Playing at an elite level in any industry requires immense focus and attention. At any given time, our senses detect information from millions of sources: images through our eyes, sounds through our ears, aromas through our nose, pressure and temperature on our skin, our emotions, our body movements, and, often most importantly, thoughts running through our heads. Millions of signals each second.
What information gets through depends on what we focus on. Efficient focus/concentration helps us select the information that matters in the moment and allow us to perform at our best.
Albeit, we all struggle with this one thing. Companies pay millions to get experts in to train their employees on how to focus and maintain attention.
What are your strategies for maintaining focus and attention? Do you have any tips throughout the day that you use to regain that focus when you dip away?
I’m a big believer in breathing exercises. I am extremely ADD and focus has always been an issue. Meditation only seems to work for me when I add a breathing exercise; be it 10 count or box breathing, something that I can direct my attention on. That seems to get me to the right place.
I have been experimenting for the past month with cold showers (1-2 mins. at max) and mini-meditation sessions (daily 5 to 8 minutes of breathing-focused attention).
I've found a subjective empirical increase in my ability of completing tasks :) however I am still really struggling to put down my smartphone
Prayer and meditation really help. Being able to focus on the positive takes my mind off of negative distractions. I play positive affirmations instead of music during car rides and when answering emails; sometimes when I sleep too
Quick question I realize it not about this interesting article. You have spoke about a lot of the benefits of soaking in cold water. What are the the benefits of Cryotherapy?
NeuroTracker cognitive training is the practically possible/doable way for anybody to enhance capability to attention/focus for the best of the best performance. Meditation is the right way to manage focus and attention, but ordinary people are not confident to do meditation in the right way, but while meditating athletes are mostly fighting not to be distracted. Meditation, I think, becomes possible only when you have very high levels of focus and attention.
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I’m a big believer in breathing exercises. I am extremely ADD and focus has always been an issue. Meditation only seems to work for me when I add a breathing exercise; be it 10 count or box breathing, something that I can direct my attention on. That seems to get me to the right place.
I have been experimenting for the past month with cold showers (1-2 mins. at max) and mini-meditation sessions (daily 5 to 8 minutes of breathing-focused attention).
I've found a subjective empirical increase in my ability of completing tasks :) however I am still really struggling to put down my smartphone
Prayer and meditation really help. Being able to focus on the positive takes my mind off of negative distractions. I play positive affirmations instead of music during car rides and when answering emails; sometimes when I sleep too
Quick question I realize it not about this interesting article. You have spoke about a lot of the benefits of soaking in cold water. What are the the benefits of Cryotherapy?
What would be recommend for the chamber?
Thank you .
Marc
I diffuse essential oils in my office and drink Matcha Tea around 2pm!
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NeuroTracker cognitive training is the practically possible/doable way for anybody to enhance capability to attention/focus for the best of the best performance. Meditation is the right way to manage focus and attention, but ordinary people are not confident to do meditation in the right way, but while meditating athletes are mostly fighting not to be distracted. Meditation, I think, becomes possible only when you have very high levels of focus and attention.
NeuroTracker is used by Ronaldo, Matt Ryan, NHL Pro Hockey Top Players, NBA Top Pro like
Steph Curry, and many more.
I have been in the ER and I find the only thing that works is breathing for 10 minutes in a quiet space.