| Did you ever stop to think what an important part your | | | | necessary to form the habit of ignoring these |
| thoughts, I mean real concentrated thoughts, play in | | | | distractions. |
| your life? | | | | You can simply start out by making a strong |
| The ability to concentrate all your attention is so | | | | determined effort to ignore all distractions… practise |
| important, no matter what task or job you have to get | | | | ignoring them, and try your best not to let a slip occur. |
| done… as nothing great or significant can be | | | | Also at the same time, try to develop interest in the |
| accomplished without proper effort and concentration. | | | | object you are concentrating all your attention on, |
| And almost all of us have some sort of difficulty in the | | | | because we tend to pay more attention to those |
| concentration of our attention. | | | | things in which we are most interested. |
| Workers in business and industry, students in high | | | | It's easy for any one to say, "concentrate"… but you |
| school and college, and even professors in universities, | | | | need to know exactly how to concentrate. |
| complain of the same difficulty. | | | | Remember that to concentrate is merely the act of |
| It is said that the power to concentrate all your | | | | applying your entire body and mind, to the task or |
| attention is vital as it stands at the very centre of most | | | | action in hand. |
| (if not all) mental activity. No matter from what angle | | | | Every effort of the mind, whether it's to… |
| we view the mind, its excellence always seems to | | | | • Perceive something |
| depend upon the power to concentrate all our | | | | • Recollect something |
| attention. | | | | • Associate something |
| Concentration may be defined as being that state of | | | | • Imagine something |
| mind in which the entire energies of the individual, | | | | • Even to judge something |
| physical as well as mental, are focused upon the thing | | | | Must all involve some concentration of the faculties of |
| they are doing or thinking. All actions and all thoughts | | | | the mind upon that particular action, task or act, |
| NOT connected with what they are doing or thinking | | | | whatever it may be! |
| are kept out of the mind… | | | | As you start to develop a firm interest in your field of |
| If we examine a growing child, one of the first things | | | | work or study, and as you develop the habit of |
| we will see is the power they have in them to "pay | | | | ignoring distractions - you will be able to concentrate |
| attention or to notice things". | | | | your powers of attention with less and less effort. |
| When we examine the ability of normal adults we do | | | | Another important fact to note is that as you develop |
| so by means of tests that require close concentration | | | | the power to select objects for the concentration of all |
| of attention, and we regard anyone who is able to | | | | your attention, you also develop (at the same time) |
| maintain close focused and concentrated attention for | | | | other mind power processes; you will improve the |
| long periods of time as a person of strong mind or will. | | | | ability to memorize and recall much more, to fine tune |
| So real concentration may be broken down into just 2 | | | | and manage better your time and effort. |
| parts: | | | | And also the power to control your future thoughts |
| 1. The voluntary focusing of all our power and | | | | and actions... |
| attention in the selecting of certain objects to be | | | | In short "developing your power to concentrate and |
| attended to. | | | | focus all your attention means developing power in all |
| 2. And the ignoring of other objects which act as | | | | the mental processes". With that being said, we want |
| distractions. | | | | to finish by giving you, |
| But even in spite of our most careful provisions, there | | | | The 2 TOP Keys Of Concentration |
| will still be distractions which cannot be eliminated. For | | | | For every one of us, concentration will always mean, |
| example, you cannot stop the noise of planes flying | | | | 1. Selecting and focusing on what is most |
| over or cars driving past while you are trying to work, | | | | important to us, and disregarding what is not… and |
| plan or study. | | | | also knowing which tasks and jobs have top priority. |
| And you cannot build a fence around the thoughts and | | | | 2. You must identify for yourself what is most |
| focus of your mind so as to keep out unwanted and | | | | important and essential to you - and try to filter out |
| irrelevant ideas… the best thing you can do is to | | | | everything else. |
| accept the inevitable that the presence of some | | | | These are the two main steps towards developing |
| distractions will always exist, and to realise that in order | | | | strong concentration… recognising the essential… |
| to concentrate and pay attention properly, it is | | | | and leaving out the non-essential. |