Boost Your Concentration E-Book

50MINUTES

• Herausgeber: 50Minutes.com
• Kategorie: Fachliteratur
• Serie: Coaching
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 24

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017

Beschreibung

Ready to take your career to the next level? Find out everything you need to know about boosting your concentration with this practical guide.

Concentration, attention and focus are skills that many people struggle to master, and they may be holding you back at work. By learning how to concentrate fully on the task at hand, you will be able to optimise the way you work, perform more efficiently and even lead a happier and more fulfilling life. 

In 50 minutes you will be able to:
• Identify the differences between concentration and attention and how each of them interact and contribute to memorisation 
• Analyse the distractions you experience in your working environment and how you can work to eliminate them
• Discover how you can use concentration exercises, physical activity, a healthy diet and a balanced lifestyle to naturally boost your concentration

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Leseprobe

The key to better concentration

Problem: How can we identify problems with concentration and control them to optimise the way we work?Uses: Being able to focus our attention on tasks saves time, and thus increases efficiency.Professional context: Teamwork, personal and professional development, work habits, memorising.FAQs:What factors are causing my concentration problem?What are the direct consequences of poor concentration at work?How do I know if I have a neurological disorder, or if I simply have concentration problems?What attitudes can I adopt to improve my concentration over the long term?Can I treat my attention problems with medication?Can music help me to concentrate?

“At work, I often have difficulty completing monotonous and repetitive tasks because I cannot concentrate. I also find it difficult to stay attentive at meetings, so I forget to take note of the instructions given by my superior. These problems with attention are a constant source of anxiety for me.” (Albert, employee in the IT and telecommunications sector)

Whether you are suffering from a true attention deficit disorder, with or without hyperactivity (ADD/ADHD), difficulty concentrating can become a burden in your professional life. Particularly in this day and age, distractions are numerous (sudden fatigue or stress, a distracting colleague, the phone ringing constantly, social networking, adverts, etc.) and it is becoming increasingly difficult to stay focused for an extended period of time. In addition to the improvement and overactive cultivation of technologies in our society, there are also natural disturbances: lack of sleep, poor diet, lack of oxygen, noise, etc. Yet, it is essential to be able to channel our thoughts at work in order to be productive and not waste energy unnecessarily.

But what does concentration involve? Why do we find it difficult to concentrate? More importantly, how can we avoid getting distracted every day? Concentration is like a muscle that can be trained through several exercises. In just 50 minutes, this book will reveal the secrets to better concentration, to help you overcome your deficits and start to focus.

Concentration: the basics

How does concentration work?

Sparking your attention in order to focus

The terms “attention” and “concentration” often tend to be confused. However, although these two concepts are closely related, they actually define very different actions. In his book, The Principles of Psychology (1890), William James (American psychologist, considered to be the founder of the discipline in the US, 1842-1910) explains that “attention is the taking possession by the mind, in a clear and vivid form, of an object or sequence of thoughts among several that seem possible […]. It involves the removal of certain objects in order to deal more effectively with others”. In Embracing Your Potential