Muscle for Life

“My Life-Changing 30-Day Digital Detox” “10 Signs You’re a Smartphone Zombie” These are headlines you might see if you search the interwebz for digital “addiction.” It’s no secret that people use their smartphones, social media, and various apps more than ever before. The benefits of this technology are obvious, but there’s also a downside. We end up distracted, spending too much time on things that don’t matter, with less time for things that are important to us, like our health, families, and life goals. But are these modern technologies really a new, unique problem? How can we navigate a world filled with limitless distractions? To help shed some light on the topic, I invited Nir Eyal onto the podcast. Nir knows both sides of this coin intimately. His first book, Hooked, is all about how to build habit-forming products. He's helped numerous companies (including the New York Times) build “addictive” products that can do good in your life and he’s even taught a course on the subject at Stanford Graduate Scho