Your attention span is the time that you can immerse yourself in doing something. Those who learn or work very effectively could realize the scarcity of attention and usually value it very much. For us, how can we avoid our attention be distracted?
Once you can distinguish the difference between attention and time, you would understand what you save by purchasing is attention, not time. Nowadays, many people often complain that they don’t have time to learn. Is that true? Actually, it is attention which they lack to focus on one thing. Purchasing knowledge services could help you consume less attention; you woudn‘t spend too many time to look for information or learning materials. Plus, you don’t want to get nothing after buying it, so you would consciously put your attention on it for avoding loss.
Attention is just like muscle, and it can be trained. Record how your attention is used and analyze if it is employed properly. Over time, you would find what kind of activities consume your attention too much and then consciously spend less on them.
Strong constitution means that you have more energy and more attention in same situation. Highly effective learner wouldn‘t allow their body’s health issues to influence their mind.
When you focus on one thing, you should put away some things that distract you. For instance, you can put your phone in another room while reading or writing. If you don’t notice it, you would be distracted less.
About these four points, I have already tried all of them. The result is mixing; I do better on some things and have a poor performance on others. Anyway, I need to do more practice. Maybe you can give them a try and see how your attention varies.
