Nir Eyal
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So at least 13, I think it should be closer to 16. But assuming they're of age, There's nothing wrong as long as you have a conversation about how to use it properly, et cetera, et cetera. Scheduling that time. Now they don't have to constantly think about, oh, when can I play? When can I play? When can I play? Oh, you can play.
It's right there on the calendar and for how much time you said you were going to use it. The third step, hack back the external triggers. I think we need to remove anything that interrupts sleep in the bedroom. Huge mistake. I think part of the reason kids are struggling psychologically these days, it's not the devices. It's what the devices are displacing, namely sleep.
It's right there on the calendar and for how much time you said you were going to use it. The third step, hack back the external triggers. I think we need to remove anything that interrupts sleep in the bedroom. Huge mistake. I think part of the reason kids are struggling psychologically these days, it's not the devices. It's what the devices are displacing, namely sleep.
It's right there on the calendar and for how much time you said you were going to use it. The third step, hack back the external triggers. I think we need to remove anything that interrupts sleep in the bedroom. Huge mistake. I think part of the reason kids are struggling psychologically these days, it's not the devices. It's what the devices are displacing, namely sleep.
So any technology that could interrupt sleep, whether it's your iPhone, whether it's the computer, whether it's a fish tank, whether it's a television, I don't think has any place in a child's bedroom. If it can interrupt sleep, it needs to be taken away because it's an external trigger that can interrupt very critical part of their mental development, which is time for adequate rest.
So any technology that could interrupt sleep, whether it's your iPhone, whether it's the computer, whether it's a fish tank, whether it's a television, I don't think has any place in a child's bedroom. If it can interrupt sleep, it needs to be taken away because it's an external trigger that can interrupt very critical part of their mental development, which is time for adequate rest.
So any technology that could interrupt sleep, whether it's your iPhone, whether it's the computer, whether it's a fish tank, whether it's a television, I don't think has any place in a child's bedroom. If it can interrupt sleep, it needs to be taken away because it's an external trigger that can interrupt very critical part of their mental development, which is time for adequate rest.
And then finally, preventing distraction with PACT, which is where we can use technology, ironically, to block out other technology.
And then finally, preventing distraction with PACT, which is where we can use technology, ironically, to block out other technology.
And then finally, preventing distraction with PACT, which is where we can use technology, ironically, to block out other technology.
So whether it's an app like Forest, where you use this app, I use it all the time, you dial in how much time you want to do focused work for, you hit a little button, and if you pick up your phone and do anything with it, your phone tells you, no, that's not what you said you were going to do. You said you were going to stay focused. So my daughter can use it when she does her homework. I use it.
So whether it's an app like Forest, where you use this app, I use it all the time, you dial in how much time you want to do focused work for, you hit a little button, and if you pick up your phone and do anything with it, your phone tells you, no, that's not what you said you were going to do. You said you were going to stay focused. So my daughter can use it when she does her homework. I use it.
So whether it's an app like Forest, where you use this app, I use it all the time, you dial in how much time you want to do focused work for, you hit a little button, and if you pick up your phone and do anything with it, your phone tells you, no, that's not what you said you were going to do. You said you were going to stay focused. So my daughter can use it when she does her homework. I use it.
It's a great product. I think it costs like $5 for this app. There's...
It's a great product. I think it costs like $5 for this app. There's...
It's a great product. I think it costs like $5 for this app. There's...
countless tools many of them come pre-installed in your phone for free that help us make these packs to prevent us from getting distracted so to answer your question the way we raise indistractable kids is the same way we would become indistractable ourselves master internal triggers make time for traction hack back external triggers and prevent distraction with packs these four steps can make anyone indistractable
countless tools many of them come pre-installed in your phone for free that help us make these packs to prevent us from getting distracted so to answer your question the way we raise indistractable kids is the same way we would become indistractable ourselves master internal triggers make time for traction hack back external triggers and prevent distraction with packs these four steps can make anyone indistractable
countless tools many of them come pre-installed in your phone for free that help us make these packs to prevent us from getting distracted so to answer your question the way we raise indistractable kids is the same way we would become indistractable ourselves master internal triggers make time for traction hack back external triggers and prevent distraction with packs these four steps can make anyone indistractable
They are, in that work, it explains so much. I don't understand why it's not, I feel like everybody should learn about self-determination theory. And whenever you study it intensely, it explains so much about how we behave.