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Becoming Indistractable - How to control your attention and choose your life with Nir Eyal.
Release Date: 01/20/2025
Becoming Indistractable - How to control your attention and choose your life with Nir Eyal.
Build Your Ideal Day
In this episode of the Build Your Ideal Day podcast we emplore how best to control attention and become indistractable. Our guest is Nir Ayal, author of bestsellers "Hooked" and "Indistractable" with over 1 million books sold in 30 languages. Key Topics Discussed: Nir's personal journey to becoming "indistractable" over five years (why he wrote the book) and how applying these principles has improved his physical health, personal relationships, and professional productivity. Research-backed principles for enhancing productivity and...
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Could a healthier diet improve your mental wellbeing?
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How likely would you change your diet if it improves your mental wellbeing? Clinical nutritionist and researcher Dr Jessica Bayes joined us recently on the Build Your Ideal Day podcast and has been studying the impact of traditional diets on mental ill health in young men aged 18-25 with clinical depression. Although nutrition is just one pillar of lifestyle medicine, it is good to know that there are small things we can all do to build better mental wellbeing every day.
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Why burnout matters and what workplaces can do about it?
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Dr John Chan joins the Build Your Ideal Day Podcast series to talk about burnout and what workplaces can do about it. John emphasizes the importance of creating a sustainable work culture to combat burnout, which has affected 38% of employees in the last year. Burnout, defined by the WHO as a syndrome due to chronic workplace stress, includes exhaustion, disengagement, and professional inefficacy. Prevention is crucial, as recovery from burnout is difficult and can lead to wider organizational issues. Effective communication and strong employee-management relationships are essential for...
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Everyday happiness - Seven tips to increase happiness
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Have you ever felt bogged down by all the negative things going on in the world? If so, remember that despite all the hardships, there is a lot of good in this world, too. And it’s by focusing on the good that we can find the motivation to make the world a better place for ourselves, our loved ones and our communities. In this podcast, you’ll about learn the benefits of positive psychology, and how by leaning into all the positive things that people are doing, it can make you - and those around you - happier. The podcast was recorded with Dr Tim Sharp Tim an...
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Applying sports psychology to living your best life. Interview with Dr. Phil Hopley.
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What can an elite sports mental health expert teach us about the effect of wellbeing on the workplace? And is it true that rest and recovery are the keys to high performance? In a recent episode of the Ideal Day podcast, I spoke with Dr. Phil Hopley to find out what he’s learned about wellbeing and high-performing teams from working within elite sports. Some takeawys Health is the key to long and happy lives. Recovery is absolutely the most important thing. Micro-breaks should be encouraged. Pick something small you can adapt and make it part of your daily...
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Understanding stress and how to enhance your recovery everyday.
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Tina Hoffman is an exercise physiologist at global wellbeing business Firstbeat. She has an elite sports background in cross-country skiing as an athlete and as a coach. She is an expert in understanding stress and recovery through the measurement of heart rate variability which helps people see the direct relationship between what they do and their body's response to various activities. Having worked with thousands of people on their stress and recovery Tiina's insights are invaluable for helping us all live our best lives.
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Future of work. How the pandemic changed our relationship with work.
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The future of work. How the pandemic changed our relationship with work. Aaron McEwan, VP, Research and Advisory for Gartner Australia HR Practice and was recently names in the top 100 global HR influencers. He provides strategic advice to world leading companies and helps leaders manage their most critical relationships across C-suites and business more broadly. He shares his insights on the future of knowledge work, it's complexity and the why wellbeing is key if we want to do the important work of the future. The podcast also explores: The psychological contract between employer...
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Social Biome - How socially fit are you right now?
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Social Biome – how you shape your daily relationships and interactions can enhance your wellbeing and help build social fitness. We have all heard about ‘gut biomes’ and eating a wide range of foods but have you considered your social biome may be similar? A daily dose of alone time, communication types and relationships can help us thrive and flourish. Joining us on the podcast is Jeffrey Hall who is a Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Kansas and a visiting scholar at Harvard Law School's Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society. He is an...
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Transforming Sydney's Coastline: The Living Seawalls Project
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An inspirational story about community and scientists working together to enhance marine ecosystems. Living seawalls have been recognised in the Prince of Wales Earth Shot awards with a runners-up award. The project had its humble start in Sydney Harbour but now has a global reach and operates across three continents.
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Project Crayweed - Rewilding Cabbage Tree Bay
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An incredible story of ocean restoration at Cabbage Tree Bay, Australia, one of the most marine biodiverse places on the planet, but this has only sometimes been the case. During the 60s and 70s, pollution and runoff destroyed much of Sydney's underwater crayweed forests and the vital marine habitat. The podcast explores how a dedicated group of locals lobbied the government to create a marine sanctuary, collaborated with scientists from Sydney Marine Institute and engaged the local community to restore one of Sydney's most famous beaches to its original glory. It's a great story of hope...
info_outline In this episode of the Build Your Ideal Day podcast we emplore how best to control attention and become indistractable.
Our guest is Nir Ayal, author of bestsellers "Hooked" and "Indistractable" with over 1 million books sold in 30 languages.
Key Topics Discussed:
- Nir's personal journey to becoming "indistractable" over five years (why he wrote the book) and how applying these principles has improved his physical health, personal relationships, and professional productivity.
- Research-backed principles for enhancing productivity and well-being
- The importance of doing what we already know we should do for health and relationships
- Nir's insights on managing distractions and promoting a balanced lifestyle
- Practical tips from Nir’s life illustrating how simple adjustments can lead to significant changes.
- Extra notes on:
- How to make a schedule that works https://www.nirandfar.com/schedule-maker/
- Common values https://www.nirandfar.com/common-values/
- Time boxing https://www.nirandfar.com/timeboxing/