Nir Eyal

Totally. And for some people, the first time they hear that, it sounds cheesy. I can't do that. And by the way, this is one of dozens of techniques. So not every technique will be the first go-to solution. So I encourage people to check out the book. There's a lot more in Indistractable, all many different crayons you can color with.

But this technique, this particular technique has really served me in various areas of my life. For example, when I first started doing public speaking, I would have terrible stage fright. I still have terrible stage fright. But I used to tell myself this story.

But this technique, this particular technique has really served me in various areas of my life. For example, when I first started doing public speaking, I would have terrible stage fright. I still have terrible stage fright. But I used to tell myself this story.

But this technique, this particular technique has really served me in various areas of my life. For example, when I first started doing public speaking, I would have terrible stage fright. I still have terrible stage fright. But I used to tell myself this story.

I chose to tell myself this story that when I felt my heart beating and my armpits were sweaty and my throat was getting dry, oh, this must mean I'm not really a very good public speaker. I didn't prepare enough. I'm going to choke on stage. If I was a real professional, this wouldn't happen to me. I had this dialogue in my head.

I chose to tell myself this story that when I felt my heart beating and my armpits were sweaty and my throat was getting dry, oh, this must mean I'm not really a very good public speaker. I didn't prepare enough. I'm going to choke on stage. If I was a real professional, this wouldn't happen to me. I had this dialogue in my head.

I chose to tell myself this story that when I felt my heart beating and my armpits were sweaty and my throat was getting dry, oh, this must mean I'm not really a very good public speaker. I didn't prepare enough. I'm going to choke on stage. If I was a real professional, this wouldn't happen to me. I had this dialogue in my head.

telling me all these negative things that were going to happen and making me doubt myself all these limiting beliefs and then i read this research about reimagining the trigger and till this day i get the exact same cues right i get the same exact emotions happen to me i still get the palpitations i still get the dry throat i still get the sweaty armpits i'm feeling them right now as we speak and yet now i reinterpret them

telling me all these negative things that were going to happen and making me doubt myself all these limiting beliefs and then i read this research about reimagining the trigger and till this day i get the exact same cues right i get the same exact emotions happen to me i still get the palpitations i still get the dry throat i still get the sweaty armpits i'm feeling them right now as we speak and yet now i reinterpret them

telling me all these negative things that were going to happen and making me doubt myself all these limiting beliefs and then i read this research about reimagining the trigger and till this day i get the exact same cues right i get the same exact emotions happen to me i still get the palpitations i still get the dry throat i still get the sweaty armpits i'm feeling them right now as we speak and yet now i reinterpret them

So now before I get on stage and I feel my heart racing, I tell myself a different story. The story I tell myself until this very day, I tell myself, ah, my heart is racing right now so that it can send more oxygen to my brain so I can deliver my best possible talk.

So now before I get on stage and I feel my heart racing, I tell myself a different story. The story I tell myself until this very day, I tell myself, ah, my heart is racing right now so that it can send more oxygen to my brain so I can deliver my best possible talk.

So now before I get on stage and I feel my heart racing, I tell myself a different story. The story I tell myself until this very day, I tell myself, ah, my heart is racing right now so that it can send more oxygen to my brain so I can deliver my best possible talk.

And once I changed that narrative, I stopped ruminating, stopped being so anxious about that dilemma of this fear of what might happen. And I can be fully present in the moment just by flipping the narrative. But that required me to see it completely different. So what I'm trying to encourage people to do, because it sounds crazy, if you're like, no, I could never see boredom as a good thing.

And once I changed that narrative, I stopped ruminating, stopped being so anxious about that dilemma of this fear of what might happen. And I can be fully present in the moment just by flipping the narrative. But that required me to see it completely different. So what I'm trying to encourage people to do, because it sounds crazy, if you're like, no, I could never see boredom as a good thing.

And once I changed that narrative, I stopped ruminating, stopped being so anxious about that dilemma of this fear of what might happen. And I can be fully present in the moment just by flipping the narrative. But that required me to see it completely different. So what I'm trying to encourage people to do, because it sounds crazy, if you're like, no, I could never see boredom as a good thing.

And no, I can never see winter or getting on stage as a good thing. Flip the script. Try and tell yourself the exact opposite, and you'd be amazed how you can actually abide by that new belief if you just try it on for size.

And no, I can never see winter or getting on stage as a good thing. Flip the script. Try and tell yourself the exact opposite, and you'd be amazed how you can actually abide by that new belief if you just try it on for size.

And no, I can never see winter or getting on stage as a good thing. Flip the script. Try and tell yourself the exact opposite, and you'd be amazed how you can actually abide by that new belief if you just try it on for size.

Sure. So if we know, go back to what we were talking about earlier, that all distraction is a desire to escape discomfort, and this discomfort comes from these internal triggers, we need to ask ourselves, what is the preceding emotion? What is that sensation that comes right before the distraction? And that actually is preceding. Probably the most difficult step because we become so habituated.