Automatic You

Time Management

’Tis the Season for Reexamining Your Values

Nir Eyal on January 16, 2023

Reassessing your values and making time for them is one of the best things you can do to make sure you stay motivated in the New Year.

Attention

4 Mental Traps That Kill Productivity

Nir Eyal on January 9, 2023

Productivity has many enemies: too many meetings, external triggers like interruptions from coworkers, and multitasking the wrong way, to name a few.

Self-Help

Labeling Yourself Is Keeping You Down, Do This Instead

Nir Eyal on January 4, 2023

By focusing on our behaviors, not fixed characteristics, we can release harmful perceptions of ourselves that hold us back from trying methods that might improve our lives.

Motivation

You Can't Do It All, So Prioritize Your Values

Nir Eyal on December 27, 2022

You have to prioritize some activities over others—or else you’ll be spread too thin to dedicate yourself to anything fully.

Relationships

How Your "Locus of Control" Affects Your Life

Nir Eyal on November 4, 2022

Your reaction to life events—specifically how you explain them—significantly affects your life outcomes.

Career

Distraction at Work Is a Symptom of Dysfunction

Nir Eyal on October 27, 2022

Though we like to blame our technology, distraction at work is a sign of dysfunction.

Self-Help

8 Productivity Hacks You Can Do in 30 Minutes

Nir Eyal on October 21, 2022

Implementing these tips will may help to save you from distraction but also give you the results and motivation you need to pursue becoming Indistractable.

Relationships

Why Values in a Relationship Are What Make It Last (Or Not)

Nir Eyal on October 14, 2022

Long-term relationships between two people can be challenging, but that’s part of what makes them fulfilling and life-affirming.

Self-Help

Why People See Problems Where There Are None

Nir Eyal on October 6, 2022

By putting our problems in proper perspective and leveraging our inherent drive for improvement, we can live the kind of lives we’re proud of.

Relationships

3 Ways to Filter Your Friends

Nir Eyal on October 1, 2022

Don’t be afraid to filter out the friends who don’t fit your values and keep the ones who can make time for you.

Burnout

How to Prevent Burnout Using Timeboxing

Nir Eyal on September 22, 2022

Using timeboxing, you can make the most of your time and life. And when we find that control, we block burnout.

Fear

How to Embrace, Not Fear, Being Alone

Nir Eyal on September 15, 2022

We all have the capacity to enjoy being alone. Don’t let distractions derail you from looking inward.

Empathy

Get Comfortable With Being Uncomfortable

Nir Eyal on September 7, 2022

How we deal with uncomfortable internal triggers determines whether we pursue healthful acts of traction or self-defeating distraction.

Career

The Right Way to Multitask

Nir Eyal on August 26, 2022

Multichannel multitasking is an underutilized tactic for getting more out of each day.

Self-Help

Planning a Vacation Is Practice for a Great Life

Nir Eyal on August 19, 2022

Personal regret and interpersonal friction—both on vacation and throughout life—can be solved with just a little planning.

Relationships

Why It’s So Hard to Shake the Way People Make You Feel

Nir Eyal on August 13, 2022

We treat people better or worse because of how they make us feel, and our feelings are highly influenced by our "priors."

Happiness

Are We Really Having Fun at Bars or Just Escaping Reality?

Nir Eyal on August 2, 2022

By understanding our deeper motivations and understanding why we really do what we do, we can make sure we spend our time, and our lives, the way we want to.

Attention

The 4 Steps to Becoming Indistractable

Nir Eyal on July 24, 2022

Whether you are trying to block out distractions in the workplace, or improve relationships and so much more, you can achieve this by conquering distractions.