Laser-Sharp Focus. A No-Fluff Guide to Improved Concentration, Maximised Productivity and Fast-Track to Success

178 Pages·2015·1.19 MB·English

Laser-Sharp Focus
A No-Fluff Guide to Improved Concentration,
Maximised Productivity and Fast-Track to Success

Joanna Jast
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Table of Contents
Introduction
What This Book Is and What It Is Not
How to Read This Book
Part 1: First Things First
Chapter 1: What Is “Focus” and How Does It Work?
Chapter 2: Your Specific Situation and How to Diagnose Problems In
Your System
Chapter 3: Setting Goals: Why It’s Important for Better Focus and How
to Do It
Chapter 4: Motivation: To Motivate or Not to Motivate and Why I
Believe ‘Getting Motivated’ Is Overrated
Part 2: Set Up Your ‘Focus System’
Chapter 5: Build an Environment That Facilitates Your Focus
Chapter 6: Optimise Your Body to Max Out Your Cognitive Powers
Chapter 7: Your Mind: Manage Your Mind For a Laser-Sharp Focus
Part 3: Most Common Problems and How to Deal With Them
Chapter 8: Procrastination: The Bull’s Eye Approach
Chapter 9: How to Deal With Distractions and Interruptions
Chapter 10: Problem With Attention Span? No Problem!
Chapter 11: The Importance of Managing Energy, Not Time
Chapter 12: Stress and Focus: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Chapter 13: Create a System That Works Every Time
Bonuses
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Resources and further reading
About the Author
Introduction
“Even brief mental blocks created by shifting between tasks can cost as much as
40 percent of someone’s productive time.” (1)
How much of your time do you spend unfocused? How much of your time can
you afford to spend unfocused?
How much more could you achieve, do, earn? How much time could you have
left to enjoy life?
Take a moment to let that sink in.
The modern reality is unfocused. Always on-line, multitasking galore, chasing
the next shiny thing, battling with the information overload.
You know it’s not good for you—your wellbeing and your success suffer
because of it. So you search for ways to improve your focus and boost your
mental powers. But there is so much information out there it makes you dizzy.
You run from one approach to another, increasingly confused and frustrated. You
waste even more time on trying strategies that don't work for you, or make
things worse, or don't fit with your situation. So you procrastinate even more, or
worse—give up completely and stay stuck.
Finding that perfect way to focus can be frustrating and time consuming. It took
me a good few years to figure out what worked for me, and I am still tweaking
my system as I go.
We are all different and our needs change as we go through life. And our
approach to make our minds work should also adapt to our needs. But more
often than not, this is not the case.
Much of the advice on improving your ‘mental powers’ that’s out there doesn’t
help either. It is generic and superficial, and definitely does not take into
consideration your specific needs at the time.
This book will change the way you try to focus on the job-at-hand. Whether
you’re a complete beginner, or someone who has tried and failed a few times,
you will find tips and tricks to help you boost your ability to concentrate.
In this book, I am going to show you:
How to identify what specifically is not working within your current
‘focus system’
Specific strategies on what you can do to eliminate procrastination,
minimize distractions, avoid interruptions, keep your mind on track,
your emotions under control, and your body at top-level performance
Guidelines to create a system that can adapt to your changing needs
so that you focus on your job, whatever it is, whenever you need to
and wherever you are.
The content is organised in a step-by-step way to help you create a fail-proof
system, allowing you to address all the important elements in a logical and
helpful order.
Moreover, this approach, unlike many others, also recognises and takes into
consideration your individual situation, providing you with a roadmap so that
you can check where you are and what you need to do to get where you want to
be. This system will grow with you.
This book is for people who:
Struggle with distractions and interruptions
Are consumed by procrastination
Try and fail to constantly ‘motivate themselves’
Suffer from ‘wandering mind’
Feel they are not as productive as they could be.
If any of the above describes you, keep reading—this book will show you how
to tackle these problems, sharpen your focus, get things done, achieve your goals
faster, and have time to enjoy life!
How do I know?
I’m a life-long learner, a teacher/trainer, doctor, and author/blogger with passion
for discovering how our minds and human behaviour work.
I have researched the best strategies, supported by scientific evidence, and tried
every single one of them. These strategies helped me to go from being a very
average, and at times struggling, student, to aceing exams, mastering two foreign
languages and gaining a few more qualifications, and successfully juggling
multiple jobs and other commitments simultaneously.
I have shared my ideas and this very system with many people around the world
through my online courses, Quora answers, blog posts, and personal advice,
showing strategies that actually made a difference to people's productivity and
lives.
I sifted through hundreds of books, articles, and sometimes incredibly boring
scientific papers on the subjects of focus, concentration, productivity, habits, and
other ‘brain powers’ and distilled what’s out there into an easy-to-read, simple-
to-follow system that can be personalised. No-nonsense, no ‘inspirational’ fluff,
and no snake-oil.
By following this system, I developed an ability to sit down and ‘snap into
focus’, getting on with my tasks without fuss, completing them faster and with
fewer errors, and having more time to enjoy life.
If you follow my system, you will be able to maximise your productivity, get
your work done on time, achieve more, and reach success faster. As a result,
you’ll spend less time at your desk or computer, and you’ll have evenings,
weekends, and holidays to yourself. You’ll have more time for your family and
friends, and simply to enjoy your life and be happy.
So don’t procrastinate any more. Don’t ‘think about it later.’ Take action NOW.
Start your journey to laser-sharp focus, better concentration, and maximised
productivity today.
The strategies and techniques you’re about to read have helped me, and many
other people create positive, lasting changes in their work, studies and personal
lives.
All you need to do is to keep reading, and the strategies in this book will help
you fast-track your success—at work, in education, and life.