Let us first understand
what concentration is:
“Concentration
is taking your mind off many things and putting it on one thing at a time.”
How to improve your concentration and
attention? Why it is important?
Paying
attention to what you are doing is one of the most important keys to success.
If you are not able to hold your attention on
one thing for some time, how can you accomplish anything?
Successful
people are able to focus their mind on their goals day and night, until they
accomplish them, be it money, fame, power, self-improvement or meditation.
So how can
you improve your ability to focus your mind on your goals, when there are so
many things that distract your attention?
Tips for
improving concentration and attention:
1. Don’t say
you cannot concentrate. Telling yourself that you cannot concentrate only makes
it more difficult. By doing so, you program your mind to lack of concentration
and attention.
2. Whenever
you need to focus your mind, tell yourself over and again that you can
concentrate. Tell yourself that you can develop this ability.
3. Remember
that in order to improve your concentration you need to train it, like any
other skill. If you persevere, and are earnest, in time, you will be able to
focus your mind on anything you want.
4. Make deals
with your mind. If there is something that is distracting your attention, such
as emotional problems or unresolved business problems, tell your mind that all
these problems can wait for a little while, and that you will attend to them
after you finish what you are doing. If this does not help you, then write down
on a piece of paper what problems you have to think about or solve. This will,
to some extent, temporarily remove the problems from your mind.
5. Do one
thing at a time. Jumping from one thing to another will only teach your mind to
be inattentive and lose attention quickly, besides that this kind of mental
restlessness can be tiring in the long run.
6. When you
focus your attention on anything, be alert, and when you find yourself thinking
on something else, try to stay patient, and bring your mind to the subject
again and again.
7. Often,
when you remember, try to fix your attention on whatever you happen to be doing
at the moment.
Few words
about concentration from some known personalities See what they Say:-
The American
business author and former management professor at the University of New
Orleans, Michael Leboeuf, said: “When you write down your ideas you
automatically focus your full attention on them. Few if any of us can write one
thought and think another at the same time. Thus a pencil and paper make
excellent concentration tools.”
“I think the
one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying
attention.”(Diane Sawyer)
“Where
attention goes, energy flows and results show.” (T. Harv Eker)
“Excellence is in the details. Give attention
to the details and excellence will come.”(Perry Paxton)
That is why
it’s been said:-
Make it a
point to put your full concentration on whatever you are doing. Don’t let
anything distract you. It really helps to be in a quiet place, but you can
learn to block out noise if necessary.
Understand
the essential connection between concentration and energy. Deep concentration
is a matter of increasing or directing your life-force or conscious, cosmic
energy. The more of this kind of energy you have, the better. Scattered energy
doesn’t help. It must be calm, focused energy. Learn to be calmly concentrated
and be concentrated calm.
Take breaks.
Go outside and breathe deeply or take a brisk walk. Make yourself do this often
and you’ll be able to return to your task recharged and ready to focus more
creatively.
The above
mentioned exercises are based on practical and some Psychological theories.
Tomorrow I
will tell you the how can you increase your concentration by using tarot and
how can Tarot guide us.
Hope you like
this post please feel free to share your views as well.
Regards
Amolika
Shastri
(Tarot Card
Reader & Vastu Consultant)
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