Nir Eyal is the author of "Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life." People tend to blame external factors for their bad habits, but the truth is that the root cause is usually internal. "It's an emotion regulation problem," says Nir Eyal, behavioral design expert and best-selling author of "Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life." The average in Thailand was 5.64 hours of screen time, and 4.77 hours in India, according to the same dataset. Ultimately, in order to cut out bad habits associated with distraction, people need to learn how to regulate their emotions and master their internal triggers.

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Persons: Nir Eyal, Eyal Organizations: Netflix, Harmony Healthcare, CNBC Locations: Asia, Indonesia, Thailand, India