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Concentration strategies for students
Merlin Mann | Oct 3 2007
Here's a wonderful tour de force on Concentration that's written for students and which includes tips on identifying distractions as well as a useful list of techniques for putting your attention where you want it to be and keeping it there. A few I liked:
We have lots more here on battling distraction, including this excellent essay on "good" distractions by Paul Ford. 15 Comments
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 State your objectiveSubmitted by dineshshah on October 4, 2007 - 8:10am.
I find spending a few moments thinking and stating to yourself clearly what you want out of study/work session to be useful (on the rare occasion I actually have the discipline to do it). If you aren't clear about your intent it's easy to wander off without focus and not meet your objective. For example, you might say to yourself, "In the next 2 hours want to develop a good conceptual understanding of threading in Ruby". It should be tight and focused. Something like, "I want to learn some more about Ruby" is less useful. » POSTED IN:
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