Improving Concentration

What is Brainpower

2005-02-14T23:52:00.000-08:00

Brainpower is the collective performance of your cognitive abilities such as memory, reason, concentration, imagination, creativity and intuition. When you improve one ability all the other abilities are affected to a lesser or greater degree.

Improve Concentration

2005-02-11T09:33:00.000-08:00

Offering you a simple and convenient way of obtaining quality information on methods to improve your concentration. ImproveConcentration.com is an affiliated partner with Astromind Cognitive Research and Development, the leader in developing tools and techniques for mental mastery.

Improve Concentration

The foundation of mental performance

2005-01-29T04:49:00.000-08:00

Mental trainings come in all sizes and colors, shapes and forms. The most widespread training is through school where special emphasis is put on acquiring knowledge and reasoning abilities. Then there are courses that teach memory techniques, speed-reading, creativity, intuition and focus and concentration. It seems that the basic foundation of all successful mental performance is the ability to focus and concentrate. Whatever you do with the mind you always have to use focus. The more you can focus the easier it is to finish a task. Oriental yogis put great emphasis on teaching focus and concentration. Business people often say that the ability to sustain focus is one of the keys to success in business. Athletes and coaches often talk about the importance of good focus and concentration.

Steps to improve our concentration

2005-01-09T01:51:00.000-08:00

Check out this comprehensive article on how to improve concentration by travel writer and Feng-Shui expert Mary Mihaly.

Key Concepts:
health, physician, supplements, vitamin, ability, distractions, deficiency, symptoms, fatigue, motivation.

Summary:
- The key is to recognize a pattern of symptoms over a period of weeks or months.
- "Any vitamin deficiency can lead to difficulty with concentration," says Chris D. Meletis, ND, chief medical officer at the National College of Naturopathic Medicine.
- Often, vitamin B-6 and B-12 deficiencies can lead to pronounced symptoms of forgetfulness."
- We also lose the ability to focus when we don't get enough thiamine (vitamin B-1) a deficiency that can result from consuming too much black tea, coffee, alcohol and other diuretics, which reduce the body's ability to absorb nutrients.

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Mental Concentration

2004-12-30T10:47:00.000-08:00

The Master Muscle of Your Brain

Of all our mental abilities Focused Concentration is probably the most influential one as it stands heads and shoulders above the rest for one very important reason. Concentration is the executive function of the brain and mind. It is the Master Ability that controls all the other mental abilities. Improving your Focus and Concentration has by far the greatest impact on your mental performance, and your Brainpower.

Brainpower is the collective performance of your cognitive abilities such as memory, reason, concentration, imagination, creativity and intuition. When you improve one ability all the other abilities are affected to a lesser or greater degree. A brain with a weak executive function is like a company with an inefficient CEO. Not good for business, not good for life. A weak executive function leaves your attention dispersed and scattered. A strong executive function, gives you control over your attention and your mind.

The weaker it is, the more you are the effect of life's circumstances; the stronger it is the more you control life's circumstances. Improving it makes you pro-active instead of re-active. It's the difference of being in control and on top of life, or being controlled and on the bottom of life. Of being the master of your mind and future, or being a slave to your past. While scattered and dispersed attention may be warm and cuddly, concentrated attention is sharp and powerful. A good analogy is when you use a magnifying glass to concentrate sunlight. Dispersed, sunlight is warm and comforting, but when concentrated and collected it becomes very powerful. In the end it is not just about getting the most out of your mind, but about getting the most out of your life.