Who recommended Indistractable?

11 people have recommended Indistractable in the interviews, articles and reading lists we track, including Adam Grant, Balaji S. Srinivasan, Alexis Ohanian and Ryan Hoover. Each name links to their full reading list.

Is Indistractable worth reading?

11 people we track recommend it. It is best for: A remote software engineer who starts each morning with intention but loses hours to unplanned scrolling and needs a concrete system to pre-decide their day's focus.; A new parent struggling to protect evening family time from work pings and device habits, wanting clear, non-obvious tactics to create boundaries without feeling guilty.; A middle manager in an open-plan office, constantly interrupted by chatty colleagues and Slack notifications, seeking a repeatable method to signal real availability without alienating the team.. It may not suit: You'll likely put the book down midway when the same productivity tactics get repackaged across chapters—the repetition can feel tedious.; You'll lose interest if you're looking for a deep look at attention ethics; the book's narrow focus on personal optimization may strike you as preachy by the time you hit the 'pacts' section.; No hands-on exercises or worksheets—if you want a workbook-style companion, you'll find it lacks structured practice, likely making you skim the later chapters..

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Indistractable by Nir Eyal: Recommended by 11 People

Name: Indistractable
Author: Nir Eyal

You sit down at your desk to work on an important project, but a notification on your phone interrupts your morning. Later, as you're about to get back to work, a colleague taps you on the shoulder to chat. At home, screens get in the way of quality time with your family. Another day goes by, and once again, your most important personal and profess...