Contents

Introduction: From Hooked to Indistractable

Chapter 1: What’s Your Superpower?

Chapter 2: Being Indistractable

PART 1: MASTER INTERNAL TRIGGERS

Chapter 3: What Motivates Us, Really?

Chapter 4: Time Management Is Pain Management

Chapter 5: Deal with Distraction from Within

Chapter 6: Reimagine the Internal Trigger

Chapter 7: Reimagine the Task

Chapter 8: Reimagine Your Temperament

PART 2: MAKE TIME FOR TRACTION

Chapter 9: Turn Your Values into Time

Chapter 10: Control the Inputs, Not the Outcomes

Chapter 11: Schedule Important Relationships

Chapter 12: Sync with Stakeholders at Work

PART 3: HACK BACK EXTERNAL TRIGGERS

Chapter 13: Ask the Critical Question

Chapter 14: Hack Back Work Interruptions

Chapter 15: Hack Back Email

Chapter 16: Hack Back Group Chat

Chapter 17: Hack Back Meetings

Chapter 18: Hack Back Your Smartphone

Chapter 19: Hack Back Your Desktop

Chapter 20: Hack Back Online Articles

Chapter 21: Hack Back Feeds

PART 4: PREVENT DISTRACTION WITH PACTS

Chapter 22: The Power of Precommitments

Chapter 23: Prevent Distraction with Effort Pacts

Chapter 24: Prevent Distraction with Price Pacts

Chapter 25: Prevent Distraction with Identity Pacts

PART 5: HOW TO MAKE YOUR WORKPLACE INDISTRACTABLE

Chapter 26: Distraction Is a Sign of Dysfunction

Chapter 27: Fixing Distraction Is a Test of Company Culture

Chapter 28: The Indistractable Workplace

PART 6: HOW TO RAISE INDISTRACTABLE CHILDREN (AND WHY WE ALL NEED PSYCHOLOGICAL NUTRIENTS)

Chapter 29: Avoid Convenient Excuses

Chapter 30: Understand Their Internal Triggers

Chapter 31: Make Time for Traction Together

Chapter 32: Help Them with External Triggers

Chapter 33: Teach Them to Make Their Own Pacts

PART 7: HOW TO HAVE INDISTRACTABLE RELATIONSHIPS

Chapter 34: Spread Social Antibodies Among Friends

Chapter 35: Be an Indistractable Lover

Chapter Takeaways

Schedule Template

Distraction Tracker

Acknowledgments

Contributors

Notes

Indistractable Book Club Discussion Guide

About the Authors