Nir Eyal Interview - Distraction is an escape from discomfort #shorts

What we find is that high performers, they use these internal triggers, the uncomfortable states, to drive them towards traction, like rocket fuel. They use the boredom, the insecurity, the fear, the stress, the anxiety, they use it like rocket fuel. Whereas low performers, when they feel that discomfort, the boredom, the anxiety, the stress, they escape it. They escape it with email, they escape it with checking the news for the hundredth time. They escape it with a drink, they escape it with a television. They escape it with distraction. Distraction is a desire to escape discomfort, which is why we have to admit that time management is pain management. It's all about our ability to manage discomfort. So step number one is mastering those internal triggers, or they will become your masters.