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How To Increase Your Attention Span
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Focus is a lost art. Some of you have already lost focus reading this thread, most won’t even complete it.
In 2013, the average focused attention span of a human was 8 seconds - compared to 9 seconds for a goldfish
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(A thread
)Focus is a lost art. Some of you have already lost focus reading this thread, most won’t even complete it.
In 2013, the average focused attention span of a human was 8 seconds - compared to 9 seconds for a goldfish
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Your attention span is the amount of time you can concentrate on a task without getting distracted.
According to David Coleman, distractions come in two main kinds:
1. sensory distractions (things happening around you).
2. emotional distractions (your inner dialogue).
According to David Coleman, distractions come in two main kinds:
1. sensory distractions (things happening around you).
2. emotional distractions (your inner dialogue).
Attention, like willpower, are mental muscles that can be exercised and strengthened - so here’s your workout routine;
- Exercise
- Medidate
- Stay hydrated
- Quit multi tasking
- Get enough sleep
- Reduce interference
- Listen to classical music
- Exercise
- Medidate
- Stay hydrated
- Quit multi tasking
- Get enough sleep
- Reduce interference
- Listen to classical music
Exercise :
Physical activity can help improve your attention and focus, as it releases chemicals in the brain that affect learning and memory.
Exercise provides a short-term boost to your cognitive performance.
strengthen your body
and you strengthen your brain 
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:Physical activity can help improve your attention and focus, as it releases chemicals in the brain that affect learning and memory.
Exercise provides a short-term boost to your cognitive performance.
strengthen your body
and you strengthen your brain .
Medidate
It’s scientifically proven that meditation techniques improve cognitive control, attentiveness, speed of processing, and working memory capacity.
Just focus on your breath, and when your mind wanders, simply return your attention to your breath - anywhere, anytime.
It’s scientifically proven that meditation techniques improve cognitive control, attentiveness, speed of processing, and working memory capacity.
Just focus on your breath, and when your mind wanders, simply return your attention to your breath - anywhere, anytime.
Stay Hydrated
Being dehydrated is bad for your attention span. In fact, a 2% drop in dehydration isn’t enough to trigger thirst, but can negatively impact your ability to concentrate.
If you need to focus for a while, have enough water on standby.
Being dehydrated is bad for your attention span. In fact, a 2% drop in dehydration isn’t enough to trigger thirst, but can negatively impact your ability to concentrate.
If you need to focus for a while, have enough water on standby.
Quit Multitasking 
Multitasking is the enemy of focus.
Research shows that we are biologically incapable of processing attention-rich inputs simultaneously.
Take a singular objective, and let that be your sole focus until completion.
Multitasking is the enemy of focus.
Research shows that we are biologically incapable of processing attention-rich inputs simultaneously.
Take a singular objective, and let that be your sole focus until completion.
Get Enough Sleep 
Sleeping only a few hours a night over a long period of time impairs memory, alertness and executive functions.
Sleep feeds creativity, innovative thinking and problem solving abilities.
Aim to get a minimum of 7 hours sound sleep daily, works wonders.
Sleeping only a few hours a night over a long period of time impairs memory, alertness and executive functions.
Sleep feeds creativity, innovative thinking and problem solving abilities.
Aim to get a minimum of 7 hours sound sleep daily, works wonders.
Reduce Interference 
The best way to change your habit is to make your environment as boring as possible when trying to focus.
Keep distractions far away. Turn off notifications.
Free yourself from F.O.M.O (fear of missing out).
The best way to change your habit is to make your environment as boring as possible when trying to focus.
Keep distractions far away. Turn off notifications.
Free yourself from F.O.M.O (fear of missing out).
Listen To Classical Music 
Listening to short symphonies engages the areas of the brain involved with paying attention, making predictions, and updating the event in memory.
Roll out some Beethoven when you need to activate that “flow state”.
Listening to short symphonies engages the areas of the brain involved with paying attention, making predictions, and updating the event in memory.
Roll out some Beethoven when you need to activate that “flow state”.
The ability to focus attention on a task is crucial for the achievement of one’s goals.
FOCUS IS THE NEW IQ.
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