Top 10 Ways To Train Your Brain To Stay Focused and Productive

Attention is the most precious resource that we can leverage to actually get things done, increase productivity and achieve highest performance in whatever we do. Focus is not something we have — it’s a skill we gain by training our brain.

Our brain is finely attuned to distraction, so today's digital environment makes it especially hard to focus. Thanks to a variety of sources of entertainment, news, socialization and more work, it is easy to get distracted. Not only do distractions slow us down, they can cause serious errors.

To prevent this, we should develop better mental focus. But how can we train our brain to stay focused?

[yuriymatso]

02:12 Stop Multitasking
03:20 Treat Your Mind Like a Muscle
04:20 Find Your Peak Hours
05:27 Avoid Distractions
06:30 Maintain Realistic To-do Lists
07:36 Take a Short Break
08:40 Create Daily Habits and Routines
09:50 Practice Mindfulness
10:57 Improve Sleep
12:00 Make Time for Exercise

[omri]

Do not multitask.
Me: reading comments while video is playing 😲

[sarahmohamadi-fy]

That was one of the most helpful videos I've ever seen! I like how it realistically explains the ways.

[ighsight]

My brain training/productivity hack is to not watch YouTube videos. When I find myself watching these type of videos I know I am wasting my day.

[biseryordanov]

I‘m particularly interested in the study that concluded that we can stay concentrated for only 6 hrs per week. Can you please provide any links/sources?

[annjean]

Superb video!
Thank you for sharing. 👏🏾

[Bouncy]

I needed to watch this 3 times to get all the info out.. Im such a wasted effort

[dennisestenson]

Experiences like trauma can prevent fully focusing on a task, despite all efforts and "discipline" to stay focused.

[ilonamaz]

Sounds like a Synthesia video creation 😅

[TimeHandler]

This video is making my head feel weird.... >:(