How to learn to concentrate on the important things

Spanish philosopher José Ortega y Gasset (José Ortega y Gasset) wrote:

Each tragic fate in the deepest sense of the word from someone who does not penetrate into the essence of life, but only slides on its surface.

warning signs

How often do during the conversation you want to interrupt the man with the words "short" or "go on to the fact"? How often do you grab your smartphone while watching an interesting show or movie, you do not listen to the people, but only imitate note offended over nothing?

Our attention has become so out of focus that we sometimes difficult to hold it on one thing for more than 10 minutes. If you think that it is normal for the modern world, then hurry to upset you.

These are the first symptoms of attention deficit disorder. Consider it an SOS letters that say "muscle" of attention must be conducted immediately in the "gym".

Price distractions

Do you know that the average person during the working day is wasting almost two hours of the eight? Half the time he moves from one site to another. Inc. Magazine found that the overall cost of doing nothing in the US of 544 billion dollars.

The ordinary man is distracted 200 times during the day. At the same time we reach 118 for its playful little hands to your smartphone, 52 times we divert friends, family and colleagues, and 30 of distractions - our household needs. For example, we suddenly becomes interesting, how many years have turned to Matt Damon (Matt Damon), and we throw everything and go to the "Wikipedia".

How to learn to concentrate

Our brains are, fortunately, has such a thing as neuroplasticity. Simply put: the regular practice can change everything.

Learn something

The easiest way to bleed the concentration and attentiveness - it start to do something never done before. For example, if you drive a car with automatic transmission, transfer to a car with a manual. Use imagination: sign up for salsa lessons learn Spanish, Learn the recipe Farfalle with salmon.

Or try to become ambidexterity and learn how to write with both hands simultaneously or draw different shapes in the air, such as right-hand man - the diamond, the left - the circle and kicking - triangles.

play

John F. Kennedy (John Kennedy) enjoyed during breaks in the affairs of play in this game. He wrote on the paper in random order on the two letters that came to mind. For example, MD, CABG, diabetes and so on. And then I tried to recall the famous personalities who may belong to these initials. For example, MD - Marlene Dietrich, KS - Coco Chanel, SD - Salvador Dali and so on.

And here is the task for you - come up with well-known personalities for these pairs of letters: LD, DU PD.

Get Service

Do I need to tell you where stretches a hand of modern man, when he wakes up and goes to sleep? That's right, to the smartphone. One of the simplest and most effective ways to keep the "morning-evening" the chastity of his attention - it... buy an alarm clock.

Maybe the solution is quite simple, but you must admit, you've already forgotten, and even the possibility to buy an alarm clock. An alarm clock that does not go to the Internet, does not send the email and does not prepare you for a couple of chicken. A phone is better not put in the night next to youIn bed, and somewhere on the farthest table.

Find a favorite cause

Here you have another solution, which can be, and does not shine by its novelty, but requires constant reminders about yourself. The best contribution is to stop distractions is to find a business that will combine the three criteria. So, good job - this is when

• Do you like your job,
• you do it well,
• you pay for it adequately.

If your current job does not meet these criteria, the time you spend on something to take your mind, it is better to spend on something that To find a good job.

Fight entropy

Our brain is so constituted that if he sees where a lack of structure, it begins to worry. He wants to find a structure in the whole: it is necessary that all the proceedings were recorded in the diary to your computer and on your desktop the closet was the orderHe needs a clear schedule of the day, he should realize what time it will be fed.

You know, for example, what a mess in the room directly affect the extra weight? This is logical: the more confusion, the more stress and entropy. So take the time out to create a structure around.

Do not forget about empathy

And one more thing that helps us to concentrate. Empathy and deep harmonious relations with people makes us more balanced and focused.

When we care for others, we feel relaxed and happy. So another way to stay focused - it is a genuine desire to help others.

With the result that

Today, it is critical to be able to control his reason, to develop it according to their own desires, rather than with strangers whims, to be able to resist the action of the whirlpool sucks useless information, worthless ideas and idle chatter. Develop the ability to state, which allows not only to create new ideas, but also to bring them to the actual implementation, you can manage life without letting it control you.

Concentrate on standing ideas. And to really manage your life.

Based on the book "Do not distract me».

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