Nir Eyal

6 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Mar 19, 2026 by Nir Eyal · across every show →

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Mar 19, 2026 neutral

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Eyal: The human brain constructs visual reality from past conditioning

“You don't see with your eyes, you see with your brain based on priors, based on what's happened in the past. Your brain has been conditioned that that's the way reality works. So it's predicting a future that doesn't really exist.”

Nir Eyal Mar 19, 2026 ▶ 11:59 How To Stay Focused, Beat Distraction, and Get Things Done | Nir Eyal

Mar 19, 2026 neutral

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Eyal: Recalling a memory actively revises it in the brain

“Every time you think of a memory, you are actually revising it in your brain.”

Nir Eyal Mar 19, 2026 ▶ 32:26 How To Stay Focused, Beat Distraction, and Get Things Done | Nir Eyal

Mar 19, 2026

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Eyal: Telling yourself 'no' backfires due to psychological reactance

“Telling yourself no doesn't work. It releases what's called psychological reactance.”

Nir Eyal Mar 19, 2026 ▶ 26:02 How To Stay Focused, Beat Distraction, and Get Things Done | Nir Eyal

Mar 19, 2026

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Eyal: 90% of phone checks stem from internal triggers, not notifications

“Studies have found 10% of the time you check your phone, is it because of some kind of ping, ding, or ring? 90% of the time, it's because of an internal trigger.”

Nir Eyal Mar 19, 2026 ▶ 27:46 How To Stay Focused, Beat Distraction, and Get Things Done | Nir Eyal

Mar 19, 2026 neutral

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Eyal: Emotions are physiological responses while feelings are psychological interpretations

“Because people, people don't understand that there's a difference between an emotion and a feeling. Those are two separate things. An emotion is a physiological response. A feeling is an interpretation of that physiological response. So feelings are psychologi…”

Nir Eyal Mar 19, 2026 ▶ 12:39 How To Stay Focused, Beat Distraction, and Get Things Done | Nir Eyal

Mar 19, 2026 neutral

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Eyal: Limiting beliefs produce direct physiological effects on the body

“Whatever the limiting belief that we keep telling ourselves again and again and again, it has a physiological effect on us, just like Mr. A did.”

Nir Eyal Mar 19, 2026 ▶ 51:24 How To Stay Focused, Beat Distraction, and Get Things Done | Nir Eyal

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