Nir EyalSpeaker on Behavioral Science, NYT Bestselling Author, Former Stanford Lecturer

Emotional regulation #shorts

Name: Emotional regulation #shorts
Uploaded: 2024-05-30T19:24:29+00:00
Duration: 39 s
Channel: Nir Eyal
Description: A short YouTube clip by Nir Eyal arguing that the most important skill to teach children today is emotional regulation. He warns that without this skill…

30 May 2024 · 1 min

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A short YouTube clip by Nir Eyal arguing that the most important skill to teach children today is emotional regulation. He warns that without this skill people become vulnerable to instant gratification and manipulation by media, technology, employers, family members, and advises viewers to become "indistractable" — asserting control over their time and attention.

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If there is one skill that we have got to teach our children in this age of all these distractions in the world, right? Virtual reality and augmented reality and all the crap that's happening in reality, if you don't have this fundamental skill to regulate your emotion, if you are one of these people who is constantly flirting with, you know, every time I feel bad, I need a drink. I need to click. I need something to take my mind off of what's happening right now. If you are one of those people, you are a sucker. The media will manipulate you. Other people will manipulate you. Your boss will manipulate you. Your kids will manipulate you. Unless you stand up and say, hey, hey, hey. I'm indistractable. I control what I do with my time and my attention, not someone else.