Attention & Focus
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What is Attention all about?
Attention is the mental ability to direct your conscious focus to a specific task and be fully absorbed in it without disruption. Have you ever read the same paragraph multiple times without really understanding a word of it? Or, have you been in a course and listened to the teacher, but been so deep in your own head that you can´t remember what he said afterwards? If you have ever been in a situation where you have been physically present but mentally absent, the missing element was always focus and attention. This course explores the characteristics, benefits, and drawbacks of attention, and suggests some solutions to help you improve your focus and concentration.
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The multiple Benefits of Conscious Focus!
Conscious focus and attention can be described as putting yourself in a state of flow, where you are totally immersed in the task and don’t have to actively filter out external distractions. Focused attention leads to quicker and more directed completion of tasks, thereby leading to faster success, thus improving your general wellbeing. Benefits of focusing your attention:
- Sitting at your desk and working, without getting distracted by other people’s conversations in the office
- Paying attention to a lecture, without looking at the other students or writing in your notebook
- Participating in a conversation and listening to what the other person has to say, without letting your mind wander around
- Reading a book and absorbing the information, without having to re-read it
- Watching a movie or show, without scrolling on your phone simultaneously
- Studying and completing the chapter you wanted to do, without getting distracted
- Working towards a goal and prioritizing it above other things in your life
Possible Drawbacks of Focus
While lack of focus can be problematic, too much focus is not always a good thing. Being hyperfocused on something to the extent that you have tunnel vision and are oblivious to everything else can be detrimental in some situations. Often it is recommended to use common sense and not to become too obsessive.
Course STEPS
FOCUS INTRODUCTION
THIS course contains important knowledge and essential guidelines about the GT FOCUS empowerment technique!
STEP 1. What is Focus?
Have you ever felt that being easily distracted is holding you back from improving your skills, doing better work and living a more fulfilling life? Your life is filled with potential distractions: smartphone, email, even your thoughts about where you might take your next vacation. As you let your attention become increasingly scattered by such distractions, you impair your ability to do your work on time and to do it right way.
STEP 2. Attention is the key to high performance in a world of endless distractions
What you need in order to focus is strong selective attention. Indeed, the stronger your ability becomes to select what you focus on, the better you will become at ignoring potential distractions. For example, journalists in an open-plan office at the New York Times manage to focus on their job and meet deadlines despite being surrounded by noise and other distractions. None of these journalists ever demand quiet so they can concentrate better.
STEP 3. Life “on automatic” diminishes your experience of the present moment
Having the ability to focus is obviously an advantage, both in life and work, as it enables you to get into a flow state and perform better. But choosing to pay attention to one thing rather than another involves a push-pull process between the bottom-up and top-down minds.
STEP 4. All types of attention are valuable; open awareness is vital for creative breakthroughs
Sometimes it can be more effective to keep an open awareness or practice mind-wandering. Rather than wandering away from what counts, we may well be wandering toward something valuable. This is because allowing your minds to wander provides fertile ground for serendipitous insights.
STEP 5. Focus on improving your willpower – it’s one of the key factor to achieve “inner focus”
Accomplishing goals requires strong focus, motivation and determination – all qualities that constitute strong willpower. And the more challenging the goal, the more willpower it will require. Your willpower plays a crucial role in determining the course of your lives. For example, it is more probable that children who display a high level of willpower will become successful, compared to those who do not show such a high level of self-control.
STEP 6. Focus on building your empathy – it will help you navigate within any social context
In order to have fulfilling interactions with others, you need to be empathetic, and empathy takes two main forms: cognitive empathy and emotional empathy. Cognitive empathy is the kind that enables you to see the world through the eyes of others. It can help you to comprehend other people’s mental states and the ways in which they understand the world.
STEP 7. Outer focus – pay attention to the larger context and manage your impact
People tend to focus on what’s happening in their immediate environment and to plan only for the near future. The problem with this approach is that they neglect to deal with distant threats which might have a significant impact in the long run. Future problems are too abstract for us to act on – for example, the effects of climate change – since their consequences may or may not be experienced directly or passively and are a long way off.
STEP 8.Great leadership is rooted in effectively seizing and directing the attention of a collectiv
When it comes to leading a successful organization, focus is crucial. The ability to move an organization’s focus to the right place at the right time depends on the leader’s level of self-awareness. While a high IQ score may land you the job, it’s not enough to make you an outstanding leader. Unless leaders have self-awareness, it’s unlikely they will become inspiring and successful leaders.
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