The School of Greatness

551 How Boredom Leads to Brilliance with Manoush Zomorodi

Oct 18, 2017
Ask episode
AI Snips
Chapters
Transcript
Episode notes
ANECDOTE

20,000-Participant Experiment

  • Twenty thousand listeners joined Manoush's week-long experiment and reported measurable improvements and breakthroughs.
  • Participants finished theses, solved startup problems, and created community rituals like 'make time farm.'
ADVICE

Measure Then Remove One App

  • Start by observing your phone behavior with tracking apps to see how often you check it.
  • Delete or remove the most distracting app for a day to reduce the urge to check constantly.
INSIGHT

Attention Is The Product

  • Platform business models optimize for time with your eyeballs, not your wellbeing.
  • That design creates habitual checking and undermines intentional use of devices.
Get the Snipd Podcast app to discover more snips from this episode
Get the app