Nir Eyal is the author of two bestselling books, “Hooked: How to build Habit-forming Products” and “Indistractable: How to Control Your attention and Choose your life”. Nir and I met in 2014 and I was a guest contributor to his blog www.nirandfar.com, writing about addictive online auctions: [Auction Addiction: This Online Industry’s Dirty Secrets](https://www.nirandfar.com/online-auctions/). 

In our conversation with Nir, we explore:

* Why humans did not evolve to be happy all the time
* What is more important than happiness in making your life productive and fulfilling, and how to cultivate that quality
* The dangers of “overtraining” when embarking on new goals and what to do instead to not fall off the bandwagon
* Why external motivators don’t work in sticking to your goals as well as evolving your identity and how to do that

Check out these resources mentioned by Nir:

“Indistractable” book: http://geni.us/Indistractable
“Indistractable” bonus content is here: http://nirandfar.com/indistractable
“Indistractable” summary article: https://www.nirandfar.com/skill-of-the-future/
Distraction guide here: https://www.nirandfar.com/distractions/
Habits vs routines article here: https://www.nirandfar.com/habits/
Why schedules are better than to-do lists: https://www.nirandfar.com/todo-vs-schedule-builder/
Time boxing article: https://www.nirandfar.com/timeboxing
Values article: https://www.nirandfar.com/common-values/
Habit tracker - https://www.nirandfar.com/habit-tracker/

Also, the schedule maker tool Nir mentioned is here: https://nirandfar.com/schedule-maker/