# Nir Eyal - Unlocking Focus With the Distraction Tracker (Highlights)  ## Metadata **Review**:: [readwise.io](https://readwise.io/bookreview/33780012) **Source**:: #from/readwise #from/reader **Zettel**:: #zettel/fleeting **Status**:: #x **Authors**:: [[Nir Eyal]] **Full Title**:: Unlocking Focus With the Distraction Tracker **Category**:: #articles #readwise/articles **Category Icon**:: 📰 **URL**:: [www.nirandfar.com](https://www.nirandfar.com/distraction-tracker/) **Host**:: [[www.nirandfar.com]] **Highlighted**:: [[2023-11-02]] **Created**:: [[2023-11-03]] ## Highlights - As famous novelist and lyricist Paul Coelho once said, “A mistake repeated more than once is not a mistake anymore. It is a decision.” ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01he7rpkkg28yjd3rpnqv8ay2e)) ^620441477 -  ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01he7rtxprbj8w22q048fs39fa)) ^620442455 - Bricker recommends discussing the internal trigger as if you were an observer, telling yourself something like, “I’m feeling that tension in my chest right now. And there I go, trying to reach for my iPhone.” ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01he7rry3ej2k72dj91yc30y16)) ^620442236