As an ADD’er, I’m constantly trying to improve my listening and concentrations skills. While surfing the web, I stumbled across an interesting article called Top 5 Tips to Improve Your Concentration on About.com. Apparently the five FOCUS tips can help you concentrate more effectively and I thought it was an interesting read worth sharing with you.
F = Five More Rule: Read FIVE MORE pages. Finish FIVE MORE math problems. Work FIVE MORE minutes.
O = One Think At a Time: Instead of NOT worrying about another, lesser priority (which will cause your mind to think about the very thing it’s not supposed to think about!), assign it a single task with start-stop time parameters.
C = Conquer Procrastination: Next time you’re about to postpone a responsibility ask yourself, “Do I have to do this? Do I want it done so it’s not on my mind? Will it be any easier later?” Those three questions can give you the incentive to mentally apply yourself.
U = Use Your Hands as Blinkers: Placing your hands on the side of your face blocks out surroundings so they are literally “out of sight, out of mind.
S = See As If For the First or Last Time: Next time your mind is a million miles away, simply look around you and really SEE your surroundings. Study that exquisite flower in the vase. Get up close to the picture on the wall and marvel at the artist’s craftsmanship.
There you have it, the FOCUS tips in abbreviated form. If you’d like to read the full article, here is the link Top 5 Tips to Improve Your Concentration
Events and life circumstances as well as learned behaviours and styles of coping can present personal obstacles or barriers that create stress, anxiety, or feeling down. Occasionally it is impossible to put one’s finger on the nature of the problem. The description often provided is that “things just feel off” or “I just don’t feel like myself”. It is possible to gain insight into the nature of such issues, introduce change, and effectively manage such scenarios through counselling.
I think these are great tips. I know many people who use attention as an excuse and I know many more who have taken great strides to overcome. The best thing I have found is take baby steps starting first with the nervous system and making sure that it is working at its highest potential. Then we can make simple modifications like changing fonts, colors, area of study, sounds and scents while concentrating. The Specific Chiropractic Center focuses on optimizing nervous system function and has doctors (dc) with nearly 300 hours of post graduate work in Neurology. Again great tips!
I have visited a few other sites related to this subject in the past few weeks in doing a research report for my boss. I have to say that what you’re saying here makes perfect sense and is helping me to get my head around this subject. Do you have any other places you could recommend to help my research?
Thanks,
I still can’t stop thinking about the article I read last week in the newspaper about a young man who had a really hard time in living his life but because of determination he was able to do well in life and now owns a business chain. Life in general can be like a wheel, sometimes you’re below but it doesn’t denote that you can never go up.