Coaching practices for Indistractable at Work
Describe almost anything you are working through and IX Coach finds the practices whose real-world fit is closest. For Indistractable at Work, these are the strongest matches in the current practice library.
Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- The second the work gets boring or hard or makes me anxious, my hand is already reaching for my phone before I’ve even decided to
- The escape is one tap away and so frictionless that I’m three videos deep before I even realize I caved
- I sit down to finally do the important thing and my phone’s face-up, my inbox is open, and I’m fighting the urge to glance at all of it every thirty seconds
- I sit down to do the one hard thing and even with nothing actually pinging, part of my mind is half-listening for email and itching to flip to another tab
- I get yanked out of focus constantly by pings, badges, and buzzes that have nothing to do with what I’m doing
Practices that may help
- Master your internal triggers
Identify the uncomfortable feeling that precedes distraction and address it directly.
Indistractable, Made Practical - Indistractable, Made Practical
Nir Eyal argues that distraction is driven less by technology than by our attempt to escape uncomfortable internal states, so the core move is to master those internal triggers, plan time for what matters (traction), and use pacts to prevent slips. The internal-trigger framing rests on solid emotion-regulation research; the specific four-part model is a practitioner synthesis. - Use effort pacts
Add friction that makes distraction harder to slip into without thinking.
Indistractable, Made Practical - Laser: defend focused attention
Engineer your environment so the Highlight gets uninterrupted, distraction-free attention.
Make Time, Made Practical - Use single-purpose device sessions for deep work
Block or exit everything except the one tool required for the current task during focused work periods.
Defending Your Attention in the Attention Economy - Hack back external triggers
Reduce the pings, badges, and interruptions that serve you, not the other way around.
Indistractable, Made Practical - Separate your phone physically during deep work
Move your phone to another room — not another pocket — during focus sessions.
Notification Batching: Taking Back Control of Your Attention - Handling internal interruptions
Capture self-generated distractions on paper instead of acting on them.
The Pomodoro Technique, Made Practical - Work in a single window
Keep one document, one tab, one tool visible so the next task is not one glance away.
Monotasking, Made Practical - Make time for traction with timeboxing
Plan your day in advance so every block has an intended use you chose.
Indistractable, Made Practical
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- Indistractable With My Team
Nir Eyal argues that distraction is driven less by technology than by our attempt to escape uncomfortable internal states, so the core move is to master those internal triggers, plan time for what matters (traction), and use pacts to prevent slips. The internal-trigger framing rests on solid emotion-regulation research; the specific four-part model is a practitioner synthesis.
- Indistractable In A New Job
Nir Eyal argues that distraction is driven less by technology than by our attempt to escape uncomfortable internal states, so the core move is to master those internal triggers, plan time for what matters (traction), and use pacts to prevent slips. The internal-trigger framing rests on solid emotion-regulation research; the specific four-part model is a practitioner synthesis.
- How To Be Indistractable
Nir Eyal argues that distraction is driven less by technology than by our attempt to escape uncomfortable internal states, so the core move is to master those internal triggers, plan time for what matters (traction), and use pacts to prevent slips. The internal-trigger framing rests on solid emotion-regulation research; the specific four-part model is a practitioner synthesis.
- How To Remove Distractions
Engineer your environment so the Highlight gets uninterrupted, distraction-free attention.
Laser: defend focused attention
- Indistractable For My Teenager
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- Indistractable When Overwhelmed
Nir Eyal argues that distraction is driven less by technology than by our attempt to escape uncomfortable internal states, so the core move is to master those internal triggers, plan time for what matters (traction), and use pacts to prevent slips. The internal-trigger framing rests on solid emotion-regulation research; the specific four-part model is a practitioner synthesis.
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