Focus - Attention - Self Discipline - Self Control - Will Power
Focus is concentrating
on
one thing
at a time, or giving your
attention to just
one person
at a time, while
filtering out
irrelevant information or
ignoring noises
that would
distract
you, or ignoring
other thoughts or
other actions that
would
interfere with your concentration. You can have
broad concentration or
narrow
concentration. You can have
internal focus or
external focus when
listening or
watching. You can adjust the
intensity of your focus to be relaxed or strong, and you can adjust the duration
of your focus to be
short or long.
Goals.
Attention is the behavioral and
cognitive process
of
selectively concentrating on a discrete aspect of
information, whether
deemed
subjective or
objective, while ignoring
or
filtering other perceivable
information in order
to complete a
goal. Focusing is taking
possession of the mind, in
clear and vivid
form, to focus on one thing among several
simultaneous objects or
choices, or
trains of thought.
Attention is the allocation of limited
processing resources. Single-tasking instead of
multitasking, or the
focalization and
concentration of
consciousness. Focusing helps us
to become more
proficient
at sports, games and
musical
instruments. Focusing also helps us to become better at
controlling our
addictions and
better at
controlling our
behaviors by being
mindful of ourselves. Being able to
focus also helps us become more
proficient when
listening,
reading,
learning and
working. Understanding the
skills and the
components of
concentration are extremely
important. There are many
benefits that come from the
ability to focus
our
attention on things that are important.
Being
able to stay
focused on something is an
extremely valuable
skill.
Spacing Out -
Attention Problems
-
Not fully Conscious
Brain Waves -
Mindset -
Time Management -
Prioritizing -
DelayingThe ability to focus is an
important function of the human
brain. But just like with our brains ability to
imagine and believe, we
need to use our brains
technology effectively and efficiently. We don't want to
focus on the wrong things while
ignoring the good things or
denying things for the
wrong reasons.
Controlling the
wandering mind takes
practice. Sometimes
you have to choose
the right location and learn how to
tune out distractions. Focus
and
self-control is also about
thinking clearly and not being
distracted from your
emotions or
feelings. Attention skills include knowing when to focus on
small
details and
knowing when to focus on the
bigger picture.
It's knowing how to
filter out
unimportant sights, sounds or information. It's paying attention without getting
distracted. It's holding a train of thought when interrupted. It's following through on a
task without needing to hear directions several times. It's concentrating on one
activity at a time, and to follow spoken directions and
process information quickly
in order to keep up with a conversation.
Willpower -
Strong Willed -
Default Network -
Staying Calm -
Vigilance -
Listening -
Interested -
Immersion -
Commitment -
Awareness -
Hypnosis -
Flow
Attention
Management refers to models and tools for supporting the management of
attention at the individual or at the collective level, and at the short-term or at a longer term over periods of weeks or months.
Distractions diminish people's ability to remember.
Divided attention does impair
memory,
but people can still selectively focus on what is most important, even
while they're
multitasking.
Supporting the management of attention the objective is to bring a certain
number of solutions to attention problems. A selection of these problems
are: people perception cognitive limitations - Such as the limited
capacity of the
human short-term memory
where an average number of 4 items can be managed at a given time (Cowan
2001), or the theoretical cognitive
limit to the number of people with whom one can maintain stable social
relationships as with the
Dunbar's number of 150.
Social Interaction Overload is when people get
a lot of solicitations and
interruptions
that originate from online
social networking services.
Reading Speeds -
Readability -
Gawking -
Gaze Detection -
Eye Tracking
Trained brains rapidly suppress visual distractions. Researchers show
that while strong
distractions may automatically capture our attention, the
trained brain
can rapidly
suppress such distractions to help us
efficiently reach our goals. Neurons in area V4 of the visual cortex, a
brain area that processes visual information relatively early after is is
captured by the eyes, showed consistently enhanced responses to the shape
target stimuli. Responses to the distracting color stimuli on the other
hand were only very briefly enhanced but became rapidly suppressed. It
appears that the brain first briefly detects the presence of the
distracting
stimulus, and then quickly
suppresses it to avoid that it will interfere with the search for the
shape target. The color pop-out signal that might cause distraction is
thus essentially inverted into a kind of negative pop-out, or "pop-in," to
avoids distraction.
How the brain responds to surprising events. Researchers have found
that one key role of the neuromodulator
noradrenaline, produced by the
locus coeruleus, is to help the brain learn from surprising outcomes.
When your brain needs you to
pay attention to
something important, one way it can do that is to send out a burst of
noradrenaline, according to a new MIT study.
Distractions.
How to stay on task. Setting goals can help individuals better sustain
attention and reduce
attention lapses.
Focusing requires more energy when you
compare it to thinking about nothing in particular. So your brain will
eventually run out of energy and your
mind will start
to wander. Here are some tips to help you focus:
Take breaks. Work in chunks, like the
Pomodoro method, where you work for 25 minutes and then rest for 3–5
minutes.
Avoid distractions. Remove items
that distract you, like equipment that makes noise or lights. You can also
turn off notifications on your phone and use website blockers.
Avoid multitasking: The brain can only
focus on one task at a time, so avoid multitasking when working on
important tasks.
Focus on the process.
Instead of focusing on events, try to concentrate on the processes
that lead to success.
Protect your creative time.
Figure out when you're most productive and try to protect that time.
Exercise: There's a direct link between
exercise and cognitive ability. Physical activity can improve your brain
health and help you focus. Try to get at least 30 minutes of exercise each
day. .
Eat a balanced diet: Fish is a good
source of omega-3 fatty acids, which are important for brain health.
Get enough sleep: Getting enough sleep each
night can help you stay mentally focused.
Pomodoro
Technique is a
time
management method that uses a kitchen timer to break work into
intervals, typically 25 minutes in length, separated by short breaks. Each
interval is known as a pomodoro, from the Italian word for tomato, after
the tomato-shaped kitchen timer Cirillo used as a university student.
Choose a task, set a timer for 25 minutes, and focus on that task without
interruption. When the timer goes off, take a five minute break. Each
25-minute work session is called a pomodoro. After completing four “pomodoros”
in succession, take a 30-minute break.
Without Blinking an Eye means not showing any reaction to something
or without displaying any sort of emotional response to something that is
strange or shocking or stressful.
Information
Overload is the process of taking in too much information in ways that
inhibit decision making. People
who are interrupted or
distracted
by
chronic pain do significantly worse on attention tasks.
Attention Economy is an approach to the management of information that
treats human attention as a scarce commodity and applies economic theory
to solve various information management problems. Attention is focused
mental engagement on a particular item of information. Items come into our
awareness, we attend to a particular item,
and then we decide whether to act. As content has grown increasingly
abundant and immediately available, attention becomes the limiting factor
in the consumption of information. A strong trigger of this effect is that
the mental capability of humans is limited and the receptiveness of
information is hence limited as well. Attention allows information to be
filtered such that
the most important information can be extracted from the environment while
irrelevant details are left out. Intangibles: Immediacy - priority access,
immediate delivery. Personalization - tailored just for you.
Interpretation - support and guidance. Authenticity - how can you be sure
it is the real thing? Accessibility - wherever, whenever. Embodiment -
books, live music. Patronage - "paying simply because it feels good".
Findability - "When there are millions of books, millions of songs,
millions of films, millions of applications, millions of everything
requesting our attention — and most of it free — being found is valuable."
Focus - Flow
Focus is the
concentration of
attention or
energy on something. Direct one's attention on
something. Bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause
to
converge; of ideas or emotions. Maximum clarity or
distinctness of an idea. Special emphasis attached to something.
Cause to converge on or toward a central point. A point of
convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which
it diverges. A fixed reference point on the concave side of a
conic section.
Maximum clarity or distinctness of an image
rendered by an optical system. Put an image into focus.
Attention Network -
Attending -
Will Power
Hyperfocus is an intense form of
mental
concentration or
visualization that focuses
consciousness
on a subject, topic, or task. In some individuals, various subjects or
topics may also include daydreams, concepts, fiction, the imagination, and
other objects of the mind. Hyperfocus on a certain subject can cause
side-tracking away from
assigned or important tasks. Hyperfocus may bear a relationship to the
concept of flow. In some circumstances both flow and hyperfocus can be an
aid to achievement, but in other circumstance or situations, the same
focus and behavior could be a liability, distracting from the task at
hand. However, unlike hyperfocus, "flow" is often described in more
glowing terms, suggesting they are not two sides of the same condition
under contrasting circumstance or intellect.
Concentrate is to focus one's attention or
mental effort on a particular object or activity. To direct one's
attention on something. Make central. Make more concise. Concentrate also
means to make something more denser, more compressed, stronger, or more
purer or free from impurities or unwanted materials.
Concentration is giving your complete
attention to something with intense mental effort. Giving constant
diligence and attention. Concentration can also mean to increase the
strength of a solution or substance in a given volume. The spatial
property of being crowded together or increased density.
Dopamine and Focus
-
Locus Coeruleus
-
Adrenaline or
Epinephrine -
Smart Drugs
Zero In is to focus one's attention on
something or to direct all of one's attention to someone or something.
Hone In is to
move toward something or focus attention on an objective. Hone is to
make something perfect or complete. A whetstone made of fine gritstone;
used for sharpening razors.
Flow is the
mental state of
operation in which
a person
performing an
activity is
fully immersed in a feeling of
energized focus, and a full
involvement and
enjoyment in the process of the
activity. In essence,
flow is characterized by
complete absorption in what one does.
The
flow state includes frustration-free
conditions where the difficulty of a specific challenge perfectly matches
someone's skill level. Facilitating flow during flow experiences,
unnecessary neural
chatter goes quiet, and whole-brain connectivity streamlines in highly
efficient ways. The "
flow zone" is marked by cognitive synchronization and flexible,
energetically-optimized modular brain network dynamics. Flow state
experiences are marked by feelings of contentment, eudaimonia, and the
absence of anxiety or boredom. Creating flow can boost confidence,
resilience, and self-esteem while lowering stress and depression risk.
Getting in the zone and losing yourself in a state of flow is key to
achieving
peak performance.
Beyond optimizing one's potential or winning a competition, flow states
make us feel good and are intrinsically rewarding.
Professional
-
Motivation.
Channel your Energy is to deliberately
focus on something
meaningful in order to create something meaningful, whether material
or immaterial. Channeling is used to
manifest a
goal or a vision using a particular
mindset that manages your
channeled energy so that you can stay focused on the singularity.
Brain mechanism that drives focus despite distractions. Key neurons in
the front of the brain act as 'traffic control' to manage our attention to
visual stimuli. Humans and other large mammals can tune out
distractions to
keep their attention focused on actions that further goals. This is called
"top-down" control, in which attention is directed towards a task with the
intention of accomplishing a rewarding
goal.
Large mammals like primates also have brain circuitry that automatically
redirects their attention based on incoming sights and sounds and other
"salient" sensory stimuli, otherwise known as "bottom-up" control. How the
brain suppresses such distractions to keep attention focused on a
goal-related task has never been fully clear, until now.
Engaged is having one's attention,
mind or
energy occupied by something important, sometimes consuming all of
one's attention or time. To carry out or
participate in an
activity and be
involved in something important.
Engage
for
service
under a term of contract.
Develop.
Occupied
is having one's attention, mind or energy kept busy with some
activity or
goal. Something that consumes all of one's
attention or time. To be held, filled or in use. To reside in or to
live
in a certain place. Take up all the available space.
Preoccupied is being deeply absorbed in
thought. Having or
showing excessive or compulsive
concern with
something. Engage or engross the
interest or
attention of beforehand or
occupy
urgently or obsessively.
Intensive
is being concentrated on a single area or subject or into a short time,
being very thorough or vigorous.
Spellbound
is having your attention fixated as though by a spell. To render
motionless, as with a fixed
stare or by arousing
terror or
awe. To
maintain the complete attention of someone because you are
fascinated.
Fixated is to pay attention to
something exclusively and obsessively.
Self-Directed
Learning -
Learning Methods -
Meditation
Keep your Eye on the Ball is to continue thinking about or giving
attention to something important. To stay focused.
Open your eyes really
wide for 10 seconds, it's a way to jump-start your
curiosity.
Pupils enlarge when people focus on tasks. Eye sensitivity correlates
with improved working memory. Normally, a person's pupils naturally widen
(or dilate) in low-light environments to allow more light into the eye.
However, in a new study, researchers reported that a person's pupils also
dilate when they are concentrating on tasks. In particular, they found
that the more a person's eyes dilated during the task, the better they did
on tests measuring their working memory.
Mushin is a mental state into which very highly trained martial
artists are said to enter
during combat. They also practice this mental
state during everyday activities.
In the Midst means in the middle of
doing something or what you're doing at the moment. Midst is the location
of something surrounded by other things.
Busy is to be fully engaged or occupied with something.
Actively doing something.
Dopamine primes the brain for enhanced vigilance. Neuroscientists
discover a circuit that helps redirect attention to focus on potential
threats. In this study, Tye identified two populations of neurons in the
prefrontal cortex, based on
other brain regions that they communicate with. One set of neurons sends
information to the
nucleus accumbens,
which is involved in motivation and reward, and the other group relays
information to the
periaqueductal gray (PAG), which is part of the brainstem. The PAG is
involved in defensive behavior such as freezing or running. When we
perceive a potentially dangerous event, a brain region called the ventral
tegmental area (VTA) sends dopamine to the prefrontal cortex, and Tye and
her colleagues wanted determine how
dopamine affects
the two populations they had identified. To achieve that, they designed an
experiment where rats were trained to recognize two visual cues, one
associated with sugar water and one with a mild electrical shock. Then,
they explored what happened when both cues were presented at the same
time.
Gaze Detection.
How the brain’s blue spot helps us focus our attention. The
neurotransmitter noradrenaline regulates our brain’s sensitivity to
relevant information. How can we shift from a state of inattentiveness to
one of highest attention? The locus coeruleus, literally the '
blue
spot,' is a tiny cluster of cells at the base of the brain. As the
main source of the neurotransmitter noradrenaline, it helps us control our
attentional focus. Synthesizing evidence from animal and human studies,
scientists have now developed a novel framework describing the way the
blue spot regulates our brain's sensitivity to relevant information in
situations requiring attention.
Locus Coeruleus
is a nucleus in the pons of the brainstem involved with physiological
responses to stress and panic. It is a part of the reticular activating
system. The locus coeruleus, which in Latin means "
blue
spot", is the principal site for brain synthesis of norepinephrine
(noradrenaline). The locus coeruleus and the areas of the body affected by
the norepinephrine it produces are described collectively as the locus
coeruleus-noradrenergic system or LC-NA system. Norepinephrine may also be
released directly into the blood from the adrenal medulla.
How the brain focuses on what's in mind. When holding information in
mind, neural activity is more focused when and where there are bursts of
gamma frequency rhythms, according to a new study. Working memory, that
handy ability to consciously hold and manipulate new information in mind,
takes work. In particular, participating neurons in the prefrontal cortex
have to work together in synchrony to focus our thoughts, whether we're
remembering a set of directions or tonight's menu specials. A new study by
researchers based at The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT
shows how that focus emerges.
Research Identifies Changes in Neural Circuits Underlying Self-Control,
Decision Making During Adolescent Brain Development. Study shows
developing brain networks support cognition in youth. Researchers applied
tools from network science to identify how anatomical connections in the
brain develop to support neural activity underlying
executive
function. The human brain is organized into circuits that
develop from childhood
through adulthood to support executive function -- critical behaviors like
self-control, decision making, and complex thought. These circuits are
anchored by
white matter
pathways which coordinate the brain activity necessary for
cognition. However,
little research exists to explain how white matter matures to support
activity that allows for improved executive function during adolescence -- a period of rapid brain development.
Will Power - Discipline - Self Control
Discipline is the
ability to exercise
control over
irrelevant impulses and to
restraint
oneself from
base desires
so that you can
focus more on
important things, things
that are more
relative to your
goals and things that
define who you are.
Discipline is when one uses
reason to determine the
best
course of
action regardless of one's
desires.
Discipline can help
guide a persons
behavior or help them
set limits and
learn to take
better care of themselves and other people, and the world
around them. Discipline can also mean a
rule-following behavior that is
used to
regulate and control and encourage good habits and
routines.
Discipline may also refer to
punishment
that is received because of a
mistake, or a
type of
suffering as a
consequence
from making a bad
mistake.
Self Discipline is when a person can be
motivated on their own
without the help from other people, or without having to be reminded about
what is needed to do
or reminded to
do what is right.
Self-discipline involves the practice of self-restraint,
controlling one's emotions, and
ignoring
impulses. Virtuous behavior can be described as when one's
values are
aligned with one's
aims or
goals. To do
what one knows is best and to do it gladly.
Strong Willed -
Executive
Functions -
Agency
-
Emotion Regulation
Will is the
capability of a
conscious choice with
intention. A fixed and persistent
intent or
purpose. A
decision determine
by best
choice.
Will Power is the trait of
purposely controlling your
behavior and
actions. It's the
power to
control yourself and
pull your own strings,
and to
act deliberately with
determination.
Will Power is that faculty of the mind which
selects, at the moment of
decision, the
strongest desire from among the various
desires
present.
Free
Will is the power of
acting
without the constraint of
necessity or
fate. The ability to
act at one's own
discretion. Free will is the
ability to choose between
different possible courses of action
with being
impeded.
Freedom of Thought.
Willingly is the act of
making a choice that was
not coerced or forced. To
act of one's own free
will or on one's own accord voluntarily without hesitation, and
sometimes being eager or happy to help.
Illusion of Free Will -
Illusion of Choice -
Determinism -
Mentally Able -
Human Nature -
Consent -
Peer Pressure
-
Instinct -
Stimulus
-
Signals
Salience Network is a neural system for perceiving and responding to
homeostatic demands. The
salience network is a collection of brain regions working in concert to
evaluate the importance of
internal or
external stimuli and to
assist in the coordination of the brain's response to those stimuli. The
salience network helps us to
stop daydreaming or
helps us to
stop thinking about something
that happened yesterday so we can focus on the task at hand. The salience
network is a suite of brain regions whose cortical hubs are the anterior
cingulate and ventral anterior insular cortices, which includes nodes in
the amygdala, hypothalamus, ventral striatum, thalamus, and specific
brainstem nuclei, coactivates in response to diverse experimental tasks
and conditions, suggesting a domain-general function.
Voluntary is
doing something
of your own free will or
by design. Something that
is done by
choice and
not forced or
compelled.
Voluntary in physiology is someone who is
controlled by
individual volition
or
agency. A person who
freely enlists
for
service.
Voluntary Commitment.
Volition is the
capability of making a
conscious
choice, or making a
decision
with
intention.
Volition or will is the
cognitive process by which an individual
decides on and
commits to a particular course of action. It is defined as
purposive striving and is one of the primary human
psychological
functions. Others include affect (
feeling or
emotion),
motivation (goals
and expectations), and cognition (thinking). Volitional processes can be
applied consciously or they can be automatized as
habits over time.
Choice.
Salient is something that is most
noticeable or important.
Initiative is having the will to
bring something into being and to
take the lead and to
initiate and
participate in the
development of something important. Serving to set in
motion the first of a
series of actions for a new
program or
strategy that will be
used for
dealing with a particular
problem. A readiness to embark on bold new ventures.
Inhibited -
Think for Yourself -
Resilience -
Self-Manage -
Confidence -
Executive
Functions -
Intuition
Delay and
Refrain and
Think Twice.
Synchronic Regulation uses willpower to
resist current temptation.
Diachronic Regulation
implements a plan to avoid future temptation.
Sovereignty -
Autonomy -
Agency -
Liberty
-
Determined
Attentional Control refers to an individual's capacity to
choose what they pay attention to and what
they ignore. It is also known as endogenous attention or executive
attention. In lay terms, attentional control can be described as an
individual's
ability to concentrate.
Primarily mediated by the frontal areas of the brain including the
anterior cingulate cortex, attentional control is thought to be closely
related to other
executive
functions such as
working memory.
Distractions -
Stimulus
Control is having the
power to direct or determine.
Having great skillfulness and knowledge
of some subject or activity. The ability to determine the behavior or
supervise the running of. Have a firm understanding or
knowledge of; be on top of.
Self-Control is an aspect of
inhibitory control, is
the ability to control one's
emotions and behavior in the
face of
temptations and impulses. As an executive function, self-control
is a cognitive process that is necessary for regulating one's behavior in
order to achieve goals. A related concept in psychology is
emotional
self-regulation. Self-control is like a muscle. In the short term, overuse
of self-control will lead to depletion. However, in the long term, the use
of self-control can strengthen and improve over time.
Self-Control is not about sacrificing pleasure,
it's about understand what
pleasure
is and using pleasure effectively as a reward for good behavior and not
using pleasure as a reward for bad behavior that wastes time and does more
harm than good.
People make more patient decisions when shown the benefits first.
Focusing immediately on the
benefits of waiting
might help people improve their self-control.
Stimulus.
Self-Regulation is the ability to
calm
yourself down when you're upset and cheer yourself up when you're down.
If, like most of us, you can stand to improve self-regulation skill, a
good place to start is an understanding of the biology and function of
emotions in general and specifically
feelings.
Early self-regulation boosts children's educational success. A study
has shown that teaching children how to manage their attention and
impulses in primary school has a positive long-term effect on their later
educational success. Self-regulation, i.e., the ability to manage
attention, emotions and impulses, as well as to pursue individual goals
with perseverance, is not a skill that we usually associate with young
children. The training units were based on the MCII Strategy ("Mental
Contrasting with Implementation Intentions"), which has already been the
subject of excellent research studies in adults and older students. The
teachers presented the abstract strategy in a playful manner using a
picture book and the role model of a hurdle jumper. In a first step, the
children imagined the positive effects of reaching a goal. They contrasted
them with the obstacles that might face them on the way ("Mental
Contrasting"). The children then identified specific behaviors to face the
obstacles and develop "when-then" plans ("Implementation Intention").
Mental Contrasting is a
self-regulation strategy that is
required for strong
goal commitment. In mental
contrasting, individuals firstly imagine a desired future or health goal
that
contrasted with
the reality proceeding the goal state, which after reflection is viewed as
an obstacle.
Three factors may predict college students' loss of self-control.
Researchers determined willingness to try new things along with parental
attachment could be indicators of
self-control among first-year students.
Self-control -- the ability to exercise personal restraint, inhibit
impulsivity and make purposeful decisions -- in that first year partly
depends on a student's willingness to try new things, including things
adults would call "good." Joining a club that sparks a new interest,
playing a new intramural sport or finding a new group of friends may be
just as indicative of a college freshman's loss of self-control as
drinking or drug use, according to new research at West Virginia University.
Restraint - Refrain - Delay
Restrain is to
keep under
control or
keep in check or
keep your cool. To place limits on extent or
access.
Restrain is to be in control of
impulses. To hold back
and place limits on particular feelings that are
intrusive or
detrimental.
Restraint is the act of controlling by
restraining someone or something. The discipline in personal and social
activities. A
rule or condition
that limits
unchecked freedom.
Refrain is to resist doing something.
To restrain oneself from
consuming or doing something.
Focused -
Mindfulness -
Simplify -
Core Values -
Abstinence
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Impulses -
Pleasures -
Procrastination
Forgo is to do without something or
cease to hold or adhere to something. To lose something or lose the right
to something.
Deter is to
prevent and show
opposition to something harmful. To turn away from being
manipulated.
Unproductive Delays -
Delaying Tactics -
Construction Delays -
Frivolous LawsuitsDelay
is to cause an activity or a
decision to be
slowed down or put off until a later time. To act later than planned,
scheduled, or required.
Temperance is defined as
moderation
or
voluntary self-restraint and self-regulation. It is
the trait of
avoiding excesses and
refraining from giving in to unwise desires such as overindulgence in food
and drink, or extravagant luxury or splurging. It's having
control over one's actions, thoughts, or
feelings, and having the restraint from arrogance by practicing humility,
modesty,
forgiveness, prudence,
calmness and equanimity. Temperance
comes from educating yourself about being human. Just having self control
is worthless if you're not controlling the things that matter, so you have
to learn what matters, and fully understand why some things matter.
Simplicity -
Virtue.
Rigour
refers to a process of adhering absolutely to certain
constraints, or the
practice of maintaining strict consistency with certain predefined
parameters. Hold back. Restrict.
Delayed
Gratification is the ability to
resist the temptation for an immediate
reward and wait for a later reward. Generally, delayed gratification is
associated with resisting a smaller but more immediate reward in order to
receive a larger or more enduring reward later. Knowing how to control
yourself for the benefit of your partner instead of just
thinking of yourself. A growing body of
literature has linked the ability to delay
gratification to a host of other positive outcomes, including academic
success, physical health, psychological health, and social competence.
Inhibitory
Control -
Emotionless -
Investing
Temptation is to seduce, lure or entice
someone away from duty, principles, or proper conduct. The desire to have
or do something that you know you should avoid. The act of influencing by
exciting hope or desire.
Stoicism is having an
indifference to pleasure or pain.
Slow is moving at a low speed and
not
moving too quickly and taking a comparatively long time.
Prudence is the
ability to
recognize the appropriate course of action to be taken in a
given situation at the appropriate time.
Knowing how to avoid
embarrassment or distress. The ability to govern and
discipline oneself by
the use of
reason.
Discretion is the
freedom to act or
judge on one's own. The
power of making free
choices unconstrained by
external agencies. Knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress. The
trait of
judging wisely and objectively.
Trait Impulsivity can be measured by the
Barratt Impulsiveness Scale, which assesses motor, attention, and
non-planning impulsiveness components.
Rats trade initial rewards for long-term learning opportunities. When
deciding on
responses to a new stimulus, slower initial response times can maximize
long-term reward through learning.
Scientists have provided evidence for the cognitive control of learning in
rats, showing they can estimate the long-term value of learning and
adapt their
decision-making
strategy to take advantage of learning opportunities.
Strategically managing learning during perceptual decision making.
Commitment
Device is a means with which to lock yourself into a course of
action
that you might not otherwise choose but that produces a desired result".
In other words, a commitment device is a "way to change one's own
incentives to
make an otherwise empty promise credible".
Dedicated
is
devoted to a cause or ideal or
purpose. Solemnly
dedicated to or
set apart for a high purpose. Give entirely to a specific person,
activity, or cause.
Devoted is zealous
enthusiasm or
affection. Set aside or apart
for a specific
purpose or use.
Committed is bound or
obligated, as under a
pledge to a
particular cause, action, or attitude.
Pledge is a
promise solemnly and formally.
Oath -
Goals -
Contracts -
Responsibility -
Incentives -
Coping
Self-Mortification is the subjugation
of appetites or desires by
self-denial or
self-discipline as an aspect of religious devotion.
Austerity is sternness or severity of
manner or attitude. An extreme plainness and simplicity of style or
appearance.
Stubborn
-
Attention
SeekingAttending
is the act of
being present. To take charge of or deal with something
important. To
work for someone or
be a servant to someone. The process
whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the
relative exclusion of others.
Diligence
is
conscientiousness in
paying proper attention to a task and
giving the
degree of care required in a given situation. Persevering
determination to perform a task. A
diligent effort.
Vigilance is the
process of paying close and continuous attention. Vigilant
attentiveness. Carefully
observant or attentive
and on the lookout for possible danger.
Attentive is
giving care
or giving close and
thoughtful
attention.
Taking heed or
listening.
Don't Let Your Guard Down means not to get too lazy or be too
relaxed or too
complacent. Don't stop being careful or stop being alert and
cautious about
potential trouble or danger. Don't become
less guarded and don't stop being
safe.
Put your Mind to it is to
decide that you are going to do something and to
put a lot of effort into doing it. You can absolutely accomplish anything
you want if you put your mind to it and work hard. If you really want
something, then
go for it. Just remember
that there are no guarantees and that you will make a lot of
mistakes along the way.
Intent is an anticipated outcome
that is
intended or that
guides your
planned actions.
Enkrateia is having power over oneself, self control.
Promise is a verbal
commitment by one person to
another
agreeing to do or
not to do something in the future.
Goal.
Conducive is making a certain situation or
outcome likely or possible.
Get a
Hold of Yourself is to get control of ones' thoughts and emotions
and stop behaving in a foolish or uncontrolled way.
Delayed Exchange Test is
to see if a person is willing to wait for a bigger reward by being
able to control an impulse to take a quick reward that is less in value or
size.
Object
Permanence -
Impulse Control
-
Tolerance
Patience
is the state of endurance under difficult circumstances, which can mean
persevering in the face of delay or provocation without acting on negative
annoyance/anger; or exhibiting forbearance when under strain, especially
when faced with longer-term difficulties. Patience is the level of
endurance one can have before negativity. It is also used to refer to the
character trait of being steadfast. Antonyms include hastiness and
impetuousness.
Careful is being cautiously
attentive and unhurried and acting with care and dignity. Showing careful
forethought and being mindful of the future.
Consider
is to perceive or think about something in a particular way; deem to be.
Focus on as an example. Look at attentively. Give careful consideration
to. Show consideration for; take into account. Think about carefully;
weigh. Judge or regard; look upon. Analyze carefully; study to find a
solution. Regard or treat with
consideration,
respect, and esteem.
When to say yes and when to say no. People
who enjoy helping other people will most likely say yes when they are
asked to do something, such as help someone with a task. But kindness can
sometimes be exploited. You have to understand what you are saying yes to,
and you have to know what you are saying no to, because if you said yes to
something, that means that you also said no to something. Each person has
their own priorities and their own responsibilities, so each person is
responsible for how they spend their time. You can quickly assess a
situation and discuss a logical solution, and then say yes, or no, or
maybe, or, not now. But the key is being aware and being conscious of you
decisions. You can't control what you fail to acknowledge. The power is in
your hands, but you must wield this power, and wield your power with a
purpose.
Wield
is to have and exercise and handle something effectively. To
maintain or
manage.
Handle is to be in charge of something, or
to act on or to dispose of something effectively. A way of understanding
or controlling something. to show and train. To interact in a certain way.
To act on something verbally or in some form of artistic expression. To
touch, lift, or to hold something with the hands.
Exert is to put to use. To make a great
effort at a mental or
physical task.
Motivation
- Addictions -
Agency -
Human Power -
Potential Energy
Just like humans, more intelligent jays have greater self-control. A
study has found that Eurasian jays can pass a version of the 'marshmallow
test' -- and those with the greatest self-control also score the
highest on intelligence tests. Self-control -- the
ability to resist temptation in favour of a better but delayed reward --
is a vital skill that underpins effective decision-making and future
planning.
Steel
will or
will power should never be confused with
blind faith.
Freewill - Rush
(youtube) - There are those who think that life, Has nothing left to
chance, A host of holy horrors, To direct our aimless dance, A planet of
playthings, We dance on the strings, Of powers we cannot perceive, The
stars aren't aligned, Or the gods are malign, Blame is better to give than
receive, You can
choose a ready guide, In some celestial voice,
If you choose not to decide,
You still have
made a choice, You can choose from phantom fears, And kindness that can
kill, I will choose a path that's clear,
I will
choose free will, There are those who think that, They've been
dealt a losing hand, The cards were stacked against them, They weren't
born in Lotus-Land, All preordained, A prisoner in chains, A victim of
venomous fate, Kicked in the face, You can't pray for a place, In heaven's
unearthly estate, You can choose a ready guide, In some celestial voice,
If you choose not to decide, You still have made a choice, You can choose
from phantom fears, And kindness that can kill, I will choose a path
that's clear, I will choose free will, Each of us, A cell of awareness,
Imperfect and incomplete, Genetic blends, With uncertain ends, On a
fortune hunt, That's far too fleet, You can choose a ready guide, In some
celestial voice, If you choose not to decide, You still have made a
choice, You can choose from phantom fears, And kindness that can kill,
I will choose a path that's clear, I will choose free will.
Free Will is an Illusion
Illusion of Control is the
tendency for people to
overestimate their
ability to
control things
externally or
internally.
Humans have at least
some degree of
free will,
but free will does not say that
every decision you
make is
of your own free will, because your
free will can be
influenced and
manipulated in all
kinds of ways.
Money
can influence your decisions,
love
can influence
your decisions,
empathy can influence your decisions,
fear
can influence your decisions,
faith and
beliefs can
influence your
decisions, the
lack of
knowledge
and
the lack of experience can
influence your decisions,
boredom can influence your decisions,
interest,
incentives and
motivation can influence
your decisions,
instincts
can influence your decisions,
lies or
propaganda
can
influence your decisions,
powerful people
can influence your decisions, your
ego
can influence your decisions and thinking, the
information you receive can
influence your decisions, the
signals you receive can influence your decisions,
targeted marketing
can influence your decisions,
discrimination and
abuse can influence
your decisions,
emotions
can influence your decisions,
drugs or
addictions can influence your decisions,
a
reward can
influence your decisions, your
dreams
can influence your decisions and your thoughts. Your
body
can also
influence
your decisions in many ways. Your
hormones
can influence your
decisions,
a
disease or
an
infection can influence your
decisions,
mental disorders can
influence your decisions,
a
brain injury can influence
your decisions, the
lack of sleep
can influence your decisions, the
weather can influence
your decisions, your
subconscious can influence your decisions, a
parasite
can influence your decisions, your
memory
and your
attention
can influence your decisions. And there is also
luck and
uncertainty. Even
lucid dreaming is an
illusion of control, because you can't control everything in your dream. So you see,
free will isn't free, because
you're never truly free from
influences.
The best thing to do is to
continually educate yourself so that knowledge
and
experience guides your decisions more than
irrelevant information and
irrelevant feelings do.
Will power is not a total
illusion, but
it can be.
Autonomy is only
beneficial when you are smart enough to make
good decisions.
And sometimes
you just have to go for it
and take a
risk. And
intuition is
sometimes the only thing that you have to go on. So you can wait for a sign, or you can
just go for it and
figure things
out along the way. Of course, if you have the time and the know how,
you can make good
plans. But maybe you don't have the time to make good
plans, or maybe you don't have a good idea about what you want to do, so
you just have to go for it and take a
risk and hope that you will figure things
out along the way, or, just
get lucky. Of course you will make
mistakes, and
hindsight will let you
know that you could have done things better or made better decisions. But
the only way for you to know this is that you had to take that first step
and you went for it and you dived right in. Sometimes you have to do that. And
when you learn about other people throughout human history,
you'll learn that
millions of other people also went for it, otherwise, you would not be here.
To say "
I do what I want" is a lie.
This is not to say that
freedom of
choice doesn't exist, it's just that the
reasoning behind the
choice is not always
clearly visible. Though
mindfulness
is the key to having control, it will always be the
reasons why that
will determine if your control was
accurate.
I am the captain of my ship, but morons are planning a
mutiny, and we can't
abandon ship because we have
no life rafts.
To be the captain of
your own ship is to be in charge of yourself and to know where you
are headed. It's taking full responsibility of your ship, which in this
case is your body, and taking full responsibility for your crew, which in
this case is your friends and family. You take full responsibility for
your decisions.
I like to say that,
I am the
master of my destiny, but that would be foolish of me considering I
don't know everything and I
can't be aware
of everything.
"
I didn't consciously choose my path, it seems that
my path was chosen
for me. I didn't choose to make
mistakes, it seems my mistakes were chosen
for me to make. I made my own
decisions, but
my choices were limited, so
even my decisions were influenced, and my autonomy,
free will or
agency
were never fully in my control. So I'm either a
victim of chance, or
just
a pawn in some grand scheme."
Who's making the
choice when I'm
being
spontaneous?
Who's making the
choice when
I'm not fully aware?
Who's making the choice about
what I think
about next? Was it
fate
or was it an
accident? Did I do that? Or was that just my physical self, a self
that is controlled by many influences? I there for can't honestly say that
I actually wrote that or did that. Just like with a flower. A flower can't
say I bloomed, unless the flower is an idiot.
No
one can see beyond a choice they don't understand, which means
that people are unable to truly
comprehend or
predict the
consequences
of a decision that they don't fully grasp. They have trouble seeing
past the limitations of their own understanding when making a
choice, thus it's extremely difficult to anticipate
the full impact of a decision. Having a
limited
perspective is when you
lack knowledge or
context about a situation,
which means your
ability to foresee the potential outcomes is significantly reduced. The
importance of
understanding is needed to make
informed decisions, and it's
crucial to deeply understand all the different aspects of a choice before judging its
implications.
Blind spots in decision-making can create personal
biases,
and a lack of complete information can lead to unforeseen consequences.
Procrastination -
Delaying
-
Theory of Mind -
Self-Determination Theory -
Life TestEveryone likes to pretend
that our decisions are our own, but the facts are,
we can't always be aware of everything
that influences our decisions. We want to feel in control, but
we can't control everything. We know
the benefits of the
good decisions that
we make, and see the consequences of our
bad
decisions and mistakes that we make. But
we rarely see the whole
picture or fully understand the full meaning of our existence. So we
will use our will power to the best of our ability. But we have to fully
understand that we can't always be aware of everything that influences our
decisions. We need a lot of luck and we need divine intervention from time
to time. Not
everything is in our hands, but we do have a lot in our hands that we
need to pay attention to. So we must
keep
learning and
stay
informed of our choices, that is the only logical choice we all have.
Our will is our power, but
power has
responsibilities.
New theory suggests that decisions are made unconsciously, then about
half a second later become conscious.
Consciousness is your awareness of yourself and the world around you.
This awareness is subjective and unique to you.
Depersonalization.
Sometimes I don't know what I'm doing until after I have done
something. That's when I realize what I was really doing.
I get lucky sometimes. To say
I Did it My Way
is an over statement. I am compelled and
motivated to learn,
but I can't say that I am the only source of that
motivation, or can
I say that what I learned is what I was trying to learn from the beginning,
because when I'm trying to learn one thing, I sometimes end up learning
something else. Like a
lesson within a
lesson.
Standing
on the Shoulders of GiantsDo you want the pain of discipline, or the pain of
regret and
disappointment from having the lack of discipline?
Determinism
is the
philosophical theory that all events, including moral
choices, are
completely
determined by previously existing
causes. Determinism is
usually understood to preclude
free will
because it entails that humans cannot act otherwise than they do because
they have not learned otherwise. The
theory holds that the universe is utterly rational because complete
knowledge of any given situation assures that unerring knowledge of its
future is also possible. Some philosophers suggest variants around this
basic definition. Deterministic theories throughout the history of
philosophy have sprung from diverse and sometimes overlapping
motives and
considerations. The opposite of determinism is some kind of
indeterminism
(otherwise called nondeterminism). Determinism is often contrasted with
free will.
Indeterminism is the idea that events or certain events, or events of
certain types, are not
caused,
or not caused deterministically but
random. Some
things just happen for no reason? No reasons that you
know of, that is. Determinism
is the philosophical doctrine that all events transpire in virtue of some
necessity and are therefore inevitable. Traditionally, the view relies on
strict notions of causality, and most
philosophical arguments in its favor
have attempted at clear definitions of cause and effect as a basis for the
belief that determinism is true.
You can't
control everything and
you can't
be aware of everything.
Deterministic is relating to the
philosophical doctrine that all events,
including human action, are ultimately
determined by causes
regarded as external to the
will.
Probability -
Coincidence
-
Fate -
Destiny -
Determined -
Rules to Obey -
Life Simulation It is not unusual to think that
people don't have
free will or
autonomy, after all,
humans have many different things that
influences our thoughts
and
our
behaviors and actions, and, there is also the possibility of
divine
intervention. Maybe the decision to go left instead of right was not your
decision, maybe God helped nudge you a little, and you may never know the
reasons why. Or maybe
it's
intuition? But of course,
it's all relative to a particular situation.
You can't be
aware of everything that
influences your decisions. So where do we go from
here? We keep learning and educating ourselves so that we can become more
aware of all the things that influence our decisions, and hopefully, this
will help us
make better decisions.
Praxeology is the
deductive study of human action based on
the notion that humans engage in
purposeful behavior, as opposed to
reflexive behavior like sneezing and inanimate behavior. According to
its theorists, with the action axiom as the starting point, it is possible
to draw conclusions about human behavior that are both objective and
universal. For example, the notion that humans engage in acts of choice
implies that they have
preferences, and this must be true for anyone who
exhibits intentional behavior.
Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will (wiki)
Locus of Control is the degree to which people believe that they have
control over the
outcome of events in their lives, as opposed to
external
forces beyond their control, and sometimes
blames outside forces for everything.
Individuals with a strong internal locus of control believe events in
their life are primarily a result of their own actions. People with an
internal locus of control tend to praise or blame themselves and their
abilities. People with a strong external locus of control tend to praise
or blame external factors such as the teacher or the exam.
Attention Span - Loss of Focus - Distracted - Tuning Out - Spaced Out
Attention Span is the
length of time that
a person can
concentrate on some idea or
activity without being
distracted,
or without
losing
focus,
clarity,
purpose or
goals.
Attention Deficit
-
Default Network -
Tune Out -
Disorientation -
Technology Addiction -
Memory Span
-
Preoccupied -
Sleep Walking -
Illusion of Self Control -
Alarm Fatigue -
Brain Fog
The Average Human Attention Span is around 4
Minutes, and
advertisers
and
governments know this.
Sometimes people can only focus for a small amount of time before they
space out or become
confused or distracted.
Attention span is
worse than it was 20 years ago. Half of our distractions are
self-generated. Attention spans have
gone from 2 1/2 minutes to just 43 seconds over the last 20 years. 9-10
years old the average Attention Span is 20-30 minutes. 11-12 years old the
average Attention Span is 25-35 minutes. 13-15 years old the average
Attention Span is 30-40 minutes. 16+ years old the average Attention Span
is 32-50+ minutes.
Attention Deficit.
Inattentive kids show worse grades later
in life. Teaching children how to focus and how to sustain
focus is extremely important to
learning,
just as long as students are
learning the right things
at the right time.
Inattentive is showing a
lack of
care or
attention or just
not listening.
Why do we overindulge? Being distracted while engaging in enjoyable
activities can reduce satisfaction, lead to
overcompensation. If you tend
to do other things or get
distracted while eating dinner, you may be running the risk of
over-consuming everyday pleasures later, possibly because the distraction
caused you to enjoy yourself less, according to new research.
In One Ear and Out the Other is a term
that means that a person was
not listening or paying attention to what was
said, information seems to enter one ear and then exit the other ear
without the
information
being
processed. Sometimes
the person is
ignoring or
dismissing or
disregarding
what was said,
so what ever is said, will be forgotten almost immediately after being
heard. You can't hear what you refuse to understand, and you can't
understand what you can't hear.
Talking to
the Wall means that someone does
not listen to you or react to you
when you talk. No matter how hard you try to explain to someone, they
refuse to understand even a little of what you're trying to say. It's like
you're talking to the wall because no one else is there except for you.
The wall of ignorance is
like talking to a brick wall.
Off Track is
defined as someone or something who is not moving forward properly or who
is not going in the right direction or has gone off topic or is no longer
on the subject being
discussed.
Digress
is to lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of
attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking.
Change the Subject is to begin
talking
about something different, especially to avoid embarrassment or the
divulgence of confidences.
Distracted is
being unable to concentrate because one's mind is preoccupied. Having the
attention diverted by
known reasons or by
unknown reasons.
Interruption Science is the interdisciplinary scientific study
concerned with how
interruptions affect human performance, and the
development interventions to lessen the disruption caused by
interruptions. Interruption science is branch of human factors psychology
and emerged from human–computer interaction and cognitive psychology.
The brain never stops.
Highway Hypnosis
is an
altered mental state in
which an automobile driver can travel lengthy distances, responding to
external events in the expected, safe, and correct manner
with no recollection of having consciously done so.
In this state, the driver's conscious mind is
fully
focused elsewhere, while
seemingly still
processing the information needed to drive safely. Highway hypnosis or
white line fever is a manifestation of the common process of automaticity.
Sleep Walking -
Amnesia -
Tune Out -
RuminateHow do
you know when your brain switches to automatic pilot or auto mode?
Mindfulness.
Mental Distractions are when an
individual is thinking about a past event or
daydreaming and not
paying attention. A person can be doing one thing while thinking about
something else, which means that
you are
not present here, or in the
present
moment. Though your body is here, but your mind is somewhere else.
Mind Wandering -
Spacing Out -
Language Controls Thoughts
-
Hypnagogia -
Default Mode Network
Automaticity
is the ability to do things
without occupying the
mind with the low-level details required, allowing it to become an
automatic response pattern or habit. It is usually the result of learning,
repetition, and practice. Examples of tasks carried out by '
muscle
memory' often involve some degree of automaticity. Examples of
automaticity are common activities such as walking, speaking,
bicycle-riding, assembly-line work, and driving a car (the last of these
sometimes being termed "highway hypnosis"). After an activity is
sufficiently practiced, it is possible to focus the mind on other
activities or thoughts while undertaking an automatized activity (for
example, holding a conversation or planning a speech while driving a car).
Autonomous -
Multitasking -
Will Power Illusion
Autonoetic Consciousness is the human ability to mentally place
oneself in the past and future (i.e. mental time travel) or in
counterfactual situations (i.e.
alternative outcomes), and to thus be able to examine one's own thoughts.
One's sense of self affects their behavior, in the present, past and
future. It relates to
how one reflects on their
own past behavior, how they feel about it, and this in turn determines
if they do it again. It is
episodic memory that deals with
self-awareness, memories of the self and inward thoughts that may be
projected onto future actions of an individual.
You can't be aware of your own thoughts all the
time. Eventually your consciousness will become unaware of itself,
and you will be unaware of your own thoughts. This is why being mindful a
few times a day is extremely important. We understand the fact that that
we can't always be aware of everything all
the time. Day dreaming and distractions is an everyday occurrence, and
the brain needs to focus and be able to change focus when needed. So the
dilemma is, be aware or be unaware. You need to be aware. When you're not
aware of your own thoughts,
then who's doing the
thinking? You have to remember that the brain never stops thinking.
It's almost impossible to stop thinking, unless you can imagine that words
do not exist, because you can't have thoughts without words. You need to
be in control of your
inner
monologue and understand the context of your thoughts. This is the
great awakening.
Consciousness is powerful. And language is the code that unlocks
consciousness. Language also helps us to learn and gain knowledge.
Language is the key. If
you don't use language productively, you will suffer from unproductive
thoughts and unproductive actions. When we finally understand the
power of knowledge, then
we will finally understand. There is an immense amount of power in
knowledge. But you must deliberately seek it if you want to find the most
valuable knowledge.
Change Blindness is a perceptual phenomenon that occurs when a change
in a visual stimulus is introduced and the
observer does not notice it.
Change Blindness Test
(youtube)
One Thought Leads to
Another - (retrace your thoughts and go back over again, and then reassemble mentally).
Monkey
Mind describes a state of restlessness, capriciousness, and lack of
control in one's thoughts.
Cocktail Party Effect is the phenomenon of being able
to focus one's
auditory attention on a particular stimulus while
filtering out a
range of other
stimuli, much the same
way that a partygoer can focus on a
single
conversation in a noisy room. This effect is what allows most people
to "tune into" a
single voice and
"
tune out" all others. It may also describe a similar phenomenon that
occurs when one may immediately
detect words of importance
originating from unattended stimuli, for instance hearing one's name in
another conversation.
Gorillas
In The Midst (youtube)
Complex Span Test involves
remembering the location of an item despite
distractions.
Rhythm or Drift? New tools can help better understand human attention.
Accepted theories of how people's visual attention behaves in situations
with lots of stimuli, such as crossing a busy street, may need to be
rethought. We cannot accurately determine whether attention rhythmically
switches between 'threats' and 'opportunities' or drifts less predictably,
as people scan their surroundings.
Denial or
lack of Knowledge?
Inattentional Blindness is a psychological
lack of attention
that is not associated with any vision defects or deficits. It may be
further defined as the event in which an individual
fails to perceive an
unexpected stimulus that is
in plain sight. When it simply becomes
impossible for one to attend to all the stimuli in a given situation, a
temporary blindness effect can take place as a result; that is,
individuals fail to see objects or stimuli that are unexpected and quite
often
salient or most noticeable or
important and having the quality that thrusts itself into attention.
Passive.
Space Cadet is a person who spaces
out a lot and becomes mentally disengaged or inattentive or is mentally
absent, often appearing to be lost in thought or not fully aware of their
surroundings, as if they are floating away into space, or having their
minds in outer space while their bodies remain earthbound. A space cadet
is someone who is not always paying attention or is daydreaming too much,
which can sometimes be perceived as someone who is out of touch with
reality or unaware of their surroundings, as though they are high on
drugs, or suffering from fatigue, lack of sleep or boredom. A space cadet
can also mean a trainee astronaut, or an enthusiast for space travel,
typically a young person.
Absence Seizures are are characterized by a
brief loss and return of
consciousness, generally not followed by a period of lethargy (i.e.
without a notable postictal state). Absence seizures are most common in
children. They
affect both
sides of the brain.
Attention Deficit
is characterized by
problems paying attention, excessive activity, or
difficulty controlling
behavior which is not appropriate for a person's age.
Attention Deficit Disorder is characterized by problems paying
attention, excessive activity, or difficulty controlling
behavior, which
is not appropriate for a
person's age.
ADD symptoms appear before a person
is twelve years old, are present for more than six months, and cause
problems in at least two settings (such as school, home, or recreational
activities). In children, problems paying attention may result in poor
school performance. Although it causes impairment, particularly in modern
society, many children with
ADHD have a
good attention span for tasks they
find interesting.
Brain Disorders
-
Toxins -
Processed Food -
Body Burden -
Dumbed Down Education -
Neuron Development -
Fast Editing -
Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is one of the most common
neurodevelopmental disorders among children, but it's also known to be
common among people 18 and older, affecting hundreds of millions of
people.
ADHD is a chronic
neurodevelopmental condition effecting the way one's
brain grows and develops. At
least 6.1 million kids in the U.S. between the ages of 2-17, have an
inability to concentrate or focus; have a
hard time resisting temptation,
have trouble following through on instructions or finishing tasks, have
trouble with organizing thoughts, experience hyperactivity and frequent
movements, have a tendency to squirm or fidget, daydream a lot, forget or
lose things often, talk or interrupt people often.
One in two children with ADHD experience emotional problems.
Scientists have shown that problems regulating emotions -- which can
manifest as depression, anxiety and explosive outbursts -- may be a core
symptom of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or ADHD.
Why children can't pay attention to the task at hand. Scientists have
learned that children find it hard to focus on a task, and often take in
information that won't help them complete their assignment. Researchers
found that this 'distributed attention' wasn't because children's brains
weren't mature enough to understand the task or pay attention, and it
wasn't because they were easily distracted and lacked the control to
focus. It now appears that kids distribute their attention broadly either
out of simple curiosity or because their working memory isn't developed
enough to complete a task without 'over exploring.
Lack
of focus doesn't equal lack of intelligence -- it's proof of an
intricate brain. In an earlier psychology study, the researchers
established that people can separately control how much they focus (by
enhancing relevant information) and how much they filter (by tuning out
distraction). The team's new research unveils the process by which the
brain coordinates these two critical functions. In the same way that we
bring together more than 50 muscles to perform a physical task like using
chopsticks, our study found that we can coordinate multiple different
forms of attention in order to perform acts of mental dexterity.
Early
vocabulary size is genetically linked to ADHD, literacy, and cognition.
Are genetic factors underlying children's language development linked to
later-life outcomes? In a genome-wide analysis, an international research
team found genetic associations between
children's early vocabulary
size and later-life ADHD, literacy, and general cognition. These
associations changed dynamically across the first three years of life.
Both producing more words in infancy and understanding fewer words in
toddlerhood were associated with a higher risk of ADHD. Children typically
start to utter their first words between 10 and 15 months of age.
At around two years of age, they may
produce between 100 -- 600 words, and understand many more. Each child
embarks on its own developmental path of language learning, resulting in
large individual differences. "Some variation in language development can
be related to variation in the genetic code stored in our cells," says
senior researcher Beate St Pourcain, lead scientist on the study.
Neurodevelopmental disorders are mostly caused by
corporate pesticides
and
toxins that were injected into food, water and the environment
without
the consent of the people who were exposed to these poisons. The scumbags
in power believe that i
f
they can't control people with misinformation, than they will control
people using
contaminations that
degrade the
human brain. These
psychopaths
only care about money. People in power are more damaged than the people
they damage. People in power are not just
abusing people mentally but physically. They're not just
abusing the mind with misinformation, but
injuring the brain using toxins. Not just psychological attacks, but
physiological attacks. Instead of educating people, they are poisoning
people and
drugging people.
Brain
Fog is when you experience
confusion,
forgetfulness along with
having a
lack of focus and the lack of
mental clarity, including
dissociation and
fatigue. Brain Fog
can be caused by
overworking,
lack of sleep,
stress,
viruses, lack of
serotonin or
toxins.
Micronutrients such as vitamins and minerals, show benefit for
children with ADHD and emotional dysregulation. Evidence from a randomized
clinical trial shows broad-spectrum
micronutrient
supplementation with all known vitamins and essential minerals
resulted in global improvement of attention and mood based on blinded
clinician ratings. A study reports that children with ADHD and
emotional dysregulation randomized to
take a micronutrient formula were three times more likely to show
symptomatic improvement on blinded clinician ratings, compared to those in
the placebo group (54% versus 18%). The micronutrient formula, consisting
of all known vitamins and essential minerals, was administered for eight
weeks.
Managing Attention Deficit Disorder by training the brain. Scientists
explored a technique called 'neurofeedback,' which enables ADHD patients
to train their attention, based on instant feedback from the level of
their brain activity. The team of neuroscientists found that not only did
the training have a positive effect on patients' concentration abilities,
but also that the attention improvement was closely linked to an enhanced
response from the brain -- the P3 wave -- which is known to reflect
integration of information in the brain. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder (ADHD) affects about 7% of children, with a two out of three
chance of persisting into adulthood. Neurofeedback is a type of
neurocognitive intervention based on the training of "real-time" brain
signals. Using an electroencephalogram (EEG) with 64 sensors, the
scientists capture the electrical activity of cortical neurons and focus
their analysis on the spontaneous Alpha rhythm (with frequency around 10
Hertz), coupling its amplitude fluctuation to a video game that the
patients can control with the power of their attention. The aim of
neurofeedback is to make the patients aware of the moments when they are
no longer attentive. With practice, brain networks then "learn" to reduce
attentional lapses through neuroplasticity.
Our ability to focus may falter after eating one meal high in saturated
fat. Previous research has suggested that food high in
saturated fat
can drive up inflammation throughout the body, and possibly the brain.
Fatty acids also can cross the blood-brain barrier. Study also looks at
effect of leaky gut on concentration. If the women had high levels of endotoxemia, it also wiped out the between-meal differences. They were
performing poorly no matter what type of fat they ate. Endotoxemia is the
change in the permeability of the intestinal flora, which allows the
passage of lipopolysaccharide derived from intestinal bacteria into the bloodstream.
Mind-Wandering is the experience of
thoughts not remaining on a single
topic for a long period of time, particularly when people are engaged in
an
attention-demanding task. Mind-wandering
tends to occur during driving,
reading and
other activities where
vigilance may be low. In these
situations, people do not remember what happened in the surrounding
environment because they are
preoccupied with their
thoughts. This is
known as the decoupling hypothesis. Studies using
event-related potentials
have quantified the extent that mind-wandering reduces the cortical
processing of the external environment. When
thoughts are unrelated to the
task at hand, the brain processes both task-relevant and unrelated sensory
information in a less detailed manner.
Meditation -
Highway Hypnosis -
Multitasking -
Disorientation"When I let my
mind wander, I try not to get
involved, I just let my thinking go where it wants to, just to see where
it takes me."
Default Mode Network is shown to be active when a person is
not focused
on the outside world and the brain is at wakeful rest, such as during
daydreaming and
mind-wandering. But it is also active when the individual
is thinking about others,
thinking about themselves,
remembering the past,
and
planning for the future. DMN is a
network of interacting brain regions
known to have activity highly correlated with each other and distinct from
other
networks in the brain.
Default is an
option that is selected
automatically unless
an
alternative is specified. Default in computing is
to
assume a particular
value when none other is specified.
Opting Out -
Self Control
Dorsal Attention Network is a large-scale brain network that is
primarily composed of the intraparietal sulcus and frontal eye fields. It
is named and most known for its role in voluntary orienting of
visuospatial attention. As the IPS and FEF were noticed to be activated
during many
attention-demanding tasks, this network
was sometimes referred to as the
task-positive
network to contrast it against the task-negative network, or
default mode network. However, this dichotomy is now considered
misleading, because the default mode network can be active in certain
cognitive tasks. The
frontoparietal network
is activated when attention is focused on external
cues, the salience
network is engaged when attention is directed to relevant events, and the
default mode network is recruited when attention is focused internally.
Concentration Exercises -
Activities to improve Focus -
Juggling
-
Focus
Games -
Games -
Filtering -
Noise Cancelation -
Spatial Intelligence -
Multi-Tasking
The brain activity behind mind wandering. From ripples to daydreams.
Researchers have found that a specific pattern of brain activity, known as
'
sharp-wave
ripples,' is associated with thoughts that wander from the present
situation. This activity begins in the hippocampus, a crucial brain region
for memory formation and recall, and is linked to more vivid and less
desirable thoughts. A better understanding of the relationship between
sharp-wave ripples and these kinds of thoughts might be helpful for
treating related conditions.
Attention Problems.
Task-Positive Network is a
network of areas in the
human brain that typically responds with activation increases to
attention-demanding tasks in functional imaging studies. The task-positive
network encompasses regions of the dorsal attention system, but in
addition includes dorsolateral and ventrolateral prefrontal regions, the
insular cortex, and the SMA/pre-SMA. Notably, the nodes of this network
are also correlated during rest (i.e., in the absence of any task). The
task-positive network is anti-correlated with the
default mode network.
Brain Areas (image of attention network) -
Executive Functions
Task-Negative
main function is to reorient attention towards salient stimuli.
TN is considered to be involved mostly, if not entirely, in involuntary
actions. The neural network is
right hemisphere lateralized and includes the right temporal-parietal
junction and the right ventral frontal cortex. This system shows activity
increases upon detection of salient targets, especially when they appear
in unexpected locations. Activity increases also are observed in the
ventral system after abrupt changes in sensory stimuli, at the onset and
offset of task blocks, and at the end of a completed trial.
Resting
State fMRI is a method of functional
magnetic resonance imaging or
fMRI that is used in brain mapping to evaluate regional interactions that
occur in a resting or
task-negative state,
when an explicit task is not being performed. A number of resting-state
conditions are identified in the brain, one of which is the default mode
network. These
resting brain state
conditions are observed through changes in blood flow in the brain which
creates what is referred to as a blood-oxygen-level dependent (BOLD)
signal that can be measured using fMRI. Because brain activity is
intrinsic, present even in the absence of an externally prompted task, any
brain region will have spontaneous fluctuations in BOLD signal.
New clues about how chemicals released by brain cells regulate our
attention span. Scientists find new evidence to explain how we pay
attention. To communicate with one another, neurons in the brain and
nervous system release chemicals called
neurotransmitters that relay
messages from one cell to another. Neurotransmitters are crucial for brain
function and regulating all bodily functions, ranging from breathing and
heart rate to reproduction. These chemicals also coordinate cognitive
processes that enable us to focus on important information within the
constant barrage of stimuli the brain receives from the external
environment, otherwise known as our attention span. Researchers have long
thought that our attention span was directed by only one neurotransmitter,
acetylcholine, which excites neurons and causes them to fire electrical
signals. However, recent work suggests that attention could require
another neurotransmitter,
gamma-aminobutyric acid or GABA, which inhibits neurons from receiving
and sending messages. The team demonstrated for the first time that GABA
works together with acetylcholine in a precise sequence to regulate the
transmission of signals from a part of the brain's information processing
network, called the claustrum. Hidden deep in the brain, the claustrum is
a thin sheet-like structure that receives and processes information from
different parts of it. The
claustrum helps to regulate concentration, but its exact role remains
unknown.
Absent-Mindedness is where a person shows inattentive or forgetful
behavior. It can have three different causes: A low level of attention
("blanking" or "zoning out"), intense attention to a single object of
focus (hyperfocus) that makes a person oblivious to events around him or
her; unwarranted distraction of attention from the object of focus by
irrelevant thoughts or environmental events.
Gibberish.
When your attention shifts from one place to another, your brain blinks.
The blinks are momentary unconscious gaps in visual perception. Attention
is beneficial because it increases our ability to detect visual signals
even when we are looking in a different direction.
Why we Hear some sounds but
not other sounds.
Defense
Mechanisms is an
unconscious psychological mechanism that reduces
anxiety arising from unacceptable or
potentially harmful
stimuli.
Ovsiankina Effect is the tendency to pick up an interrupted action
again when it has still not been achieved an interrupted task, even
without incentive, values as a "quasi-need". It creates
intrusive
thoughts, aimed at taking up the task again. Remembering of the unfinished
action over a vacant one.
Attention Restoration Theory asserts that people can concentrate
better after
spending time in nature, or even looking at scenes of nature.
Natural environments abound with "soft fascinations" which a person can
reflect upon in "effortless attention", such as clouds moving across the
sky, leaves rustling in a breeze or water bubbling over rocks in a stream.
Selective
Attention Test (youtube)
Joint Attention is the
shared focus of two individuals on an object.
It is achieved when one individual alerts another to an object by means of
eye-gazing, pointing or other verbal or non-verbal indications. An
individual gazes at another individual, points to an object and then
returns their gaze to the individual.
Multitasking.
Continuous Partial Attention describe a modern adaptive behavior of
continuously dividing one's attention.
Divided Attention occurs when mental focus is directed towards
multiple ideas, or
tasks, at once.
Undivided Attention
is when you concentrate on something or someone fully and do not think
about anything else.
Fixation as a visual activity
is the maintaining of the
visual gaze on a single location.
Prefrontal Cortex Regulates Sensory Filtering through a Basal
Ganglia-to-Thalamus Pathway. To make adaptive decisions, organisms
must appropriately
filter sensory inputs,
augmenting relevant
signals and
noise suppression.
The
prefrontal cortex partly implements this process by
regulating
thalamic activity through modality-specific
thalamic reticular nucleus
(TRN) subnetworks. However, because the PFC does not directly project to
sensory
TRN subnetworks,
the circuitry underlying this process had been unknown. Here, using
anatomical tracing, functional manipulations, and optical identification
of PFC projection neurons, we find that the PFC regulates sensory thalamic
activity through a
basal ganglia pathway.
Engagement of this PFC-BG-thalamus pathway enables selection between
vision and audition by primarily suppressing the distracting modality.
This pathway also enhances sensory discrimination and is used for
goal-directed background noise suppression. Overall, our results identify
a new pathway for
attentional filtering and reveal its multiple roles in
sensory processing on the basis of internal goals. A brain circuit that
suppresses distracting sensory information holds important clues about
attention and other cognitive processes.
We attend
to only a fraction of the sensory data available to us. We can pick
out a conversation in a loud room, amid the rise and fall of other voices
or the hum of an air conditioner. We can spot a set of keys in a sea of
clutter, or register a raccoon darting into the path of our onrushing car.
Somehow, even with massive amounts of information flooding our senses,
we’re able to focus on what’s important and act on it. Researchers are
trying a different approach, studying how the brain suppresses information
rather than how it augments it. Perhaps more importantly, they’ve found
that this process involves more ancient regions much deeper in the brain —
regions not often considered when it comes to attention. By doing so,
scientists have also inadvertently started to take baby steps toward a
better understanding of how body and mind — through automatic sensory
experiences, physical movements and higher-level consciousness — are
deeply and inextricably intertwined.
The brain
tunes out distractions. The brain wasn’t brightening the light on
stimuli of interest; it was lowering the lights on everything else. A thin
layer of inhibitory neurons called the thalamic reticular nucleus (TRN),
which wraps around the rest of the thalamus like a shell. Prefrontal
cortex, which issues high-level commands to other parts of the brain, was
crucial. The full circuit, they found, goes from the prefrontal cortex to
a much deeper structure called the basal ganglia (often associated with
motor control and a host of other functions), then to the TRN and the
thalamus, before finally going back up to higher cortical regions. So, for
instance, as visual information passes from the eye to the visual
thalamus, it can get intercepted almost immediately if it’s not relevant
to the given task. The basal ganglia can step in and activate the visual
TRN to screen out the extraneous stimuli, in keeping with the prefrontal
cortex’s directive.
New study examines promising approach to treating attention and working
memory difficulties in children. An adaptive cognitive training
program could help treat attention and working memory difficulties in
children with sickle cell disease (SCD), a new study shows.
Our Brains Are
Pretty Much On Autopilot When We Type (youtube) - When we type, our
brain is doing most of the work without our conscious input. So you can
blame your brain for al teh typsos.
Typing.
Quiet Eye
(youtube, PBS)
"If you don't learn to control
yourself then someone or
something will end up controlling you,
and not always in your best interest."
There are many benefits of having the ability to focus and pay
attention. In order to maintain your abilities and keep your
mind strong, you have to
practice and exercise the control that
you have over the mind.
The
Brain loves to learn.
Dynamics of neural recruitment surrounding the spontaneous arising of
thoughts in experienced mindfulness practitioners.
Self-Directed Learning
Sophrosyne is an ideal of excellence of character and
soundness of mind, which when combined in one well-balanced individual
leads to other qualities, such as temperance, moderation, prudence,
purity, and self-control.
You can accomplish anything if you put your mind to it, but
of course that's easier said then done. Staying focused takes
more then will and desire, it also takes
Practice, good skills and good
techniques that will help you stay on track. Skills like
time management skills,
good foresight and
good planning techniques,
good
management techniques, good
problem
solving techniques, good
Awareness,
having good
emotional control, it's commitment and dedication,
it's having good
learning techniques, good
study skills, it's knowing
how to avoid distractions and being good at
handling stress
and pressure.
It's having good health, good stamina,
good work
ethics and knowing when to take breaks.
It's understanding your
purpose, your abilities and your weaknesses. It's understanding
your
priorities and your responsibilities. And don't be
overwhelmed or feel inadequate, just start, you can still learn
a lot from the experience as long as you are aware of those
learning moments and understand them.
"To have a
Goal
is to have a purpose."
Stanford Marshmallow Experiment was a series of studies on
delayed
gratification in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In these studies, a
child was offered a choice between one small reward provided immediately
or two small rewards (i.e., a larger later reward) if they waited for a
short period, approximately 15 minutes, during which the tester left the
room and then returned. (The reward was sometimes a marshmallow, but often
a cookie or a pretzel.) In follow-up studies, the researchers found that
children who were able to wait longer for the preferred rewards tended to
have better life outcomes, as measured by SAT scores, educational
attainment, body mass index (BMI), and other life measures.
Marshmallow Test
reproduced by Dr David Walsh (youtube)
The ability to turn down immediate pleasures or
instant
gratification in favor of gaining the long-term satisfaction and
fulfillment from achieving higher and more meaningful
Goals.
Spatial Awareness
Visual Attention
Lab (Harvard)
Akrasia is lack of self-control or the state of acting
against one's
better judgment.
Sometimes focusing on one
thing can lead to other
ideas or
questions. So you might get off
track from the original goal. So it's best to quickly write
down these new questions or ideas and then
return to the original plan. Sometimes you start off doing one
thing but then end up doing something else, which is not always a
bad thing. But you need to discipline yourself to stay on track
if you want to reach your goal in the necessary timeframe. But
don't ignore what you learn along the way because it might be
important.
"There
will always be things that will catch you off guard."
You have to exercise self-control
everyday in order to keep this ability strong, just like you
would a muscle. Always take a moment in your day to stop a
Habit
and show yourself
that you are
in control. Eventually you will become more aware
and more in control. So
Training, Persistence
and Practicing Willpower is a must.
Finding your Zone or
Flow.
What Not to
Do List
Video Games is a way of exercising your focus. But you
should exercise your focus on things that benefit you.
S.L.L.S. -
Stop -
Look
-
Listen -
Smell
Take a timeout and refocus. Set a recurring alarm on your
phone for every two hours. Start and End the Day with Control.
Iceman
Wim Hof is able to influence his
autonomic nervous system
and
immune system at will.
Wim Hof Method.
The method appears to allow him to generate heat that dissipates to lung
tissue and warms circulating blood in the pulmonary capillaries. Anterior
insula is where the brain's higher thermoregulatory centers are located.
Periaqueductal gray matter area is associated with brain mechanisms for
the control of
sensory pain
and is thought to implement this control through the release of opioids
and
cannabinoids. Generating a
stress-induced analgesic response in periaqueductal gray matter.
Body Temperature Regulation
-
Heat -
Breathing Exercises
Thermogenesis is the process of heat production in organisms. It
occurs in all warm-blooded animals, and also in a few species of
thermogenic plants.
Super Antifreeze in Cells. The ability to survive in ice and snow
developed in animals far earlier than we thought. More than 400 million
years ago, an insect-like animal called the
springtail developed a small
protein that prevents its cells from freezing.
Anna
Bågenholm is a Swedish radiologist born in 1970 in Vänersborg, who
survived after a skiing accident in 1999 left her trapped under a layer of
ice for 80 minutes in freezing water. During this time she became a victim
of extreme hypothermia and her body temperature decreased to 13.7 °C
(56.7 °F), one of the lowest survived body temperatures ever recorded in a
human with accidental hypothermia. Bågenholm was able to find an
air pocket under the ice, but suffered circulatory arrest after 40
minutes in the water. After rescue, Bågenholm was transported by
helicopter to the Tromsø University Hospital, where a team of more than a
hundred doctors and nurses worked in shifts for nine hours to save her
life. Bågenholm woke up ten days after the accident, paralyzed from the
neck down and subsequently spent two months recovering in an intensive
care unit. Although she has made an almost full recovery from the
incident, late in 2009 she was still suffering from minor symptoms in
hands and feet related to nerve injury. Bågenholm's case has been
discussed in the leading British medical journal The Lancet, and in
medical textbooks.
Goosebumps
Spanish butterflies better at regulating their body temperature than
their British cousins. Butterfly populations in Catalonia in northern
Spain are better than their UK counterparts at regulating their body
temperature by basking in the sunshine, but rising global temperatures due
to climate change may put Spanish butterflies at greater risk of
extinction.
Reading, listening, watching,
meditation, sports and
juggling
are some of the things that require long periods of focus, so
use them to measure and strengthen your focus.
Addictions -
Memory -
Prioritizing -
Routines -
Traits -
Intelligence -
Self
Smart
Self Control over
behaviors,
impulses,
habits, urges, cravings, emotions and desires.
Disposition is an artificial habit, a preparation, a state
of readiness, or a tendency to act in a specified way that may be learned.
Will to Power
is the main driving force in humans – achievement, ambition, and
the striving to reach the highest possible position in life. These are all
manifestations of the will to
power;
however, the concept was never systematically defined.
Commitment and Sticking to the plan regardless of the obstacles,
discomfort or difficulties that may arise.
Awareness
of your motivations and triggers.
Confidence -
Temptation
-
Confusion
Stroop Effect: Name the colors of the following words.
Do NOT read the words...rather, say the color of the words.
Speed of Processing Theory is the interference occurs because words are read faster than
colors are named.
Selective Attention Theory
is the interference occurs because naming colors requires more
attention than reading words.
Binding Problem
is a term used at the interface between neuroscience, cognitive science
and philosophy of mind that has multiple meanings. Firstly, there is the
segregation problem: a practical computational problem of how brains
segregate elements in complex patterns of
sensory input so that they are allocated to discrete "objects". In
other words, when looking at a blue square and a yellow circle, what
neural mechanisms ensure that the square is perceived as blue and the
circle as yellow, and not vice versa? The segregation problem is sometimes
called BP1. Secondly, there is the combination problem: the problem of how
objects, background and abstract or emotional features are combined into a
single experience. The combination problem is sometimes called BP2.
However, the difference between these two problems is not always clear.
Moreover, the historical literature is often ambiguous as to whether it is
addressing the segregation or the combination problem.
Linear Learning
"What can be Measured can be Improved.” -
Quantified Self
Knowledge Management -
Math
Knowing when to
take breaks and when to
exercise. -
Time Management.
Having
hobbies or a variety of
activities that
stimulates your imagination, gives inspiration
and reenergizes your energy level.
Independent
Learning -
Healthy Nutrition
-
Sleep
Focus comes from eliminating distractions, distractions from
outside influences and from thoughts inside the mind. Good
planning, good methods, and always learning.
Being in control is liberating. It frees you from making the
same mistakes over and over again. You'll still be spontaneous
and creative, and your mind will still wonder, but this time
you'll be a little more aware and a lot less out of control. You
may think that discipline is too constraining, but it's not,
it's actually less constraining because you have more control
over your constraints.
You also become better at decision making because you are now
more aware.
Father the Sleeper has Awaken (youtube)
Be Here Now,
Live in the Now, not thinking of the past, not thinking
of the future, calm your mind and just be in the present moment. Let go of your self-serving
self-interested desires. Learning to live in the moment several times a day can help with
focus, memory, relaxation and
meditation.
Sometimes you have to Stand Back and ask yourself, What am I
doing?
How did I get here?
Before you learn the
skills and knowledge that creates
self discipline,
self control and
self awareness, you first have to know
the reasons why you are seeking these disciplines.
What do you want to achieve, what are your goals and what is
your purpose?
It’s just not enough to be aware of the benefits
that come from having disciplines, but most importantly, you
have to know the specific reasons why you need disciplines and
what you plan to do with them. These are some of the questions
you need to ask if you are going to stay on track and also be
able to recognize the things that will take you off track. If
you leave one question answered if may be that one question that
will unravel everything that you are trying to achieve. You have
to know your weaknesses and you have to know your strengths.
This goes way beyond having
Routines and
Rituals. You still need to be aware of whom you are and what
you are trying to achieve. So when changes do occur you will be
able to recognize these changes and still maintain your
Focus. Of course maintaining focus
over long periods of time is not recommended because it can be
unhealthy and also threaten mental and physical stability. So
one of your disciplines will be learning to have
Balance and
Symmetry in your life. You need a
Time and Task Management System
that can be modified when situations change. You also need a
system that reminds you that you are still a human that needs more then
just disciplines in order to thrive.
The only mind control you
should have is your Conscience...
The capacity to rationally weigh
Principles of responsibility.
Conscience -
Routine
Prioritizing
your thoughts is essential. Instead of having uncontrolled
Random
thoughts you should have control of your thoughts so that you
don't waste time with irrelevant or low priority things that
want to control your mind and your time. You can only think of one
thing at a time, so
Choose Well.
You brain can only process so much information at
once, so it's important that you know which processes should be
running. Like the process for total self awareness, or the
process for awareness of your surroundings and the process for
listening to a person or persons. Trying to be
aware of several things at once is not very effective.
Daydreaming while driving is a good example.
There's a big difference
between
Multitasking and
Focus.
Related Subjects -
Controls -
Training
-
Listening -
Comprehension -
Awareness -
Executive Functions
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Meditation -
Hypnosis
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Silence is Golden -
Emotions Effect
on Focus -
Behavior -
Know Thyself -
Brain -
Memory.