mindfulness: attention & focus
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You will :
Know more about yourself
Lead yourself properly
Focus effectively
Increase your creative productivity
How?
Well, let me tell you
something…
The chief characteristic of the
modern era
is
Milan
Kundera « It is the form of exstasy that technology has bestowed upon modern man. »
« Addicted to speed, we demand it even when we can’t possibly go faster. »
James Gleick
Because of that, humans thought about an effective way to work; they started multi-tasking
As a consequence …
53% Waste at least one hour a day due to all types of distractions
45% Of employees work only 15minutes or less without getting interupted
25% Have no time for deep or creative thinking
Isn’t multi-tasking the
key?
LOL!
Cognitive multi-tasking
DOES NOT
exist
Our brain can process only one task at a time
Our brain gives us the impression that it can process many tasks at the same time while in fact it switches OFF an activity and ON another
Taking the nature of our brain into
consideration, the key would be …
Focusing Your
Attention Into one specific task at a time
Attention
is basically to direct your senses into a specific thing
Attentional control
refers to an individual’s cpaacity to choose what they pay attention to and what they ignore
« The faculty of voluntarily bringing back a wandering attention, over and over again, is the very root of judgment, character, and will. No one is [the master of himself] if he have it
not. »
William James
What if you can’t simply focus?
Apart from multi-tasking other factors may affect your concentration:
Stress
Information overload
Fatigue
Other physical factors
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