Your willpower runs out only if you believe it does. Chapter 8: Reimagine your temperament.Turn it into play by paying “foolish, even absurd” attention to it. If you want to check your phone, tell yourself it’s fine to give in, but note right now–in ten minutes. Beware liminal moments: transitions from one thing to another throughout our days.Look for the negative emotion preceding the distraction, write it down, and pay attention to the negative sensation with curiosity rather than contempt. Chapter 6: Reimagine the internal trigger.Instead, observe and allow them to dissolve. Chapter 5: Stop trying to actively suppress urges-this only makes them stronger.Satisfaction is temporary due to 4 things: boredom, negativity bias, rumination (tendency to keep thinking about bad experiences), and hedonic adaptation (tendency to return to baseline level of satisfaction, no matter what happens to us in life.Chapter 4: Learn to deal with discomfort rather than attempting to escape it with distraction.Distractions are a result of us seeking to relieve discomfort. Find the root causes of distraction rather than proximate ones. Chapter 3: Motivation is a desire to escape discomfort.Being indistractable means striving to do what you say you will do. Chapter 2: Traction moves you toward what you really want while distraction moves you further away.The problem is deeper than tech, and the solution isn’t about being a Luddite.Chapter 1: Living the life you want requires not only doing the right things but also avoiding doing the wrong things.
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