Posts Tagged ‘concentration’

Dealing with Distractions

We each have many distractions that keep us from getting things done. I noticed a few prominent distractions in my life this week (Twitter and Digg are taking over!) and I felt that it was time to address the problem! I know that I am capable of getting things done and achieving things but I've noticed that distractions can get the better of me. When I've planned to research… Continue reading

May 25 2009 | By Paul | Tagged: attention, concentration, distractions, Productivity | 12 comments»

Tips and Tricks for Distraction-Free Writing

If you do a lot of writing, you already know the benefits of a distraction-free writing environment. It's hard to keep yourself on-task when there are noise, people interrupting you, or the ever-present temptation of Desktop Tower Defense only a click or two away on your PC. It's especially hard when you reach a rough patch and it's so much easier to do something else than think your… Continue reading

January 16 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: concentration, distraction, software, tool, writing | 38 comments»

How to Improve Your Concentration

In concentration we marshal all our dispersed energies into focusing on just one thing. When mastered, concentration can be of unimaginable benefit in our life; through concentration we can increase our productivity and give ourselves greater peace of mind. These are some suggestions for improving your concentration. One-Pointedness Concentration means that we can focus on one thing, to the exclusion of all else. Our concentration may involve writing or working on… Continue reading

November 27 2007 | By Tejvan | Tagged: alertness, concentration, focus, meditation | 28 comments»

10 Tips for Razor Sharp Concentration

Writing to-do lists and keeping a schedule may keep you organized, but does it really help you get more done? I believe that organization is important, but what you really need is focus. Being able to sit down and concentrate intensely on your work for a few hours. Even a half hour of focused effort can get more done than an entire day of distraction and… Continue reading

July 26 2007 | By Scott H | Tagged: concentration, distraction, flow, objective, Productivity | 88 comments»

The Stand Up Desk

Blogger Chris Parsons is trying out a new desk that allows him to stand while working on the computer. Check it out here [My Stand Up Desk]. Why on earth...? Apparently, stand up desks are also known to help with back trouble and concentration. I don't have back trouble, but it can be hard to push through the 3pm sleep barrier some days. For some reason, 3pm is always when… Continue reading

June 13 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: concentration, desk | 27 comments»

Get More Done By Doing Nothing!

The art of managing time does not come easy and needs to be learnt over time. It takes years of commitment and specific effort to be able to hone the time management skills even after acquiring them. There are many areas of time management that various people need to learn. Some need to understand the importance of prioritizing work and the manner in which they should go about doing… Continue reading

October 11 2006 | By Vishal | Tagged: concentration, Productivity | 12 comments»

Communication, Thought, and Time

Over at Slow Leadership, this week has been all about using your time. I don't set out to give each week's postings a single theme, but sometimes it happens that way. It began with considering the relationship between time, action and thought in a posting I called Taking Your Time. Some people claim that jumping into actions and decisions without stopping to think is the right thing… Continue reading

August 28 2006 | By Guest | Tagged: Communication, concentration, decision, effectiveness, knowledge, leadership, learning, Management, misperception, performance, slow-leadership, thinking, thought, thoughts, time, timemanagement, work-life | 1 comment»

Online teaching on concentration

Have you ever complain or feel bad because of poor concentration on the task? Is it because of distractions, or are there any other factors that involve? University of Kent has archived a good article on the topic of concentration. It talks bout what is concentration (or lack of it), factors that may cause it, the link between your physical and concentration, how to train, and how to maintain your… Continue reading

July 28 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: concentration | no comments»

How to concentrate on writing

Writing requires a lot of creativity, and generating idea needs concentration. Matthew Stibbe, the Writer-in-chief at Articulate Marketing, feels the same thing and with his experience, he shares 10 ways to concentrate on writing:

Switch off email
Isolate myself
Greed and guilt
Stop with the blog already
Get up early
Little treats
Chunking
Go full screen
Shitty first draft
Change location

"Go full screen" is probably the most useful - it really hides all those distractions from taskbar and icons. Chris… Continue reading

July 6 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: concentration | 3 comments»

Blog your way through Writer’s Block

Blogging is all the rage at the moment and it's being used in many different ways. Businesses are using blogs as a way to drive traffic to their websites and inform readers of new products, services or special offers they currently have. Individuals are blogging everything from the milestones in their child's life to share with family and friends, to the minutiae of their everyday lives - rather… Continue reading

February 10 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: article, block, blog, concentration, writing | 3 comments»

More Fight The Flab!

I promised that this second installment would deal with cellphone calls. Cellphones are useful, but they can also be extremely distracting. You don't want to stop genuinely useful calls reaching you. You do want to exclude calls that will waste your time. Continue reading

January 23 2006 | By Guest | Tagged: Communication, concentration, gtd, interruption, phone, prioritization, tips | 3 comments»

Fight The Flab!

How To Lose the Useless Items that Weigh Down Your Day (Part 1) Continue reading

January 16 2006 | By Guest | Tagged: article, Communication, concentration, discipline, email, howto, Lifehack, prioritization, Productivity, tips | 18 comments»

The interrupt driven lifestyle

Without concentration, you may not be efficient with the task on hand. And most of the time, the lack of concentration is because there are interruptions from different sources around you - like instant messenger and mobile etc. Babak Farrokhi over at Geek Style has given some suggestions on killing the interruptions around us. Stuff that you can do to remove computer and electronic interruptions, for instance: ... This solution worked… Continue reading

October 31 2005 | By Leon | Tagged: concentration, interruption | no comments»