Dan Shipper is the CEO and cofounder of Every. Every week he explores the frontiers of AI in his column, Chain of Thought, and on his podcast, ‘AI & I.’
Action Item: How to become indistractable
We break down Nir Eyal's system for turning down the noise and getting work done
Nov 6, 2020 · 5 min readUpdated Feb 7, 2026
Hello!
Welcome back to Action Items a series of articles where we condense and extend each of our interviews into actionable bullet points — only for paid subscribers.
This week we’re revisiting my interview with Nir Eyal, author of Hooked and Indistractable. I think it’s especially relevant for a week like this one, where we’re all struggling to concentrate.
Today’s Action Item is 996 words or 5 minutes of actionable insights.
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