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title: "Focus: A Superpower in the Age of Distraction"
artifact: "highlights"
resource_person: "Nir Eyal"
resource_person_role: "Author of Indistractable and Hooked; behavioural-design writer who has taught at Stanford"
vertical: "careers"
module: "Time and Resource Management"
lesson: "Focus: A Superpower in the Age of Distraction"
lesson_key: "focus-a-superpower-in-the-age-of-distraction"
source: "curated"
source_channel: "Lenny's Podcast"
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# Focus: A Superpower in the Age of Distraction: Highlights

**Resource person:** Nir Eyal - Author of Indistractable and Hooked; behavioural-design writer who has taught at Stanford

**Curated from:** Lenny's Podcast

1. 07:43 — Intent separates traction from distraction; even useful work can pull attention away from the task you chose.
2. 12:52 — The four steps are to handle internal triggers, make time for traction, change external triggers and use pacts as a final safeguard.
3. 18:49 — The ten-minute rule creates a short pause in which to notice an urge and return to the planned task.
4. 23:20 — A timeboxed week gives self-care, relationships, reactive work and reflective work visible space.
5. 39:54 — External-trigger design includes notification settings, protected work periods and clear signals to colleagues.
6. 1:00:09 — Sustainable focus at work also depends on psychological safety, team norms, leadership example and explicit priority-setting.