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

The antidote to impulsiveness #shorts

Name: The antidote to impulsiveness #shorts
Uploaded: 2024-02-22T14:00:06+00:00
Duration: 38 s
Channel: Nir Eyal
Description: Short YouTube video by Nir Eyal explaining that impulsiveness and distraction stem from impulse-control skill gaps and that the remedy is…

22 Feb 2024 · 1 min

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Short YouTube video by Nir Eyal explaining that impulsiveness and distraction stem from impulse-control skill gaps and that the remedy is forethought—learning techniques to plan and manage impulses so behavior aligns with intentions. The speaker emphasizes this is a skill, not a moral failing, and frames becoming 'indistractable' as building those skills.

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The antidote to impulsiveness is forethought. When we get distracted, when we don't do what we say we're going to do, it is simply an impulse control issue. We say we're going to work out, but we don't really feel like it. We say we're going to work on that big project. Maybe it can wait till later. These are all impulses. So learning how to control these impulses. It's not that there's something broken about you. It's not a moral failing. There's nothing wrong about you at all. It's simply that you haven't learned these skills to manage distraction, to manage these impulses in a healthy way that serves you rather than hurts you. So by becoming indistractable, we are building this skill to deal with these impulses in a better way.