Here are a few tips to help you Improve your
concentration
1. To enhance your concentration and powers of
focus , count your steps when you walk. This is a
particularly strong technique. Take six steps
while taking a long inhale, hold your breath for
another six steps, and then exhale for six steps.
If six steps is too long for the breaths, do
whatever you feel comfortable with. You will feel
very alert, refreshed, internally quiet and centered
after this exercise. So many people allow their
minds to be filled with mental chatter. All peak
performers appreciate the power of a quiet, clear
mind which will concentrate steadily on all
important tasks.
2. Enhance your will-power ; it is likely one of the
best training programs you can invest in. Here
are some ideas to strengthen your will and
become a stronger person:
a) Do not let your mind float like a piece of paper
in the wind. Work hard to keep it focused at all
times. When doing a task, think of nothing else.
When walking to work, count the steps that it
takes to get all the way to the office. This is not
easy but your mind will soon understand that you
hold its reins and not vice versa. Your mind must
eventually become as still as a candle flame in a
corner where there is no draft.
b) Your will is like a muscle. You must first
exercise it and then push before it gets stronger.
This necessarily involves short term pain but be
assured that the improvements will come and will
touch your character in a most positive way.
When you are hungry, wait another hour before
your meal. When you are laboring over a difficult
task and your mind is prompting you to pick up
the latest magazine for a break or to get up and
go talk to a friend, curb the impulse. Soon you
will be able to sit for hours in a precisely
concentrated state. Sir Issac Newton, one of the
greatest classical physicists the world has
produced, once said: "if I have done the public
any service, it is due to patient thought." Newton
had a remarkable ability to sit quietly and think
without interruption for very long periods of time.
If he can develop this so can you.
c) You can also build your will-power by restraint
in your conduct with others. Speak less (use the
60/40 Rule = listen 60% of the time and speak a
mere 40%, if that). This will not only make you
more popular but you will learn much wisdom as
everyone we meet, every day has something to
teach us. Also restrain the urge to gossip or to
condemn someone who you feel has made a
mistake. Stop complaining and develop a
cheerful, vital and strong personality. You will
greatly influence others.
3. Become a highly disciplined time manager.
There are roughly 168 hours in a week. This
surely allows plenty of time for achievement of
the many goals we desire to accomplish. Be
ruthless with your time. Set aside a few minutes
each morning to plan your day. Plan around your
priorities and focus on not only those tasks
which are immediate but not important (i.e.,
many telephone calls) but especially on those
which are important but not urgent, for these
allow for the greatest personal and professional
development. Important but not immediate
activities are those which produce long-term,
sustainable benefits and include exercise,
strategic planning, the development of
relationships and professional education. Never
let the things which matter most be placed in the
backseat as compared to those that matter least
4. The Two Minute Mind is an excellent exercise
for developing concentration. Simply stare at the
second hand on your wristwatch for two minutes
and think about nothing else for that time. At first
your mind will wander but after 21 days of
practice, your attention will not waver during the
routine. One of the greatest qualities a person
can develop to ensure his success is the ability
to focus for extended periods of time. Learn to
build up your concentration muscles and no task
will be too difficult for you.
5. To enhance your concentration , read a
passage in a book you have never explored. Then
try to recite it verbatim. Practice this for only 5
minutes a day and enjoy the results which follow
after a few months of effort.
6. 83% of our sensory input comes from our
eyes. To truly concentrate on something, shut
your eyes and you will remove much distraction.
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