15 ADHD-Friendly Tips to Fire Up Your Focus
Maximize your focus and get things done
- Turn on white noise or music to force out distractions.
- Have a clean and clear work space. Clutter is very distracting.
- Focus on solving the problems. Ignore emotions such as frustration or impatience.
- Split bigger tasks into smaller tasks and knock it out one at a time.
- Think of someone who you are close to. According to a 2003 study by University of Wisconsin, thinking about someone who you are close to helped focus.
- Get a friend or someone to hold you accountable for your task.
- Get a stress toy or a gadget and fidget with it to help focus.
- Have a visual reminder of your goal. Create a vision board for a goal you want to achieve.
- Encourage yourself. Pump yourself up positively.
- Repeat a key word or a mantra related to the task.
- Write it down. If there is a task to be done, write it down. The simple act of it gets you in the zone.
- Get a good night sleep. Lack of sleep is supposed to interfere with our ability to focus.
- Be in motion while working. Bounce on an exercise ball if you have to sit but motion can help you focus better.
- Exercise regularly.
- Watch what you eat. Avoid caffeine.
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Source: 15 ADHD-Friendly Tips to Fire Up Your Focus | Psych Central
How To Study – The Keys To Acing School & College #video
Do you want to be successful student?
This video lays out very helpful tips on how study and succeed in school. He (Leo Gura) has a pretty nice way about him that is easy to follow.
Ultimately the video talks about, to do well, you need to practice, practice, practice. No surprise there.
But more interesting, in order to excel in school, we need to connect the subject we are studying with something that we enjoy.
The moment we can convince our mind of the connection of enjoyment, studying becomes more interesting and we will develop a desire to understand the subject instead of mindlessly memorizing facts and data. Also as a result, we are able to endure longer study sessions.
Kind of like when we are doing something we love to do, time flies.
Leo Gura has a website called Actualized where he has many tips on how to be a better person.
His website is worth checking out and for
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12 ideas to increase productivity
12 ways to increase productivity
1. Choose the right time
2. Get rid of unnecessary task.
3. Get the bad stuff done first and in the beginning of the day.
4. Set a goal for each day the morning or night before.
5. Eliminate all communication while working on tasks.
6. Batch similar tasks together.
7. Set a timer. Break up long tasks.
8. Set targets and goal for the task at hand.
9. Focus on tasks that accomplish the most.
10. Delegate work.
11. Set a deadline.
12. Increase your speed.