Hold That Thought

A recent survey from the University of California calculated that we are bombarded with 34 gigabytes of information a day, including roughly 100,000 words (a figure that has doubled in the last ten years). The Future Laboratory talks about information anxiety (fretting about awaited emails) and stuffocation(the state of being overwhelmed by years of consumption). concentration

“In Britain, we work the longest hours and get the least done,” says the Future Laboratory’s Chris Sanderson. An “attention ecomony” has emerged where teh scarce commodity is human attention.

We can all concentrate well and do the job once. We’d leave work earlier. We’d also get more time for the pure pleasures in life like food and music. But avoidance, negative thinking and digital dependance and formed habits can take disipline to stop. Take a look below for a couple of tips to improving concentration;

Some tips on improving concentration

  • Practice Pranayama – Try out the Brahamri the Bee or Nadi Sodhana first thing in the morning to set you up for the day ahead.
  • Try out the five-more practice – Try reading for more than five minutes, write for five minutes.
  • Practice asana – Try out a yoga sequence to improve concentration.
  • Rest – Twenty-minute naps refreash the brain.
  • Go Rustic – Get out into the green and smell the flowers.
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