Nir And Far: Business, Behaviour and the Brain

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Nir And Far, a podcast about business, behaviour and the brain by Nir Eyal.

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The New York Times Uses the Very Dark Patterns it Derides-NIr&Far

Nir And Far: Business, Behaviour and the Brain

07/05/21 • 9 min

‘Dark patterns’ aren’t always malicious mind control. They’re often a symptom of disjointed company culture. Will the Times change?’

A recent New York Times op-ed, titled “Stopping the Manipulation Machines,” derided the use of dark patterns: design tricks that push people to do things online by confusing or deliberately inconveniencing them.

Kudos to the writer, Greg Bensinger, a member of the Times’ editorial board, who does a laudable job calling out obnoxious dark patterns.

You can read the NirAndFar blog post on: The New York Times Uses the Very Dark Patterns it Derides https://www.nirandfar.com/cancel-new-york-times/

Nir & Far, a podcast about business, behaviour and the brain by Nir Eyal. If you enjoy this podcast, please subscribe on iTunes and leave an iTunes review. It will greatly help new listeners discover the show. Please visit my website Nir and Far for other info about my writing, books and teaching: http://www.nirandfar.com/

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If You Don’t Plan Your Time, Someone Else Will - Nir&Far

Nir And Far: Business, Behaviour and the Brain

01/31/22 • 6 min

Most people are stingy with their money and generous with their time. Here’s why that’s backward.

Have you noticed how we use the same words to describe our relationship to time as we do our relationship to money?

We spend time, just as we spend money.

We make time, just as we make money.

We pay attention, just as we pay with dollars and cents.

You can read the NirAndFar blog post on: If You Don’t Plan Your Time, Someone Else Will https://www.nirandfar.com/plan-your-time-or-someone-else-will/

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You Don’t Need a Mentor. You Need a Buddy. - NIr&Far

Nir And Far: Business, Behaviour and the Brain

01/24/22 • 6 min

Finding an accountability buddy is a simple and highly effective way to keep yourself going.

When you’re struggling to achieve your personal or professional goals, do you ever wish you could speak with a famous mentor? If only you could connect with a super successful business leader like Jeff Bezos or Meg Whitman, then you’d have the answers you’re looking for. Surely they’d point you in the right direction, right?

Think again.

You can read the NirAndFar blog post on: You Don’t Need a Mentor. You Need a Buddy. https://www.nirandfar.com/you-need-an-accountability-buddy/

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How to Become an Indistractable Reader - Nir And Far

Nir And Far: Business, Behaviour and the Brain

06/10/24 • 9 min

Nir’s Note: This guest post is by Nicholas Hutchison, founder of BookThinkers and author of Rise of the Reader.

When I was growing up, you couldn’t pay me to read a book about self-help or business. Now, I read between 60 to 80 books every year.

A good non-fiction book is the distilled knowledge of years of research and insight and costs just a few bucks. Why wouldn’t you take advantage of such a cheap, efficient way to learn lessons that could change your life without having to do the work or live the experiences the author had to bear?

You can read the Nir And Far blog post on: How to Become an Indistractable Reader https://www.nirandfar.com/be-a-better-reader/

Nir And Far, a podcast about business, behaviour and the brain by Nir Eyal. If you enjoy this podcast, please subscribe on iTunes and leave an iTunes review. It will greatly help new listeners discover the show. Please visit my website Nir and Far for other info about my writing, books and teaching: http://www.nirandfar.com/

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How to Stop Overthinking - Nir And Far

Nir And Far: Business, Behaviour and the Brain

09/09/24 • 7 min

We all dwell on unresolved personal conflicts from time to time. Who hasn’t ruminated on a hurtful comment or unintentional harm we might have caused someone? Feeling bad about something you did, or something done to you, is human. Congratulations on not being a psychopath!

But while it’s expected that the arguments we’ve had, the negative events we’ve experienced, and the major decisions we face haunt us, overthinking can also pile on new problems.

You can read the Nir And Far blog post on: How to Stop Overthinking https://www.nirandfar.com/stop-overthinking

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“Just Say No” Is Bad Productivity Advice-Nir&Far

Nir And Far: Business, Behaviour and the Brain

07/12/21 • 5 min

Try schedule-syncing instead.

You’ve probably read this advice before: “The best thing you can do for your productivity is to say no more often.” By freeing yourself from unnecessary tasks, the thinking goes, you can spend more time working on the things that really matter.

At first blush, this sounds smart. Many things people ask of you aren’t really necessary or can be accomplished more efficiently by someone else. But in practice, this advice often backfires.

You can read the NirAndFar blog post on: “Just Say No” Is Bad Productivity Advice https://www.nirandfar.com/productivity-and-saying-no/

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I Changed My Mind About Saying “Merry Christmas,” and You Should Too - Nir&Far

Nir And Far: Business, Behaviour and the Brain

12/27/21 • 6 min

In fifth grade, I was the only Jewish kid in my elementary school class. This was the 1980’s in Central Florida and even though it was a public school, unaffiliated with any church and funded with taxpayer dollars, my teacher taped a poster to the wall in her classroom that read, “Jesus Is The Reason For The Season.”

I wasn’t offended per se. I’m pretty sure at ten, I didn’t know what that word meant. But I could tell the teacher was sending a message to anyone in her class who might have different beliefs—such as, say, that the tilt of the earth on its axis is the reason for the seasons.

You can read the NirAndFar blog post on: I Changed My Mind About Saying “Merry Christmas,” and You Should Too https://www.nirandfar.com/saying-merry-christmas

Hypocrites: How to Survive in a World that’s Full of Them-Nir&Far

Nir And Far: Business, Behaviour and the Brain

03/08/21 • 14 min

I once worked with a person we’ll call “Dick.” Dick always told me he’d get things back to me “today or tomorrow,” but he seldom did.

Dick didn’t have to tell me he’d get things to me that soon. He could have said, “next week” or “as soon as I can,” and I would have been fine with that. Instead, Dick had a habit of promising to deliver by a certain date, but he wouldn’t follow through.

You can read the NirAndFar blog post on: Hypocrites: How to Survive in a World that’s Full of Them https://www.nirandfar.com/hypocrite/

The Real Reason "Stupid" Startups Raise So Much Money-Nir&Far

Nir And Far: Business, Behaviour and the Brain

03/26/18 • 5 min

Have you noticed all the startups raising massive sums of money recently? Perhaps you’ve scratched your head wondering how a company like Buzzfeed, known for its website full of animated gifs, listicles and quizzes, just raised $50 million dollars, valuing the company at a reported $850 million. Snapchat, the messaging app known for helping teenagers sext one another, reportedly received a $10 billion valuation from its investors. Has the world gone mad?

Some industry watchers see the recent boom in seemingly trivial apps and websites as foretelling tech bubble 2.0. However, there’s much more to the story.

You can read the Nir and Far blog post on: The Real Reason "Stupid" Startups Raise So Much Money https://www.nirandfar.com/2014/12/stupid-startups.html

Be a Schedule Builder, Not a To-Do List Maker-Nir&Far

Nir And Far: Business, Behaviour and the Brain

11/30/20 • 16 min

You can read the NirAndFar blog post on: Be a Schedule Builder, Not a To-Do List Maker https://www.nirandfar.com/todo-vs-schedule-builder/

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The average episode length on Nir And Far: Business, Behaviour and the Brain is 12 minutes.

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The first episode of Nir And Far: Business, Behaviour and the Brain was released on Feb 28, 2017.

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