Nir Eyal

And eventually, I would learn that skill and get better.

For example, I learned, I've written three bestsellers.

You know what I learned?

That when I'm really into a topic,

I'm in it.

I'm hyper-focused.

When I find a topic, I'm in.

Now, when I have to do boring stuff I don't want to do, okay, yeah, I get distractible, but also so does everybody.

It's a skill you overcome.

It's a skill you can learn.

Not that I'm anti-diagnosis or anti-pills or whatever.

I'm not a doctor.

This isn't medical advice, but it's a great example of how our beliefs can actually become our biology.

Let me tell you a very quick story that I think will illustrate the point.

There was a guy in the medical literature who was anonymized, and he's called Mr. A is how he's named in this study.

Now, Mr. A has a very bad breakup with his girlfriend, and he decides he wants to commit suicide.

So he takes an entire pill jar of antidepressants

He downs them all, and just as he finishes swallowing the last pill, he decides he wants to live after all.

He runs to his neighbor's house.

They take him to the ER.