Nir Eyal

We need to have time for the people in our community, the time for our best friends, the time for our significant others, for our kids, for our family members. It needs to be in our calendar because if we don't put that time in our calendar, it's not going to happen. We become ships in the night. So put that time for the important relationships in your life on your schedule.

We need to have time for the people in our community, the time for our best friends, the time for our significant others, for our kids, for our family members. It needs to be in our calendar because if we don't put that time in our calendar, it's not going to happen. We become ships in the night. So put that time for the important relationships in your life on your schedule.

We need to have time for the people in our community, the time for our best friends, the time for our significant others, for our kids, for our family members. It needs to be in our calendar because if we don't put that time in our calendar, it's not going to happen. We become ships in the night. So put that time for the important relationships in your life on your schedule.

And then finally, the last domain is the work domain. And work comes in two flavors. There's two kinds of work. We have what's called reactive work, which is how most people spend most of their day, reacting to emails, reacting to notifications, reacting to taps on the shoulder from their boss. That's reactive work. Then there's what's called reflective work.

And then finally, the last domain is the work domain. And work comes in two flavors. There's two kinds of work. We have what's called reactive work, which is how most people spend most of their day, reacting to emails, reacting to notifications, reacting to taps on the shoulder from their boss. That's reactive work. Then there's what's called reflective work.

And then finally, the last domain is the work domain. And work comes in two flavors. There's two kinds of work. We have what's called reactive work, which is how most people spend most of their day, reacting to emails, reacting to notifications, reacting to taps on the shoulder from their boss. That's reactive work. Then there's what's called reflective work.

Reflective work is the kind of work that can only be done without distraction. planning, strategizing, thinking for God's sakes requires you to work without distraction. The problem is that reflective work is hard and reactive work is easy. Why? Because reactive work always tells you what to do. I don't want to have to think about, am I doing the right thing?

Reflective work is the kind of work that can only be done without distraction. planning, strategizing, thinking for God's sakes requires you to work without distraction. The problem is that reflective work is hard and reactive work is easy. Why? Because reactive work always tells you what to do. I don't want to have to think about, am I doing the right thing?

Reflective work is the kind of work that can only be done without distraction. planning, strategizing, thinking for God's sakes requires you to work without distraction. The problem is that reflective work is hard and reactive work is easy. Why? Because reactive work always tells you what to do. I don't want to have to think about, am I doing the right thing?

Reactive work will tell me, let me check my inbox. Let me go to this meeting. Let me do this stuff that other people want me to do. Therefore, I don't have to ask myself, is this actually worth doing? It's very cognitively easy to do reactive work all day long. Now, some people's job is reactive work all day long. If you work in a call center, the phone rings, you pick it up.

Reactive work will tell me, let me check my inbox. Let me go to this meeting. Let me do this stuff that other people want me to do. Therefore, I don't have to ask myself, is this actually worth doing? It's very cognitively easy to do reactive work all day long. Now, some people's job is reactive work all day long. If you work in a call center, the phone rings, you pick it up.

Reactive work will tell me, let me check my inbox. Let me go to this meeting. Let me do this stuff that other people want me to do. Therefore, I don't have to ask myself, is this actually worth doing? It's very cognitively easy to do reactive work all day long. Now, some people's job is reactive work all day long. If you work in a call center, the phone rings, you pick it up.

It's all reactive work. But most people have some kind of blend of reactive and reflective work. So what's important is you have to carve aside that time for reflective work and keep it sacred, whether it's 20 minutes, 30 minutes, maybe an hour of your day. You have to plan that time and think of it as a meeting with the most important person in the world.

It's all reactive work. But most people have some kind of blend of reactive and reflective work. So what's important is you have to carve aside that time for reflective work and keep it sacred, whether it's 20 minutes, 30 minutes, maybe an hour of your day. You have to plan that time and think of it as a meeting with the most important person in the world.

It's all reactive work. But most people have some kind of blend of reactive and reflective work. So what's important is you have to carve aside that time for reflective work and keep it sacred, whether it's 20 minutes, 30 minutes, maybe an hour of your day. You have to plan that time and think of it as a meeting with the most important person in the world.

You are the most important person in your world. So keep that commitment to yourself. Have that time for reflective work, because if you don't, I promise you, you're going to run real fast in the wrong direction.

You are the most important person in your world. So keep that commitment to yourself. Have that time for reflective work, because if you don't, I promise you, you're going to run real fast in the wrong direction.

You are the most important person in your world. So keep that commitment to yourself. Have that time for reflective work, because if you don't, I promise you, you're going to run real fast in the wrong direction.

Absolutely. So first of all, you do have time. I hear this all the time. We do have time. We all have the same 24 hours in the day and you can do it all. You really can do it all. You just can't do it all at the same time. So one of the problems with the self-help community is that we use a lot of research that doesn't have very good backing. So it turns out that this technique that

Absolutely. So first of all, you do have time. I hear this all the time. We do have time. We all have the same 24 hours in the day and you can do it all. You really can do it all. You just can't do it all at the same time. So one of the problems with the self-help community is that we use a lot of research that doesn't have very good backing. So it turns out that this technique that