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When TV newscaster Diane Sawyer was asked the secret to her success, she said, “I think the one lesson I’ve learned is there is no substitute for paying attention.”
Did you know improving your focus can be done with different types of simple exercises? It’s true. Something as simple as getting exercise on a daily basis or chewing gum can improve your brain function, which leads to better focus. Most of the time, focus exercises take less than ten minutes to do.
Check out these to get you started:
Here are some Concentration exercises taken from the Success Consciousness website. (http://www.successconsciousness.com/index_000004.htm)
Exercise 1
Count the words in any paragraph from a book. Count them again. Repeat until it’s easy.
Now count the words in two paragraphs. Repeat until it becomes easy.
Finally count all the words on the page. Count mentally and with your eyes only. Don’t use your finger to point to each word.
Exercise 2
Count from one hundred backwards to one.
Exercise 3
Count backwards from one hundred, by threes, for example 100, 97, 94 and so on.
Exercise 4
Pick an inspiring word or simple sound. Repeat it silently for five minutes. When this becomes easy, try doing it for ten minutes continually.
Exercise 5
Hold a piece of fruit in your hands. Examine it, keeping your entire attention focused on the fruit. Just focus on the fruit, ignoring other thoughts. Examine its shape, the smell of it, how it’s texture when you touch it and how it taste.
Exercise 6
Visualize a piece of fruit. First examine a piece of fruit for 2 minutes. Then close your eyes and visualize how it feels, looks and smells. Try to visualize a clear image. If the image gets blurry, look at the fruit again for a few seconds then close your eyes and try to visualize it again.
It’s never been harder to stay focused than at this time in history. We are distracted by technology and everything happening around us. You can regain focus though by doing different exercises that can help you build your concentration.
