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'A must-read' Mark Manson We are living through a crisis of
distraction. Plans get sidetracked, friends are ignored, work never
seems to get done. Why does it feel like we're distracting our
lives away? In Indistractable, behavioural designer Nir Eyal
reveals the hidden psychology driving you to distraction.
Empowering and optimistic, this is the book that will help you
design your time, realise your ambitions, and live the life you
really want. 'If you value your time, your focus or your
relationships, this book is essential reading' Jonathan Haidt,
author of The Righteous Mind 'A guide to staying focused in an age
of constant distraction' Guardian 'Exactly what most of us need in
order to focus on what is important, rather than the dazzling,
illuminated, unsatisfying distractions of modern life' Matt Haig
'Does exactly as it promises. Amazing' Chris Evans 'The best guide
I've read for reclaiming our attention, our focus and our lives'
Arianna Huffington
'A must-read for everyone who cares about driving customer
engagement' Eric Ries, author of The Lean Startup 'The most high
bandwidth, high octane, and valuable presentation I have ever seen
on this subject' Rory Sutherland, vice chairman, Ogilvy &
Mather Nir Eyal reveals how successful companies create products
people can't put down - and how you can too Why do some products
capture our attention while others flop? What makes us engage with
certain things out of sheer habit? Is there an underlying pattern
to how technologies hook us? Nir Eyal answers these questions (and
many more) with the Hook Model - a four-step process that, when
embedded into products, subtly encourages customer behaviour.
Through consecutive "hook cycles," these products bring people back
again and again without depending on costly advertising or
aggressive messaging. Hooked is based on Eyal's years of research,
consulting, and practical experience. He wrote the book he wished
had been available to him as a start-up founder - not abstract
theory, but a how-to guide for building better products. Hooked is
written for product managers, designers, marketers, start-up
founders, and anyone who seeks to understand how products influence
our behaviour. Eyal provides readers with practical insights to
create user habits that stick; actionable steps for building
products people love; and riveting examples from the iPhone to
Twitter, Pinterest and the Bible App.
"Indistractable provides a framework that will deliver the focus
you need to get results." --James Clear, author of Atomic Habits
"If you value your time, your focus, or your relationships, this
book is essential reading. I'm putting these ideas into practice."
--Jonathan Haidt, author of The Righteous Mind National Bestseller
Winner of the Outstanding Works of Literature (OWL) Award Included
in the Top 5 Best Personal Development Books of the Year by Audible
Included in the Top 20 Best Business and Leadership Books of the
Year by Amazon Featured in The Amazon Book Review Newsletter,
January 2020 Goodreads Best Science & Technology of 2019
Finalist 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 professional goals are put on hold. What
would be possible if you followed through on your best intentions?
What could you accomplish if you could stay focused? What if you
had the power to become "indistractable?" International bestselling
author, former Stanford lecturer, and behavioral design expert, Nir
Eyal, wrote Silicon Valley's handbook for making technology
habit-forming. Five years after publishing Hooked, Eyal reveals
distraction's Achilles' heel in his groundbreaking new book. In
Indistractable, Eyal reveals the hidden psychology driving us to
distraction. He describes why solving the problem is not as simple
as swearing off our devices: Abstinence is impractical and often
makes us want more. Eyal lays bare the secret of finally doing what
you say you will do with a four-step, research-backed model.
Indistractable reveals the key to getting the best out of
technology, without letting it get the best of us. Inside, Eyal
overturns conventional wisdom and reveals: Why distraction at work
is a symptom of a dysfunctional company culture--and how to fix it
What really drives human behavior and why "time management is pain
management" Why your relationships (and your sex life) depend on
you becoming indistractable How to raise indistractable children in
an increasingly distracting world Empowering and optimistic,
Indistractable provides practical, novel techniques to control your
time and attention--helping you live the life you really want.
Of every thousand children born in Iceland, two will die before
their first birthday, but in Mozambique the death rate is sixty
times higher. Even within countries - including some of the
wealthiest - inequalities in longevity and health can be
substantial. In recent years, epidemiologists have documented the
extent of these inequalities both between and within countries,
stimulating in turn research both on their sources and on possible
means for their alleviation. These extensive and influential
efforts in research and in policy development have raised health
inequalities to a prominent position among the central concerns of
both national and global health.
Less attention has been given to careful analysis and refinement of
some key concepts and values that guide and motivate these studies
of health inequalities. The essays in this book demonstrate the
need to identify and debate alternative positions on the choice of
measures of health inequality; the definitions of 'inequality' and
'inequity' in health, and their interrelationship; the ethical
basis for attaching priority to narrowing gaps in longevity and
health among individuals, groups, and societies; and the possible
solutions to a series of puzzles involving uncertainty and variable
population size.
The authors of these essays are philosophers, economists,
epidemiologists, and physicians contributing to our understanding
of ethical issues in population health. Their contributions will be
of interest to anyone interested in inequalities in health,
including specialists in health policy, public health,
epidemiology, moral philosophy, demography, and health economics.
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