Quotes About Concentration

Not at all. But he did go on in that address to say that the best possible way to prepare for tomorrow is to concentrate with all your intelligence, all your enthusiasm, on doing today's work superbly today.

for tomorrow is to concentrate with all your intelligence, all your enthusiasm, on doing today's work superbly today.

Cuando nos obligamos a encarar lo peor y a aceptarlo mentalmente, eliminamos todas esas imaginaciones y nos colocamos en condiciones de concentrarnos en nuestro problema.

The gun that scatters too much does not bag the birds.

Did Dr. Osler mean to say that we should not make any effort to prepare for tomorrow? No. Not at all. But he did go on in that address to say that the best possible way to prepare for tomorrow is to concentrate with all your intelligence, all your enthusiasm, on doing today's work superbly today. That is the only possible way you can prepare for the future.

The ultimate freedom we have as individuals is the power to select what we will allow or require our minds to dwell upon and think about.

never disperse your focus unless absolutely necessary. Face one adversary at a time.

Well-directed thought is a learned skill. To manifest an intention requires laserlike focus, full sensory visualization, and a profound belief.

Well-directed thought is a learned skill. To manifest an intention requires laserlike focus, full sensory visualization, and a profound belief. We

well-directed though is a learned skill

In fact, people who are extremely adept at mental tasks that demand cognitive control and a roaring working memory—like solving complex math problems—can struggle with creative insights if they have trouble switching off their fully concentrated focus.5

Flow is a state devoid of emotional static, save for a compelling, highly motivating feeling of mild ecstasy.

Smart practice always includes a feedback loop that lets you recognize errors and correct them - which is why dancers use mirrors. Ideally that feedback comes from someone with an expert eye - and so every world-class sports champion has a coach. If you practice without such feedback, you don't get to the top ranks. The feedback matters and the concentration does, too - not just the hours.

Practice mindfulness of breathing, which has proven benefits for both for sustaining attention and for the circuitry that calms us down. This combination of calm and concentration creates an optimal inner state for focus and learning.

La magnitud de las preocupaciones que tiene la gente mientras está haciendo un examen es proporcional a la pobreza de su ejecución,17 porque los recursos mentales invertidos en una determinada tarea cognitiva –la preocupación– reducen los recursos disponibles para procesar otro tipo de información.

las personas parecen concentrarse mejor cuando se les pide algo más que lo corriente, en cuyo caso son capaces de ir más allá de lo normal. Si la demanda es muy inferior a su capacidad, la persona se aburre y si, por el contrario, es excesiva, termina angustiándose.

Csikszentmihalyi told me, "People seem to concentrate best when the demands on them are a bit greater than usual, and they are able to give more than usual. If there is too little demand on them, people are bored. If there is too much for them to handle, they get anxious. Flow occurs in that delicate zone between boredom and anxiety.

el reconocimiento de que nos hemos distraído es el primer paso para recuperar la concentración

La mente del lector suele divagar entre el 20 y 40% del tiempo que dedica a la lectura.

Quando a nossa mente vagueia, o nosso cérebro ativa um conjunto de circuitos cerebrais que tagarelam sobre coisas que não têm nada que ver com aquilo que estamos a tentar aprender. Na ausência de foco, nenhuma nova recordação daquilo que aprendemos é armazenada.

A mente absorta, sob a forma de mente divagante, poderá ser a maior fonte de desperdício da atenção no local de trabalho. O foco da nossa experiência no aqui e agora – como a tarefa em mãos, a conversa que estamos a ter, ou chegar a consenso numa reunião – exige que desliguemos a lógica do «tudo a meu respeito» de coisas mentais irrelevantes para aquilo que se passa no presente.

Independientemente de que se trate de desarrollar una habilidad deportiva o musical, de fortalecer nuestra memoria o de escuchar a los demás, las claves de la práctica inteligente son siempre las mismas, una combinación agradable, en términos ideales, de alegría, estrategia inteligente y concentración.

El pensamiento profundo requiere de una mente concentrada.

A reader's mind typically wanders anywhere from 20 to 40 percent of the time while perusing a text.