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The problem of concentration
Any plan for sidestepping distractions calls for strategies on sidestepping distraction.
It is a fantasy to think that we can dodge distraction once and for all. There will always be exciting things to create distraction for the mind.
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A method for concentrating
Nuns, monks, preachers and the people they educated were to visualize the material they were processing. A branchy tree or a finely feathered angel. The images might loosely correspond to the substance of an idea.
The point was to give the mind something to draw, to indulge its appetite ...
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Medieval monks
Medieval monks had a hard time concentrating while they were supposed to focus on divine communication: to read, to pray and sing, and to work to understand God.
The ideal was a mind that was always and actively reaching out to its target by working hard at making the mind behave. The mo...
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- Set time limits and caps on all digital distractions.
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Listen to the audio that I have provided on YouTube
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Make use of a schedule maker
A schedule maker is a tool for building a weekly template for how you plan to spend your time. With a weekly schedule, you'll always know the difference between traction and distraction.
Time is a valuable asset. One way to guard our time is to use a schedule maker. Using ...
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