid of them.

You can read the Nir And Far blog post on: Limiting Beliefs: Ditch the 4 Dream Killers Holding You Back https://www.nirandfar.com/limiting-beliefs/

Nir And Far, a podcast about business, behaviour and the brain by Nir Eyal. If you enjoy this podcast, please subscribe on iTunes and leave an iTunes review. It will greatly help new listeners discover the show. Please visit my website Nir and Far for other info about my writing, books and teaching: http://www.nirandfar.com/

Nir?s Note: Noah Kagan is the Chief Sumo at AppSumo and runs a YouTube Channel with over 1 million subscribers. His new book, Million Dollar Weekend, is out now.

Airbnb began as a weekend project when the founders sent an email offering their living-room air mattress to hotelless attendees of a major design conference. Facebook started when Mark Zuckerberg built a clone of ConnectU over the weekend and told everyone in his dorm about it. Even Microsoft began with Bill Gates making software quickly for a company in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

You can read the Nir And Far blog post on: The Magic of Now, Not How

Nir And Far, a podcast about business, behaviour and the brain by Nir Eyal. If you enjoy this podcast, please subscribe on iTunes and leave an iTunes review. It will greatly help new listeners discover the show. Please visit my website Nir and Far for other info about my writing, books and teaching: http://www.nirandfar.com/

How can we become more discerning buyers in a world that encourages us to spend?

We have to stop falling for subtle sales psychology tactics.

You can read the Nir And Far blog post on: Sales Psychology: Why You Make Terrible Buying Choices https://www.nirandfar.com/sales-psychology/

Nir And Far, a podcast about business, behaviour and the brain by Nir Eyal. If you enjoy this podcast, please subscribe on iTunes and leave an iTunes review. It will greatly help new listeners discover the show. Please visit my website Nir and Far for other info about my writing, books and teaching: http://www.nirandfar.com/

Hindsight bias occurs when people feel that they ?knew it all along? ? when they believe that an event is more predictable after it becomes known than it was before it became known2 .

In other words, when we?re looking back at an event after it already happened, knowing that outcome influences our perception of the events leading up to it.

Nir And Far, a podcast about business, behaviour and the brain by Nir Eyal. If you enjoy this podcast, please subscribe on iTunes and leave an iTunes review. It will greatly help new listeners discover the show. Please visit my website Nir and Far for other info about my writing, books and teaching: http://www.nirandfar.com/

You could feel the excitement buzzing through the WhatsApp channel. An A-list fitness guru reportedly spending millions of dollars yearly to reverse aging was in town to hold an in-person workout.

Without hesitating, I signed up. I was interested in seeing Mr. Guru in action and eager to be inspired by his approach.

You can read the Nir And Far blog post on: Listening to Fitness Gurus is Making You Fat https://www.nirandfar.com/fitness-guru-myth/

Nir And Far, a podcast about business, behaviour and the brain by Nir Eyal. If you enjoy this podcast, please subscribe on iTunes and leave an iTunes review. It will greatly help new listeners discover the show. Please visit my website Nir and Far for other info about my writing, books and teaching: http://www.nirandfar.com/

Whenever you have a disagreement with someone you care about and who cares about you, pose this straightforward question:

?How important is this to you on a scale of 1 to 10??

The size of the disagreement doesn?t matter. Whether it?s about dinner choices or naming your first-born child, this method helps avoid unnecessary disagreements and keeps relationships strong (most of the time, see exceptions below).

You can read the Nir And Far blog post on: Score Your Spats: How to Stop Arguing and Enhance Your Relationships https://www.nirandfar.com/how-to-stop-arguing/

Nir And Far, a podcast about business, behaviour and the brain by Nir Eyal. If you enjoy this podcast, please subscribe on iTunes and leave an iTunes review. It will greatly help new listeners discover the show. Please visit my website Nir and Far for other info about my writing, books and teaching: http://www.nirandfar.com/

Understanding the distinction is the first step to managing your time

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??

Nope!

You can read the Nir And Far blog post on: The Crucial Difference Between Distraction and Diversion https://www.nirandfar.com/distraction-vs-diversion/

End boring, useless meetings once and for all.

We?ve all been in a dumb meeting?one that makes you think, ?This doesn?t even apply to me,? ?I?m learning nothing from this,? or, worst of all, ?This meeting could have been an email.?

I?m sure you?ve commiserated with colleagues over what a time suck dumb meetings can be.

You can read the Nir And Far blog post on: This Meeting Could have Been an Email: From Time Suck to Unstuck https://www.nirandfar.com/meeting-could-be-an-email/

Nir And Far, a podcast about business, behaviour and the brain by Nir Eyal. If you enjoy this podcast, please subscribe on iTunes and leave an iTunes review. It will greatly help new listeners discover the show. Please visit my website Nir and Far for other info about my writing, books and teaching: http://www.nirandfar.com/

Some days, the world seems intent on sabotaging your timeboxed calendar.

A meeting goes longer than expected. The daycare center calls to say that your child is ill and has to be picked up ASAP. A project you thought would take an hour to complete instead took three.

Before you know it, the end of the day arrives, and you?ve barely given time to the tasks you had wanted to do.

You can read the Nir And Far blog post on: Scheduling for Life?s Surprises: When Timeboxing is Toast: https://www.nirandfar.com/scheduling-for-surprises/

Nir And Far, a podcast about business, behaviour and the brain by Nir Eyal. If you enjoy this podcast, please subscribe on iTunes and leave an iTunes review. It will greatly help new listeners discover the show. Please visit my website Nir and Far for other info about my writing, books and teaching: http://www.nirandfar.com/

I sit down and chat with author, Devorah Heitner about her latest book, Growing Up in Public.

Nir And Far, a podcast about business, behaviour and the brain by Nir Eyal. If you enjoy this podcast, please subscribe on iTunes and leave an iTunes review. It will greatly help new listeners discover the show. Please visit my website Nir and Far for other info about my writing, books and teaching: http://www.nirandfar.com/

Venture capital (VC) is a great opportunity for new entrepreneurs seeking to bring a product to life?but the funding is incredibly difficult to secure.

A 2021 Harvard Business Review survey of almost 900 VC firms found that they consider 101 opportunities on average for every deal they close.

Still, the benefits of VC funding are clear.

You can read the Nir And Far blog post on: How to Build an Irresistible Product for VC Investors https://www.nirandfar.com/irresistible-for-vc/

Nir And Far, a podcast about business, behaviour and the brain by Nir Eyal. If you enjoy this podcast, please subscribe on iTunes and leave an iTunes review. It will greatly help new listeners discover the show. Please visit my website Nir and Far for other info about my writing, books and teaching: http://www.nirandfar.com/

Embrace doing something for just a little while

Numerous articles detail the routines of the most successful people in the world: Apple CEO Tim Cook wakes up at 3:45 a.m. and exercises. Actor and producer Reese Witherspoon eats the same healthy breakfast every day. Oprah meditates early. Author Tim Ferriss journals daily.

Society has become so focused on productivity hacks and packing the most into every day that we think of long-term, consistent routines as the gold standard for spending our time.

You can read the Nir And Far blog post on: You Don?t Have to Follow the Same Routines Forever https://www.nirandfar.com/short-term-routines/

Nir And Far, a podcast about business, behaviour and the brain by Nir Eyal. If you enjoy this podcast, please subscribe on iTunes and leave an iTunes review. It will greatly help new listeners discover the show. Please visit my website Nir and Far for other info about my writing, books and teaching: http://www.nirandfar.com/

Dreaming of retirement helps you fantasize about your ideal life?and potentially have it now

Imagine your retirement.

Are you picturing long, lazy days on a tropical beach under coconut trees? Maybe you?ve opted for a life of adventure, traveling to all the places you haven?t been to yet. Perhaps the science fiction novel you?ve always wanted to write is finally pouring out of you. You might spend all your time volunteering for a social or political cause. Or maybe you even go back to work, but in a very different field than before.

You can read the Nir And Far blog post on: You Can Have Your Retirement Fantasy Today https://www.nirandfar.com/retirement-fantasy/

Nir And Far, a podcast about business, behaviour and the brain by Nir Eyal. If you enjoy this podcast, please subscribe on iTunes and leave an iTunes review. It will greatly help new listeners discover the show. Please visit my website Nir and Far for other info about my writing, books and teaching: http://www.nirandfar.com/

I sit down with Peter Atwater to find out more about how social mood affects decision making, the economy and the markets.

Nir And Far, a podcast about business, behaviour and the brain by Nir Eyal. If you enjoy this podcast, please subscribe on iTunes and leave an iTunes review. It will greatly help new listeners discover the show. Please visit my website Nir and Far for other info about my writing, books and teaching: http://www.nirandfar.com/

I sit down and chat with Nick Allen, founder of the mindful drinking app, Sunnyside.

Help them make the most of it by becoming ?indistractable?

The end of the school year is a magical time.

Kids have made it through a grueling year of groggy early mornings, rigid class schedules, piles of homework, and endless extracurriculars.

You can read the Nir And Far blog post on: How to Craft an ?Indistractable? Summer Schedule for Your Kids https://www.nirandfar.com/summer-schedule-for-kids/

Nir And Far, a podcast about business, behaviour and the brain by Nir Eyal. If you enjoy this podcast, please subscribe on iTunes and leave an iTunes review. It will greatly help new listeners discover the show. Please visit my website Nir and Far for other info about my writing, books and teaching: http://www.nirandfar.com/

Become Indistractable to conquer the paradigm shift

What would it look like if the world moved toward a four-day workweek?

The organization, 4 Day Week Global, did a 6-month study of 900 employees across 33 U.S. and Irish businesses in 2022. The study was based on the 100-80-100 model: Employees received 100 percent of their pay for working 80 percent of the time at 100 percent of the productivity.

Participating employees rated the four-day workweek a 9.1 out of 10, claiming it reduced their burnout and fatigue. Businesses said revenue increased and that attracting and retaining talent was easier.

You can read the NirAndFar article on: The 4-Day Workweek: How To Do More With Less https://www.nirandfar.com/4-day-workweek/

Nir And Far, a podcast about business, behaviour and the brain by Nir Eyal. If you enjoy this podcast, please subscribe on iTunes and leave an iTunes review. It will greatly help new listeners discover the show. Please visit my website Nir and Far for other info about my writing, books and teaching: http://www.nirandfar.com/

Summary. The rise of remote work has made corporate leaders paranoid, thinking they must monitor their employees? every digital move in order to maintain productivity. But while people often zero in on Facebook, TikTok, or Netflix as potential sources of employee distraction, in truth, we?re often more distracted by the ways in which we work today. Here are four strategies to help managers get to the root causes of what?s distracting their employees: 1) Open a dialogue about distractions; 2) Schedule-sync with your employees; 3) Don?t hold meetings without an agenda; and 4) Set an example.

You can read the Nir And Far blog post on: Managers, Stop Distracting Your Employees https://www.nirandfar.com/managers-distracting-employees/

Nir And Far, a podcast about business, behaviour and the brain by Nir Eyal. If you enjoy this podcast, please subscribe on iTunes and leave an iTunes review. It will greatly help new listeners discover the show. Please visit my website Nir and Far for other info about my writing, books and teaching: http://www.nirandfar.com/

I sit down with Adam Alter to discuss his new book, Anatomy of a Breakdown.

Nir And Far, a podcast about business, behaviour and the brain by Nir Eyal. If you enjoy this podcast, please subscribe on iTunes and leave an iTunes review. It will greatly help new listeners discover the show. Please visit my website Nir and Far for other info about my writing, books and teaching: ?http://www.nirandfar.com/?

We get by with a little help from our friends

Now, more than ever, we have to be smart with our money.

Consumer prices at one point increased 9.1 percent from June 2021 to 2022, and financial experts are wary of an economic recession.

Yet navigating our personal finances and adhering to a budget can be a daunting task.

You can read the Nir And Far blog post on: Money Buddies: Don?t Go It Alone with Your Wallet https://www.nirandfar.com/money-buddy/

Nir And Far, a podcast about business, behaviour and the brain by Nir Eyal. If you enjoy this podcast, please subscribe on iTunes and leave an iTunes review. It will greatly help new listeners discover the show. Please visit my website Nir and Far for other info about my writing, books and teaching: http://www.nirandfar.com/

Busting these myths will set you free from productivity woes

Every time I hear a productivity myth described as fact, I cringe as if listening to a snake oil salesman peddle his cures.

Let me tell you, when I was writing my second book, Indistractable, I endlessly researched productivity and time management. I tried a lot of recommended methods and techniques myself.

You can read the Nir And Far blog post on: 5 Productivity Myths Ruining Your Life https://www.nirandfar.com/productivity-myths/

Nir And Far, a podcast about business, behaviour and the brain by Nir Eyal. If you enjoy this podcast, please subscribe on iTunes and leave an iTunes review. It will greatly help new listeners discover the show. Please visit my website Nir and Far for other info about my writing, books and teaching: http://www.nirandfar.com/

I discuss the overall impact of AI with Robert Glazer, founder and CEO of Acceleration Partners.

Nir And Far, a podcast about business, behaviour and the brain by Nir Eyal. If you enjoy this podcast, please subscribe on iTunes and leave an iTunes review. It will greatly help new listeners discover the show. Please visit my website Nir and Far for other info about my writing, books and teaching: http://www.nirandfar.com/

Uncover the real sources behind six habits secretly causing misery and learn simple ways to break them for a happier life.

You wake up in the morning irritable and groggy but determined to be productive. Yesterday didn?t go well.

It always seems as if there are not enough hours in the day. You didn?t complete even the one big priority project that would have taken just a couple of hours if you?d focused. Still, you spent all day on the computer, even leaving your partner to handle dinnertime alone and canceling pickleball with friends.

You can read the Nir And Far blog post on: 6 Habits That Are Secretly Making You Miserable ?https://www.nirandfar.com/6-habits-making-you-miserable/?

Nir And Far, a podcast about business, behaviour and the brain by Nir Eyal. If you enjoy this podcast, please subscribe on iTunes and leave an iTunes review. It will greatly help new listeners discover the show. Please visit my website Nir and Far for other info about my writing, books and teaching: http://www.nirandfar.com/

The German writer and philosopher Goethe believed he could predict someone?s future based on one simple fact. ?If I know how you spend your time,? he wrote, ?then I know what might become of you.?

Seeing how you spend your time reveals your values and, thus, shows where your investment of time, attention, and effort will lead you. The trouble is that too many of us spend too much time distracted rather than focused on the things that matter. Wasting time on distractions, which we?ll later regret, leads to a life filled with missed opportunities.

You can read the Nir And Far blog post on: One Question to Ask Yourself to Know Your Future https://www.nirandfar.com/one-question-to-know-future/

Nir And Far, a podcast about business, behaviour and the brain by Nir Eyal. If you enjoy this podcast, please subscribe on iTunes and leave an iTunes review. It will greatly help new listeners discover the show. Please visit my website Nir and Far for other info about my writing, books and teaching: http://www.nirandfar.com/

I visit with John Wolford about how he has utilized my tips for fighting distraction in my book Indistractable.

Nir And Far, a podcast about business, behaviour and the brain by Nir Eyal. If you enjoy this podcast, please subscribe on iTunes and leave an iTunes review. It will greatly help new listeners discover the show. Please visit my website Nir and Far for other info about my writing, books and teaching: http://www.nirandfar.com/

I visit with Jonah Berger about what is inspiration was behind his new book Magic Words.

Nir And Far, a podcast about business, behaviour and the brain by Nir Eyal. If you enjoy this podcast, please subscribe on iTunes and leave an iTunes review. It will greatly help new listeners discover the show. Please visit my website Nir and Far for other info about my writing, books and teaching: http://www.nirandfar.com/

I visit with Angela Duckworth, author of Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance and podcaster behind Grit and Beyond about her secret behind not procrastinating when she is at work.

Nir And Far, a podcast about business, behaviour and the brain by Nir Eyal. If you enjoy this podcast, please subscribe on iTunes and leave an iTunes review. It will greatly help new listeners discover the show. Please visit my website Nir and Far for other info about my writing, books and teaching: http://www.nirandfar.com/

I visit with Dr. Mike Rucker about his new book, The Fun Habit.

Links mentioned in the interview:

The Epidemic of Mental Disorders in Business?How Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Spread across Organizations through Employee Mobility

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.1177/00018392211014819

Hedonism and the choice of everyday activities

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5024602

https://michaelrucker.com/thought-leader-interviews/max-taquet-hedonic-flexibility-principle

The Life-Changing Magic of the Daytime Date

https://www.wsj.com/articles/daytime-date-couples-ideas-11675446325

Nir And Far, a podcast about business, behaviour and the brain by Nir Eyal. If you enjoy this podcast, please subscribe on iTunes and leave an iTunes review. It will greatly help new listeners discover the show. Please visit my website Nir and Far for other info about my writing, books and teaching: http://www.nirandfar.com/

Nick Gray and Nir Eyal discuss why most parties suck and how you can make the most out of a party and make friends.

Nir And Far, a podcast about business, behaviour and the brain by Nir Eyal. If you enjoy this podcast, please subscribe on iTunes and leave an iTunes review. It will greatly help new listeners discover the show. Please visit my website Nir and Far for other info about my writing, books and teaching: http://www.nirandfar.com/

A Question and Answer Session with Nir Eyal and Nick Grey.

Nir And Far, a podcast about business, behaviour and the brain by Nir Eyal. If you enjoy this podcast, please subscribe on iTunes and leave an iTunes review. It will greatly help new listeners discover the show. Please visit my website Nir and Far for other info about my writing, books and teaching: http://www.nirandfar.com/

Nir?s Note: This guest post is by Bryan Gentry who writes at Idea Link about finding productivity and satisfaction in life and work. Follow him on Twitter at @brygentry for more insights and occasional dad jokes.

If you haven?t finalized your New Year?s resolutions, consider committing to binge-watch a show on a regular basis.

You can read the Nir And Far blog post on: Make Time for Procrastination in 2023 https://www.nirandfar.com/make-time-for-procrastination/

Nir And Far, a podcast about business, behaviour and the brain by Nir Eyal. If you enjoy this podcast, please subscribe on iTunes and leave an iTunes review. It will greatly help new listeners discover the show. Please visit my website Nir and Far for other info about my writing, books and teaching: http://www.nirandfar.com/

People make time for what they want, and we should aspire to that.

?People make time for what they want to make time for.?

Though the author is unknown, this saying has become an axiom to soothe distraught thoughts.

You can read the Nir And Far blog post on: People Make Time for What They Want ? Rightfully So https://www.nirandfar.com/people-make-time-for-what-they-want/

Nir And Far, a podcast about business, behaviour and the brain by Nir Eyal. If you enjoy this podcast, please subscribe on iTunes and leave an iTunes review. It will greatly help new listeners discover the show. Please visit my website Nir and Far for other info about my writing, books and teaching: http://www.nirandfar.com/

Practicing introspection using these methods will improve your self-awareness, confidence, and motivation in the new year.

As New Year?s Eve approaches, so does the customary exercise of introspection and self-reflection.

The practice of examining ourselves can be a powerfully healthy one. Done correctly, it leads to self-awareness, which increases our ability to exercise control over our emotions and provides a greater sense of well-being.

You can read the Nir And Far blog post on: Kickstart the New Year with a Self-Audit https://www.nirandfar.com/new-year-self-audit/

Nir And Far, a podcast about business, behaviour and the brain by Nir Eyal. If you enjoy this podcast, please subscribe on iTunes and leave an iTunes review. It will greatly help new listeners discover the show. Please visit my website Nir and Far for other info about my writing, books and teaching: http://www.nirandfar.com/

How will you spend your precious time in the coming year?

As one year ends and another begins, many of us won?t help but reflect on who we are and who we?d like to become.

Most people aiming to emulate their ideal selves will resort to New Year?s resolutions?but more often than not, those are doomed to fail.

You can read the Nir And Far blog post on: ?Tis the Season for Reexamining Your Values https://www.nirandfar.com/examining-your-values/

Nir And Far, a podcast about business, behaviour and the brain by Nir Eyal. If you enjoy this podcast, please subscribe on iTunes and leave an iTunes review. It will greatly help new listeners discover the show. Please visit my website Nir and Far for other info about my writing, books and teaching: http://www.nirandfar.com/

Productivity has many enemies: too many meetings, external triggers like interruptions from coworkers, and multitasking the wrong way, to name a few.

But more often than not, it?s mental traps that trip us up.

You can read the Nir And Far blog post on: 4 Mental Traps That Kill Productivity https://www.nirandfar.com/productivity-mindset/

Nir And Far, a podcast about business, behaviour and the brain by Nir Eyal. If you enjoy this podcast, please subscribe on iTunes and leave an iTunes review. It will greatly help new listeners discover the show. Please visit my website Nir and Far for other info about my writing, books and teaching: http://www.nirandfar.com/

Labeling yourself has risks. Give yourself space to change and grow.

Recently, after I gave a virtual presentation on my book Indistractable, a listener wrote something in the Zoom chat that drove me bonkers: ?This is great but wouldn?t work for me. I?m a Gemini.?

Insert face plant.

You?d be surprised how often I hear this rationalization or something like it. Sure, only hard-core astrology followers would find any justification in that listener?s statement?but the sad thing is, to some degree, we all use a form of it. Most people hawk ?This just wouldn?t work for me? as a valid explanation for not trying something new.

You can read the Nir And Far blog post on:  Labeling Yourself is Keeping You Down, Do This Instead  https://www.nirandfar.com/labeling-yourself/

Nir And Far, a podcast about business, behaviour and the brain by Nir Eyal. If you enjoy this podcast, please subscribe on iTunes and leave an iTunes review. It will greatly help new listeners discover the show. Please visit my website Nir and Far for other info about my writing, books and teaching: http://www.nirandfar.com/

Even the most productive person can?t have it all. At least, not all at once.

You can search for the best productivity apps to make you more efficient and focused. You can implement productivity hacks and cut distractions. But you still might feel like there simply are not enough hours in the day for everything you need to get done.

Something has to give. You have to prioritize some activities over others?or else you?ll be spread too thin to dedicate yourself to anything fully.

You can read the Nir And Far blog post on: Not Enough Hours in the Day To Slay Your To-Do List  https://www.nirandfar.com/not-enough-hours/

Nir And Far, a podcast about business, behaviour and the brain by Nir Eyal. If you enjoy this podcast, please subscribe on iTunes and leave an iTunes review. It will greatly help new listeners discover the show. Please visit my website Nir and Far for other info about my writing, books and teaching: http://www.nirandfar.com/

Here?s how to get more out of your day without overtaxing your brain.

Everyone knows that multitasking destroys productivity, right? Haven?t we all seen studies and read articles telling us that it?s impossible to do two things at once?

In some ways, that?s true. The evidence is pretty clear that humans are awful at performing two complex tasks simultaneously.

You can read the Nir And Far blog post on: Surprise! There?s a Right Way to Multitask  https://www.nirandfar.com/multitask-the-right-way/

Nir And Far, a podcast about business, behaviour and the brain by Nir Eyal. If you enjoy this podcast, please subscribe on iTunes and leave an iTunes review. It will greatly help new listeners discover the show. Please visit my website Nir and Far for other info about my writing, books and teaching: http://www.nirandfar.com/

Nir?s Note: This article originally appeared in The Harvard Business Review

Subscriptions are hot (and not).

Companies and investors love subscription business models since they generate recurring revenue that translates to predictable cash flow. The more money a company is likely to make in perpetuity, the higher its share price.

From 2012 to 2019, the subscription economy grew more than 300%, and 75% of companies selling directly to consumers said they would offer subscription services by the following year.

You can read the Nir And Far blog post on:  3 Reasons Why Subscription Businesses Fail  https://www.nirandfar.com/why-subscription-businesses-fail/

Nir And Far, a podcast about business, behaviour and the brain by Nir Eyal. If you enjoy this podcast, please subscribe on iTunes and leave an iTunes review. It will greatly help new listeners discover the show. Please visit my website Nir and Far for other info about my writing, books and teaching: http://www.nirandfar.com/

Taking a hard look at how we socialize helps us spend time the way we truly want.

The coronavirus pandemic gave us a pause to ask ourselves if we really should go back to the old way of doing things.

Asking ourselves some potentially uncomfortable questions about the way we get together could help us make important changes now that the world is entering the new normal.

You can read the Nir And Far blog post on: Are We Really Having Fun at Bars or Just Escaping Reality? https://www.nirandfar.com/why-do-people-go-to-bars/

Nir And Far, a podcast about business, behaviour and the brain by Nir Eyal. If you enjoy this podcast, please subscribe on iTunes and leave an iTunes review. It will greatly help new listeners discover the show. Please visit my website Nir and Far for other info about my writing, books and teaching: http://www.nirandfar.com/

I once tried a digital detox. It failed miserably.

When I realized I was distracted during quality time with my daughter, I blamed my smartphone and made some extreme changes.

I replaced my smartphone with an old-school flip phone so I couldn?t be tempted to use email, Instagram, and Twitter. But I found it too difficult to get around without GPS and the addresses saved inside my calendar app. I missed listening to audiobooks while I walked, as well as all the other handy things my smartphone could do.

You can read the Nir And Far blog post on: Skip the Digital Detox?Abstinence Won?t Work (But This Does)  https://www.nirandfar.com/digital-detox-failure/

Nir And Far, a podcast about business, behaviour and the brain by Nir Eyal. If you enjoy this podcast, please subscribe on iTunes and leave an iTunes review. It will greatly help new listeners discover the show. Please visit my website Nir and Far for other info about my writing, books and teaching: http://www.nirandfar.com/

They?re part of the secret of becoming Indistractable.

Got a few minutes? Then why not use them to implement these quick fixes that cut distraction and aid productivity?

I uncovered these productivity fixes while researching how to combat distraction and increase productivity for my book Indistractable, and I?ve relied on them ever since.

From adjustments to your phone, desktop, email, and more, these productivity hacks all take less than 30 minutes to complete, and they?ll help you thwart those external triggers that are usually the culprit for your struggle with distraction.

You can read the Nir And Far blog post on: 8 Productivity Hacks You Can Do in 30 Minutes https://www.nirandfar.com/productivity-hacks/

Nir And Far, a podcast about business, behaviour and the brain by Nir Eyal. If you enjoy this podcast, please subscribe on iTunes and leave an iTunes review. It will greatly help new listeners discover the show. Please visit my website Nir and Far for other info about my writing, books and teaching: http://www.nirandfar.com/

Manifesting is bull. There, I said it.

According to Oprah, manifesting is bringing something tangible into your life through attraction and belief?i.e. if you think it, it will come.

It encourages people to bring a goal to life by making vision boards, writing in manifestation journals, chanting positive affirmations, and speaking it into existence.

Cue eye roll.

You can read the Nir And Far blog post on: The Surprising Science of ?Manifestation? https://www.nirandfar.com/science-of-manifestation/

Nir And Far, a podcast about business, behaviour and the brain by Nir Eyal. If you enjoy this podcast, please subscribe on iTunes and leave an iTunes review. It will greatly help new listeners discover the show. Please visit my website Nir and Far for other info about my writing, books and teaching: http://www.nirandfar.com/

Since writing Indistractable, I?m often asked what tools and apps I personally use to get the most out of my day.

But after years of research into the psychology of productivity, focus, and the causes of distraction, I?ve learned that there is no one magic, best productivity tool.

Rather, the best tool is the one you?ll actually use,which is why I only rely on a few to be at my best.

You can read the Nir And Far blog post on: Best Productivity Tools: 6 That Stuck With Me https://www.nirandfar.com/best-productivity-tools/

Nir And Far, a podcast about business, behaviour and the brain by Nir Eyal. If you enjoy this podcast, please subscribe on iTunes and leave an iTunes review. It will greatly help new listeners discover the show. Please visit my website Nir and Far for other info about my writing, books and teaching: http://www.nirandfar.com/

The internet is inundated with articles that have titles like ?The Best Productivity Tools of the Year? and ?Productivity Apps That Will Make Your Life Easier.?

Dozens if not hundreds of apps claim to help people focus, manage their time, and stick to healthy habits. The productivity app market is expected to expand at a compound annual growth rate of 13.8% from 2022 to 2030.

If you?re not careful, the search for productivity apps can become a distraction in itself. You?re in danger of going from tool to tool thinking that all you have to do is find the right one to end your productivity problems for good.

You can read the Nir And Far blog post on: A Fail-Safe Trick in your Search for the Right Productivity Apps https://www.nirandfar.com/the-right-productivity-apps/

Nir And Far, a podcast about business, behaviour and the brain by Nir Eyal. If you enjoy this podcast, please subscribe on iTunes and leave an iTunes review. It will greatly help new listeners discover the show. Please visit my website Nir and Far for other info about my writing, books and teaching: http://www.nirandfar.com/

This essay is adapted from the book Build For Tomorrow, in which Entrepreneur magazine editor in chief Jason Feifer shows how to thrive by harnessing the power of change.

The loudest voices in our culture today say yes. During a conversation about technology on his mega-popular podcast, Joe Rogan said, ?We?ve got a real addiction problem in this country.? In a congressional hearing in 2021, U.S. representative Kathy Castor of Florida said that apps are ?designed to be addictive.? During his 2020 presidential campaign run, Andrew Yang said, ?Our kids unfortunately are getting addicted to smartphones.?

You can read the Nir And Far blog post on: You?re Not Addicted to Technology. Here?s What?s Happening Instead. https://www.nirandfar.com/technology-addiction-or-not/

Nir And Far, a podcast about business, behaviour and the brain by Nir Eyal. If you enjoy this podcast, please subscribe on iTunes and leave an iTunes review. It will greatly help new listeners discover the show. Please visit my website Nir and Far for other info about my writing, books and teaching: http://www.nirandfar.com/

My daughter had just pulled the caramel corn out of the oven, and the sticky-sweet smell was almost irresistible. Despite knowing it wasn?t going to help my diet, I was gnawing for a taste. But instead of kindly asking for a small bite, as I should have, I barked, ?Damn this caramel corn!?

Cursing my daughter?s hard work earned me a scowl and, if I?m honest with myself, didn?t set a good example for how a grown-up should handle himself. It wasn?t my daughter?s responsibility to manage what I put in my mouth, and it certainly wasn?t the caramel corn?s. Still, I blamed the caramel corn for tempting me, instead of taking responsibility for my urges.

Your reaction to life events?specifically how you explain them?significantly affects your life outcomes.

You can read the Nir And Far blog post on: Locus of Control: How It Affects Your Life, and How To Manage It https://www.nirandfar.com/locus-of-control/

Nir And Far, a podcast about business, behaviour and the brain by Nir Eyal. If you enjoy this podcast, please subscribe on iTunes and leave an iTunes review. It will greatly help new listeners discover the show. Please visit my website Nir and Far for other info about my writing, books and teaching: http://www.nirandfar.com/

If we can?t focus, we can?t do our best work.

It seems we?re all checking our phones constantly these days. But all that time spent on our phones leaves little time for anything else.

We need time to think in order to come up with novel solutions to our business challenges.

You can read the Nir And Far blog post on: Distraction at work is a symptom of dysfunction. Here?s how to fix it. https://www.nirandfar.com/distraction-at-work/

Nir And Far, a podcast about business, behaviour and the brain by Nir Eyal. If you enjoy this podcast, please subscribe on iTunes and leave an iTunes review. It will greatly help new listeners discover the show. Please visit my website Nir and Far for other info about my writing, books and teaching: http://www.nirandfar.com/

They?re part of the secret of becoming Indistractable.

Got a few minutes? Then why not use them to implement these quick fixes that cut distraction and aid productivity?

I uncovered these productivity fixes while researching how to combat distraction and increase productivity for my book Indistractable, and I?ve relied on them ever since.

You can read the Nir And Far blog post on: 8 Productivity Hacks You Can Do in 30 Minutes https://www.nirandfar.com/productivity-hacks/

Nir And Far, a podcast about business, behaviour and the brain by Nir Eyal. If you enjoy this podcast, please subscribe on iTunes and leave an iTunes review. It will greatly help new listeners discover the show. Please visit my website Nir and Far for other info about my writing, books and teaching: http://www.nirandfar.com/