Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life

by Nir Eyal

You sit down at your desk to work on an important project, but a notification on your phone interrupts your morning. Later, as you're about to get back to work, a colleague taps you on the shoulder to chat. At home, screens get in the way of quality time with your family. Another day goes by, and once again, your most important personal and professional goals are put on hold.

What would be possible if you followed through on your best intentions? What could you accomplish if you could stay focused? What if you had the power to become "indistractable”?

In Indistractable, international bestselling author of Hooked and behavioral design expert Nir Eyal reveals the hidden psychology driving us to distraction, and the keys to getting the best out of technology without letting it get the best of us.

Inside, Eyal overturns conventional wisdom and reveals:
Why distraction at work is a symptom of a dysfunctional company culture—and how to fix it
- How traditional to-do lists can do more harm than good
-New distraction challenges related to remote work and videoconferencing, and ways to minimize their impact
- What really drives human behavior and why "time management is pain management"
- Case studies and expert guidance for effective timeboxing
- Why your relationships (and your sex life) depend on you becoming indistractable
- How to raise indistractable children in an increasingly distracting world

Solving the problem of technology-driven distraction is not as simple as swearing off our devices: Abstinence is impractical and often makes us want more. Empowering and optimistic, Indistractable provides practical, novel techniques to control your time and attention—helping you live the life you really want.

Genres: Business, Self Help

290 pages, Paperback

Published November 4, 2025

About the author

Nir Eyal is the bestselling author of "Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products" (a finalist for the 2014 Goodreads Choice Awards) and "Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life." (nominated for the 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards)

He has taught at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and Hasso Plattner Institute of Design. His writing on technology, psychology and business appears in the Harvard Business Review, The Atlantic, TechCrunch, and Psychology Today.

Nir blogs regularly at NirAndFar.com

Reviews

[Nancy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is very workplace related. I found that it often didn’t apply to my situation. I did glean a few helpful ideas from it.

[Lisa · Rating 2 out of 5]

underwhelming