If you had the power of concentration whenever you wanted it, imagine how much more productive you could be. Good news! Not only can learn how to concentrate better, but you can do so right now.
Concentration Power Is Automatic
to Start working on something, and concentration is automatic until you are distracted. Usually, these interruptions are your thoughts, and they may come every few seconds. If nothing was interfering, you would have easy and complete concentration. What you need is a method to remove the distractions, to control your wandering mind.
Here it is: Start paying attention to what is going on in your head. Maybe there’s a phone call you need to make, that has been quietly bothering you, just below consciousness. You could be worried about an upcoming meeting, or a family matter. Start tuning in to your mind today, and it will become easier by tomorrow.
Then, as you become aware of these stressors, do something with them to let them go for the moment. Make that phone call, or make a note about it, and your mind will usually let go of the concern for now. Do whatever you can quickly do to let these “mind irritation” go. Sometimes just telling yourself something like, “There is nothing I can do about this problem until Friday,” will stop unconscious worrying.
Do this exercise a few times, and you’ll find it becomes easier to recognize what is just below the surface, irritating you and sapping your power of concentration. Set these mind irritations aside, and you will think more clearly.
Why Concentration?
Another simple technique is to honestly ask why you want to concentrate. Concentration is difficult if you’re bored. A cure for this is to stop and consider why it’s important if it is. Answer the question, and visualize the benefits clearly, and it will be easier to focus your mind.
Obvious Distractions
I have read that Stephen King writes with loud music on. What distracts each of us, or doesn’t, is personal and somewhat 'unique'. Do something about whatever it is that takes your mind away from the task at hand. Turn off the TV, feed your empty stomach, or turn your desk away from the window.
When you take care of the external and the internal distractions, you’ll be able to focus your attention and brainpower like a spotlight. Watch a child building a sandcastle sometime, and you’ll see that the power of concentration is natural.
This experience, describes vividly, how the power of concentration works. It is a skill, which enables you to fix your attention on one single thought or activity, while at the same time excluding from your awareness everything else.
“The power of concentration manifests as focused attention and as a one-pointed mind.”
When you focus your mind, you conserve your energies and do not dissipate them on irrelevant thoughts or activities. This is why developing concentration is vital for anyone aspiring to be more efficient and take charge of his or her life.
This skill is essential for every kind of success. Without it, your efforts get scattered, but with it, you can accomplish great things.
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