Comments on: #129: Indistractable by Bestselling Author Nir Eyal (How to Be More Focused in Work and Life)

By: Simon

Simon — Fri, 04 Oct 2019 12:54:32 +0000

There was this philosopher (I think Wittgenstein, but I’m not sure) who was convinced, that most of our personal, interpersonal, political, basically all sorts of problems are due a misunderstanding and an inexact use of words. If we were rigorously to communicate with only the exact meaning of words, most of the problems would just vanish, leaving only true/real problems to solve. Thus, the vague use of words creates pseudo-problem, that actually don’t exist.

Anyways, very interesting interview. The reason I don’t use a calendar is because every day would be filled with “get rich and buy yourself free from the salary slavery” but since I still haven’t figured it out after two decades, it would be kinda meaningless, thus everything becomes a distraction, because there’s no solution I could focus on and create traction from it.

By: Ryan Robinson

Ryan Robinson — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 16:15:16 +0000

In reply to Rachael Davies.

Haha love it! You’re welcome 🙂

By: Rachael Davies

Rachael Davies — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 14:22:18 +0000

Some great insights, thanks for sharing this Ryan. Nir’s book will be one I’ll read (after scheduling time in to read it of course!! 😉

Rachael Davies

By: Ryan Robinson

Ryan Robinson — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 15:55:33 +0000

In reply to Belma Deng.

Of course! You’re welcome, but Nir did all the heavy lifting on this one 🙂

By: Belma Deng

Belma Deng — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 15:33:05 +0000

Very nice Ryan. Thanks a whole lot for sharing