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How to Handle a Distracting Boss
How to Handle a Distracting Boss
Here’s how to stay focused when your boss isn’t.
Nir Eyal
Aug 6
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Only People Who Believe in Luck Have It
Only People Who Believe in Luck Have It
How belief in luck makes us bolder and better.
Nir Eyal
Jul 28
Can You Think Yourself Thinner?
Can You Think Yourself Thinner?
Our thoughts influence our health more than we know.
Nir Eyal
Jul 8
Why Successful People Only Get More Successful
Why Successful People Only Get More Successful
Is there a reason everything some people touch turns to gold?
Nir Eyal
Jun 24
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Distinction Bias: Why You Make Terrible Life Choices
Distinction Bias: Why You Make Terrible Life Choices
There I was, looking at an enormous wall of television screens. Each one flashed the exact same scene — a beautiful flower slowly blooming…
Nir Eyal
Feb 19, 2018
4 Mental Traps That Kill Productivity
4 Mental Traps That Kill Productivity
(…and how to avoid them to keep a “productivity mindset”)
Nir Eyal
Dec 7, 2022
Limiting Beliefs: Ditch the 4 Dream Killers Holding You Back
Limiting Beliefs: Ditch the 4 Dream Killers Holding You Back
How to help, not hinder, yourself in achieving your goals
Nir Eyal
Mar 18
How to Design an Online Course with a 96% Completion Rate
How to Design an Online Course with a 96% Completion Rate
Online education is a $100+ billion dollar industry and growing. Easier access to education makes the world better, and, according to MIT…
Steph Habif
Sep 19, 2016
This Meeting Could have Been an Email: From Time Suck to Unstuck
This Meeting Could have Been an Email: From Time Suck to Unstuck
End boring, useless meetings once and for all.
Nir Eyal
Oct 3, 2023
Referent Power: The Ultimate Form of Influence
Referent Power: The Ultimate Form of Influence
“Be the change you want to see in the world.” — paraphrased quote from Mahatma Gandhi
Nir Eyal
May 7
The App that Transforms Drinking Habits: a Case Study
The App that Transforms Drinking Habits: a Case Study
As a child of two parents who both struggled with alcoholism, Nick Allen had a choice to make when it came to his own drinking. He could…
Nir Eyal
Jan 29
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