Listen "How to Stay Focused and Control Your Attention"
Episode Synopsis
Your ability to focus on deep work is key to being productive. Your power to connect ideas is vital to being creative. Whether you’re focusing or mind wandering, you need to direct your attention to perform at your peak. In episode 55 of The Incrementalist, you will learn: 1) The difference between Hyperfocus and Scatterfocus and why you need both modes of focus to control your attention. 2) Mind wandering is not a problem if you have meta-awareness or metacognition, i.e., to be aware of your awareness or to pay attention to your attention. 3) The three types of attention - the Flashlight, the Floodlight, and the Juggler - that coordinate with each other to affect your state of focus. 4) 4 tips to build your focus muscle and direct your attention:i. Define your priority and focus on one thing at a timeii. Tame the distractions and interruptions that dilute your focusiii. Match the challenge with your skills or abilityiv. Allow mind wandering with intentionWatch the video on episode 55, which caught the attention of the YouTube algorithm and became a recommended video for viewers to find more easily.Breaking the YouTube barrier in this way is a major milestone that is difficult to reach -- and was done through incremental learning and tweaking in the creation process. At this time, The Incrementalist is still (proudly) a very small channel.Become one of the first 100 subscribers on our YouTube channel, The Incrementalist - A Productivity Show!Theme Music by:Sebastian Brian Mehr. Album – Olemus; Song – La Nieve Check out the book: The Incrementalist, A Simple Productivity System to Create Big Results in Small StepsEmail: [email protected] website: www.dyanwilliams.comSubscribe to productivity e-newsletter
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