To enhance your Concentration and Powers of Focus, count your steps when you walk. This is a particularly strong
technique. Take six steps while taking a long inhale, hold your breath for another six steps, and then exhale for six
steps. If six steps is too long for the breaths, do whatever you feel comfortable with. You will feel very alert, refreshed,
internally quiet and centered after this exercise. So many people allow their minds to be filled with mental chatter. All
peak performers appreciate the power of a quiet, clear mind which will concentrate steadily on all important tasks.
• Enhance your Will-Power; it is likely one of the best training programs you can invest in. Here are some ideas to
strengthen your will and become a stronger person:
1. Do not let your mind float like a piece of paper in the wind. Work hard to keep it focused at all times. When
doing a task, think of nothing else. When walking to work, count the steps that it takes to get all the way to
the office. This is not easy but your mind will soon understand that you hold its reins and not vice versa. Your
mind must eventually become as still as a candle flame in a corner where there is no draft.
2. Your will is like a muscle. You must first exercise it and then push before it gets stronger. This necessarily
involves short term pain but be assured that the improvements will come and will touch your character in a
most positive way. When you are hungry, wait another hour before your meal. When you are laboring over a
difficult task and your mind is prompting you to pick up the latest magazine for a break or to get up and go
talk to a friend, curb the impulse. Soon you will be able to sit for hours in a precisely concentrated state. Sir
Isaac Newton, one of the greatest classical physicists the world has produced, once said: "if I have done the
public any service, it is due to patient thought."
interruption for very long periods of time. If he can develop this so can you.
3. You can also build your will-power by restraint in your conduct with others. Speak less (use the 60/40 Rule =
listen 60% of the time and speak a mere 40%, of that). This will not only make you more popular but you will
learn much wisdom as everyone we meet, every day has something to teach us. Also restrain the urge to gossip
or to condemn someone who you feel has made a mistake. Stop complaining and develop a cheerful, vital
and strong personality. You will greatly influence others.
• Become a Highly Disciplined Time Manager. There are roughly 168 hours in a week. This surely allows plenty of time
for achievement of the many goals we desire to accomplish. Be ruthless with your time. Set aside a few minutes each
morning to plan your day. Plan around your priorities and focus on not only those tasks which are immediate but not
important (i.e., many telephone calls) but especially on those which are important but not urgent, for these allow for
the greatest personal and professional development. Important but not immediate activities are those which produce
long-term, sustainable benefits and include exercise, strategic planning, the development of relationships and professional
education. Never let the things which matter most be placed in the backseat as compared to those that matter
least.
• The Two Minute Mind is an excellent exercise for developing concentration. Simply stare at the second hand on your
wristwatch for two minutes and think about nothing else for that time. At first your mind will wander but after 21 days
of practice, your attention will not waver during the routine. One of the greatest qualities a person can develop to ensure
his success is the ability to focus for extended periods of time. Learn to build up your concentration muscles and
no task will be too difficult for you.
• To Enhance your Concentration, read a passage in a book you have never explored. Then try to recite it verbatim.
Practice this for only 5 minutes a day and enjoy the results which follow after a few months of effort.
• 6. 83% of our sensory input comes from our eyes. To truly concentrate on something, shut your eyes and you will remove
much distraction.
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