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Different Types Of Distractions

Different Types Of Distractions

Know about your distractions and Write them down.

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Taming Distractions

Taming Distractions

To reduce distractions —

  1. Take stock of the distractions around you. Make a list.
  2. Distance yourself
  3. Introduce more productive cues into your environment.

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Recharging With Intention

Recharging With Intention

Here are a few other break activities that may help 

  • Going on a nature walk.
  • Running outside or visiting the gym at work (if your company has one) or offsite
  • Meditating (especially if your office has a relaxation room)
  • Reading something fun and not work-related

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MIND MAP

MIND MAP

Mind Map will help you to remember it BETTER.

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Limits Of Your Attention

Limits Of Your Attention

Our brain receives 11 million “bits” of information in the form of sensory experiences each second. But how many of these eleven million bits can our minds consciously process and focus on at once? Just forty of them. Not forty million or forty thousand, but forty.

Our atte...

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Multitasking

WHEN WE CAN MULTITASK

  1. A few small habitual tasks. - listing music and running or cleaning home etc.
  2. A task that needs most of our focus, as well as, a habitual task. - listening to a podcast or audiobook while doing maintenance tasks, or play...

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Albert Einstein

It’s not that I’m so smart; it’s just that I stay with problems longer.

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Connecting Dots

To connect dots more easily —

  1. Scatter your attention in a richer environment. — You can also use cues to capture everything you need to get done.
  2. Write out the problems you’re trying to crack.
  3. Sleep on a problem.
  4. Step back.
  5. Intentionally leave tasks unfi...

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Why Focus Matters

Why Focus Matters

Studies show we can work for an average of just forty seconds in front of a computer before we’re either distracted or interrupted. (Needless to say, we do our best work when we attend to a task for a lot longer than forty seconds.)

We all are distracted by something else a...

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Collecting Dots

As a rule, we should

  • consume more useful information, especially when we have the energy to process something denser;
  • consume balanced information when we have less energy;
  • consume entertaining information with intention or when we’re running low on energy and need to r...

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Scatter Focus

Scatter Focus: Our Brains Hidden Creative Mode

Different style of scatter focus

  1. Capture mode: Letting your mind roam freely and capturing whatever comes up.
  2. Problem-crunching mode: Holding a problem loosely in your mind a...

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Switching Off The Autopilot Mode

Switching Off The Autopilot Mode

As many as 40 % of our actions are habits, which shouldn’t require conscious deliberation. That is autopilot mode. We can't manage our attention in autopilot mode.

To swith off autopilot mode -

  • Just keep a plan what to do, when to do, and how much time will take ...

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William James

Without selective interest, the experience is utter chaos.

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Hyper Focus Ritual

Hyper Focus Ritual

To hyperfocus,

  • Choose a productive or meaningful object of attention;
  • Eliminate as many external and internal distractions as you can;
  • Set a timer
  • Focus on that chosen object of attention;
  • Continually draw your focus back to that one object of attention....

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Fight The 4 Types of Distractions

  • Mental Distractions: Breathe and remind yourself of what is really worth your time.
  • Physical Distractions: Make sure you declutter your work environment.
  • Digital Distractions: Delete apps, place your phone out of the reach and turn off notifications.
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2: Write Down Distractions as They Come

2: Write Down Distractions as They Come

Create a distraction page when you study. 

Use this to write down distractions as they come, even when you are working.

Whatever is on your mind, just pluck it out, write it out and store it away. 

Then get back to this page on your breaks.

Consider The Timing

... before you talk about something important.

Invite your partner to sit down with you, without distractions, and let them know that you want to talk to them. Let them know how you feel and that you find it important to feel emotionally safe with them.

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