Concentration

Concentration

There is a saying about the brain, “What you think will become your reality.” This means, you get what you focus on, so focus on what you want. If you concentrate on one thing, you will ignore the other. If you concentrate in games, you will be in a playful mode. On the other side if you think about your study you will enjoy it. Now you have to choose whether you want to concentrate on studies or games.

Dear student, these days you can easily get distracted, whether on mobiles, social media or any other medium. Eckhart Tolle, says in his book (The power of now) explaining how the mind looses concentration and why. He said (we are not living our life as it is. He says most of us are not living in the present; we are living either in the past or in the future. We are still living in the past and affected by old experience, especially the bad incidents.) This is one of the reasons that keep us from concentrating.

In school or college, you may be busy with many things like; friends, games, problems or home. All these will cause loss of concentration and that is why you are not able to grasp any information when the lesson is taught in class. Different ideas at the same time affects in the storage of information. One day I was passing through the school’s corridor when I saw one student holding a basket and making it as a drum and he was singing. When he saw me, he stopped and tried to walk away but I called him. I told him this is not the right time and place to play the drums and that he had the free time after school or in the music class if he wanted to, but this was study time, to go to class and study.

You will find many examples like this. Everyone is busy with something. Some are busy with their friends and being good in front of them. Some are busy with their personal problems or thoughts about other activities. So as student you need to concentrate on many things to reach your goals.

• Concentration on reading:

To get benefit from reading, you need to concentrate on each word. This will allow you to link the opinions with each other. Take it as life lessons, as you are going to need it until the end of your life, not as information for an exam or just to study to finish the school. This will not give the importance to the brain. It is going to think and be busy with something else during your reading. This is why some people say that they have a weak memory but the truth is that they lose their concentration during the learning process and loose some of the information from the mind. If you are unable to remember data, it must be because of this reason. Notice how you are studying. Are you studying or reading in front of the TV or listening to music or is your mind busy with something else? If you want to concentrate on your studies, have a fixed time and a place away from TV and mobile, so nobody can disturb you. Also, free your mind at that moment. Try to keep all thoughts which are not related away. Even if unwanted thoughts occur, try to go back to your study moments. This needs a little practice until you are able to control your thoughts. Furthermore, determine one subject each time and be ready for it mentally before you really start. The other things are, prepare everything you need like; pen, papers, drinking water…etc) so you will not lose your concentration by going to and fro. These will increase your concentration and allow you to get the maximum benefit of studying.

Resource :

STUDY FOR LIFE SUCCESS (7 EFFECTIVE STEPS TO EXCELLENCE. you can find it in Amazon Kindle .