Contents

Introduction: From Hooked to Indistractable
1: What's Your Superpower?
2: Being Indistractable

Part 1: Master Internal Triggers

3: What Motivates Us, Really?
4: Time Management Is Pain Management
5: Deal with Distraction from Within
6: Reimagine the Internal Trigger
7: Reimagine the Task
8: Reimagine Your Temperament

Part 2: Make Time for Traction

9: Turn Your Values into Time
10: Control the Inputs, Not the Outcomes
11: Schedule Important Relationships
12: Sync with Stakeholders at Work

Part 3: Hack Back External Triggers

13: Ask the Critical Question
14: Hack Back Work Interruptions
15: Hack Back Email
16: Hack Back Group Chat
17: Hack Back Meetings
18: Hack Back Your Smartphone
19: Hack Back Your Desktop
20: Hack Back Online Articles
21: Hack Back Feeds

Part 4: Prevent Distraction with Pacts

22: The Power of Precommitments
23: Prevent Distraction with Effort Pacts
24: Prevent Distraction with Price Pacts
25: Prevent Distraction with Identity Pacts

Part 5: How to Make Your Workplace Indistractable

26: Distraction Is a Sign of Dysfunction
27: Fixing Distraction Is a Test of Company Culture
28: The Indistractable Workplace

Part 6: How to Raise Indistractable Children
(and Why We All Need Psychological Nutrients)

29: Avoid Convenient Excuses
30: Understand Their Internal Triggers
31: Make Time for Traction Together
32: Help Them with External Triggers
33: Teach Them to Make Their Own Pacts

Part 7: How to Have Indistractable Relationships

34: Spread Social Antibodies Among Friends
35: Be an Indistractable Lover

Chapter Takeaways
Schedule Template
Distraction Tracker
Acknowledgments
Contributors
About the Authors
Notes
Index