<p><b data-redactor-tag="b">In this article we will learn the following</b><br></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">-21 Negative impacts of having short attention-span</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">-98 activities to strengthen-sharpen-boost your sixth-Sense plus increase your attention span through behavioral-mental-physical habit-correction - You need to find what works for you and then practice</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">- Meditate from among 10 types - experiment enough to find what works for you best as the different meditation-techniques do not work for everyone</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b"><br></b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">What causes short attention span - and how can you improve it - </b><span>How to improve your attention-psychology - </span><span>How to increase your attention span and power of retention</span></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">It is ok to find your mind wandering time to time [when you should be focused on something very important].</b></p><p>Momentarily getting distracted <b data-redactor-tag="b">is normal - and if you are able to bring back your focus on the priority of the moment and the important tasks needing your attention </b>- <b data-redactor-tag="b">then you need not become too concerned about it.</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Staying on tough-tasks can be difficult for most of us at times.</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">I</b>t becomes particularly more challenging <b data-redactor-tag="b">when you are getting distracted by various internal as well as external factors constantly</b>.</p><p>Human brains <b data-redactor-tag="b">have the most-unique ability to think something else while being physically engaged in doing an entirely unrelated activity.</b> </p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">But if you have a short attention span and have trouble focusing-on - generally and because of this have poor quality of life</b> - then you must <b data-redactor-tag="b">get to the underlying cause for this phenomenon and work on the solution. </b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Few medical-conditions as well as medications - can cause poor attention-span</b> - like <b data-redactor-tag="b">ADHD</b> [attention deficit hyperactivity disorder], depression, learning-disabilities, certain injuries sustained in the head or other neurological and psychological issues.</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">In this article we will be focusing on improving and strengthening your attention-span - which does not have medical-reasons</b> - although <b data-redactor-tag="b">many of the tips would work even in medically-induced and triggered - attention-deficit issue</b>.</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">21 Negative impacts of having short attention-span</b></p><ul><li>1.Inability to finish even routine tasks</li> <li>2.Unable to absorb, grasp and retain - ideas-information-critical data etc. - and as a result there of - unable to learn or retain important learning</li> <li>3.Missing crucial information - which can have huge-impact</li> <li>4.Missing opportunities or unable to recognize them</li> <li>5.Negative impressions on people who are powerful to influence your path and destiny</li> <li>6.Long-list of unfinished tasks - especially those which are imperative for your growth</li> <li>7.Below average performance - in whatever you do </li> <li>8.Difficulty in maintaining social-professional-personal relationships</li> <li>9.Unhealthy eating-sleeping life style and habits</li> <li>10. Neglecting self-care </li> <li>11. Impractical daydreaming</li> <li>12. Poor communication skills - Poor academic and professional qualifications</li> <li>13. Irritations-frustrations-sudden burst of anger</li> <li>14. Low self-respect and self-esteem </li> <li>15. Lack of interest in going for structured learning</li> <li>16. Inability to sit still and have focused thinking - unable to maintain a train of thought - getting multiple distractions especially from ignorable issues</li> <li>17. Getting distracted easily - by even things that should not bother you</li> <li>18. Creating an impression of absent-minded professor - who is somewhere else mentally </li> <li>19. Difficulty in following instructions</li> <li>20. Inability to keep things organized</li> <li>21. Unable to follow-up and follow-through</li></ul><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">98 activities to strengthen-sharpen-boost your sixth-Sense plus increase your attention span through behavioral-mental-physical habit-correction - You need to find what works for you and then practice</b></p><ul><li>1.For few people chewing-gum or chewing-pencil - increases alertness and lowers stress</li> <li>2.For some people - listening to music while doing something important - makes them focused</li> <li>3.Paradoxically - doodling - works for some people - while listening with attention to something that you are interested-in and which is really important to you</li> <li>4.Maintaining hydration levels in your body - optimum intake of water or fluids which are healthy - dehydration can make your brain dull</li> <li>5.Keeping your potassium-sodium levels balanced - by having a balance of saline-sucrose intake</li> <li>6.Fast-walking and exercise - strong body will have strengthened brain - cognitive-control improves dramatically - after you have exercised</li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">7.</b><b data-redactor-tag="b">Learn to meditate from the following 10 types - you need to find what works for you - all types of meditation don't work for everyone </b></li> <li>I.Sitting in calm-cool-quiet place - just focusing on the present - letting the mind wander as much without trying to control</li> <li>II.Introspecting - getting in touch with yourself-your dreams - <b data-redactor-tag="b">and through this self-guided and self-directed planned-dreaming - chalking-out the action-steps</b></li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">III.</b>Sitting with the purpose of - free-open-irrational-different thinking - <b data-redactor-tag="b">to solve a pressing challenge or problem </b></li> <li>IV.Sitting silently - just to relax entire body and mind</li> <li>V.Meditations based on yogic-exercises and deep-breathing</li> <li>VI.<b data-redactor-tag="b">Taking your mind to a thoughtless state</b>- where there are no thoughts going in and out yet you are aware of the surroundings<b data-redactor-tag="b"> - for this you need to force your mind consciously to focus on silencing the mind through will-power </b>[this has to happen automatically and would take at least 6 months to achieve if you really want this to become your subconscious stress-buster]</li> <li>VII.Guided meditation under some professional - who can take you deeper within and who can make you visualize - this can happen through recorded or live sessions</li> <li>VIII.Using various types of therapies to create focus - like fragrance-therapy, massage-therapy, music-therapy etc.</li> <li>IX.Sitting in the nature and becoming one with its various sound-smell-vibrations - this can be done in hills or wilderness with no distractions</li> <li>X.Cutting yourself off - from all the gadgets - and living like a primitive - time to time at least once in 2-3 months if you can't do this every fortnight</li> <li>8.Learn to cut-off the distractions and noise - even while sitting among bedlam - and think about what you need to do in near future</li> <li>9.Day-dream about - how you would like to see yourself in next 5-10-15 years and then make plans - schedule time for this activity on priority basis every day </li> <li>10. In the conferences and meeting - taking notes of what you liked and asking questions which you feel that is important but you don't know the answer to keep yourself meaningfully-engaged</li> <li>11. Try to do few things time to time in a absolutely basic-ways - like people used to do when present technology was not there </li> <li>12. Time to time go and live in places - which does not have high-decibel noise as well as sharp-artificial lights and yes less levels of pollution</li> <li>13. Stop multitasking - unless absolutely essential - this one is the most destructive habits which shortens the attention span - you may feel great when you juggled multiple tasks - but your efficiency and effectiveness would be below-average</li> <li>14. Take break between the work - from the work - from the daily routine</li> <li>15. Make your brain take on challenging problems - which foxes it completely</li> <li>16. Learn to play - string or piano-type musical instruments - this is by far the most creativity and attention inducing tool</li> <li>17. Learn a new language - learn to talk like a native</li> <li>18. Express your feelings through drawing pictures</li> <li>19. Learn to use the language of expressions in such a way - that even a person from different culture can understand you - through gestures-expressions-body language</li> <li>20. Create your very own attention-training regimen</li> <li>21. Learn to listen to what your heart and inner-voice is telling you</li> <li>22. Sharpen all your senses - including your 6<sup data-redactor-tag="sup">th</sup> sense</li> <li>23. Learn to interpret your frustrations and irritations and losing-control - into signals from your subconscious - for changing habits </li> <li>24. Identify what changes you need to make to feel better in healthy and sustainable ways</li> <li>25. Try to create discipline in every part of your life - very small change at a time - in your sleeping habits, eating habits and life-styles</li> <li><a name="4_Ask_Questions">26. Become curious and develop courage to ask questions</a> - when you don't know something and you must know that</li> <li><a name="5_Listen_To_Music">27. Listen to soft music</a></li> <li>28. Go Herbal and Go-vegan - once in every 15 days</li> <li><a name="7_Take_Notes_By_Hand">29. While creating to-do lists - take notes by hand</a> using pen and paper</li> <li>30. Practice attentive listening - by asking questions regularly - and trying get the feeling what the other person is saying not through the words but expressing it otherwise</li> <li>31. Try to lip-read and guess - then go and verify </li> <li>32. Create your reading-plan - everyday read at least 30 minutes - anything that interest you</li> <li>33. Learn to stretch and relax your muscles - progressively - from toe to head </li> <li>34. Walk without actually looking - but taking all that is there in the surrounding - then later recalling and nothing down - after that checking how much you could catch - do this for fun</li> <li>35. Use visualization to future-pace and anchor - doing successfully whatever you are going to attempt in future</li> <li>36. Avoid news channels and limit your social media usage and exposure</li> <li>37. Take help and get cognitive behavioral therapy - to be aware of your inaccurate and imagined perceptions and assumptions and negative thinking- to respond to challenging situations and handle people in more effective ways</li> <li>38. Identify your stressors - identify which tasks, which people and which situation causes you the most worry and stress </li> <li>39. Develop the mindset of working on finding and implementing solutions - as they could be the most important things which you need handle on priority basis</li> <li>40. Divide big projects into - small-small steps - take small actions</li> <li>41. Focus on implementing more after thorough-planning </li> <li>42. Make a list of accomplishments and milestones - for your further inspiration and motivation</li> <li>43. Don't make resolutions ONLY on new-year eve - make them any day - but make yourself take the 1st step to start on the journey of growth</li> <li>44. Identify your big-picture - keep focus and re-focus - till you get a sharp-crystal-clear and inspiring way-forward</li> <li>45. Then use this power and energy to start taking actions</li> <li>46. Learn to feel and deal with your emotions - especially the negative and disruptive ones</li> <li>47. Learn to manage your stress better - identify your stressors and how can you minimize them</li> <li>48. Manage your energy as well as time - create your own deadline which makes you stretch but you still feel it doable</li> <li>49. Identify various healthy ways you can reward yourself on reaching a milestone</li> <li>50. If possible spend some time every week playing games in team</li> <li>51. Play memory games - like chess, sudoku, scrabble and word-puzzle</li> <li>52. If feel tired after being on a monotonous-task for long - go do something else and then come back to it - but make an inner-resolve to complete each important task that very day - which needs to be finished</li> <li>53. Get organized - your bed, your table, your work-area, your cupboard and your tool-box</li> <li>54. Have laze around time for doing nothing - learn to feel great while doing nothing</li> <li>55. Readjust your deadlines - if something feels too daunting</li> <li>56. Try to remember and recall things after you have come back from say shopping - note down minutest details </li> <li>57. Practice increasing your focus and attention span progressively and gradually - but whatever time-frame you have chosen stick with it</li> <li>58. Slowly increase the difficulty level by raising the bar</li> <li>59. Create solutions and plan for worst case scenarios</li> <li>60. Use various ways to consciously build your willpower</li> <li>61. What you can't understand while reading - ask others and re-read the long and complicated matters slowly</li> <li>62. Follow new recipes - while trying out a new dish - completely going by the book</li> <li>63. Learning about a new gadget completely through the instruction manual</li> <li>64. Play spot the difference and scavenger hunt - with a specific focus</li> <li>65. Try tongue twisters</li> <li>66. Identify what's missing - in pictures specially designed for it</li> <li>67. Fight boredom -make your targets of attention more engaging by making them into some sort of game. Enliven dull work by thinking of it in novel ways</li> <li>68. Find and develop a passion for something that stretches you</li> <li>69. Apply the 80/20 rule - work-hard but in smart way - focus on doing and accomplishing those tasks which gives you 80% benefits AND do it for 80% time</li> <li>70. Introspect past mistakes to get your short-term hindsight learning</li> <li>71. Teach others - whatever is your strong-suit</li> <li>72. Share your stories and experiences - through writing blogs and journals</li> <li>73. Do the toughest task when you are most alert</li> <li>74. Respond to emails and messages that day itself - in a pre-scheduled time-slot only</li> <li>75. At times do things slowly deliberately - just to go through the process with complete awareness</li> <li>76. Every day ensure that you complete few tasks fully</li> <li>77. Create and practice energizing rituals</li> <li>78. Sharpen your senses </li> <li>79. Start relying on your 6th sense</li> <li>80. Feel your body-sensations and vibrations - time to time</li> <li>81. Learn to avoid overthinking - pay attention to only what is necessary</li> <li>82. Take power nap for 15-30 minutes at the middle of your work-day - if possible - to improve your brain's exhaustions and to energize it</li> <li>83. Learn to sleep well at the same time</li> <li>84. Find what small things makes you happy - something every day</li> <li>85. Help others</li> <li>86. Network and make social-professional connections</li> <li><a name="caffeine">87. When you need fast energizing - drink caffeine</a> or cola but don't make it your addiction</li> <li>88. Find ways to have a good laugh</li> <li>89. Create a balanced and healthier life-style</li> <li>90. Try to remember by understanding avoid cramming or rote-learning - visualize concepts</li> <li>91. Relate new information to things you already know in newer ways</li> <li>92. Find different and new ways on how to improve what you do on daily basis</li> <li>93. Pay extra attention to difficult information</li> <li>94. Practice delayed gratification</li> <li>95. Experiment with new things just try it to experience and see what happens</li> <li>96. Learn to focus on one demanding activity - every day</li> <li>97. Go for disciplined sports like - dance, martial-arts, juggling etc.</li> <li>98. Go for collaborative activities - like dancing or acrobatics with a partner </li></ul><p><br></p><p>#negativeimpactsofshortattentionspan, #whatcausespoorattentionandconcentration, #improveyourattentionspan, #stayontoughtaskslonger, #createfocusedattention, #sharpenandboostyourattentionspan, #increaseyourattentionandrentention, #righthabitsforhighconcentration, #getorganizedanddisciplined, #keeppracticingtoimproveyourfocus, #workhardinsmartway, #sharpenyoursensesrelyonyoursixthsense, #howtoincreaseyourattentionspan, #howtocreatesharpfocus, #tipsforstrengtheningsolidattentionandfocus</p>