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Focus Your Attention
All of life is the study of attention; where your attention goes, your life follows.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTI
Focused attention is the key to high performance. The “attraction of distraction,” the lure of electronic and other interruptions, leads to diffused attention, a wandering mind, a lack of focus, and, ultimately, underachievement and failure.
Current research proves that continuously responding and reacting to emails, telephone calls and texts, and chat messages has a negative effect on your brain, shortening your attention span and making it difficult, if not impossible, for you to complete the tasks upon which your future and your success depend.1
The Three Ds of New Habit Formation
You need three key qualities to ...
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