How to Concentrate | Dandapani & Jim Kwik

Concentration is something you can learn and practice. If someone in your life is struggling with concentration, the first step is to teach them how to concentrate, and the second step is for them to practice it to become better at it.

Have empathy and compassion for yourself when learning about concentration. You were probably never taught how to concentrate or how the mind works in school so while you are in the process of learning how to do it, you can’t expect perfection right away.

In everyday life, people make the mistake of telling others to focus without acknowledging their lack of training e.g. big companies tell their employees to focus without having taught them how to focus in the first place.

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About Dandapani:

Dandapani is a Hindu priest, entrepreneur and a former monk of 10 years. After graduating university with a degree in Electrical Engineering he left it all behind to become a Hindu monk under the guidance of one of Hinduism’s foremost spiritual leaders of our time, Sivaya Subramuniyaswami. For 10 years he lived a life of serious personal discipline and training at his guru’s cloistered Hindu monastery in Hawaii.

He works with entrepreneurs globally and companies such as Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Nike, Trivago, Fortress Investment Group, Xero in cultivating focus and managing energy. His TEDx talk has over 2.9 million views and both his GoalCast videos garnered over a total of 75 million views in just five months.

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Show notes:

0:00 Intro
0:48 Why concentration is important
2:03 Have compassion for yourself
4:14 Technology and concentration
5:25 What is concentration
9:15 What is awareness
11:03 How to concentrate & focus
15:34 Concentration exercise

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[chandanthakur]

1. Do one thing at a time.
2. Finish what you've started
3. Practice will power, that is, do a little bit more than expected.

[lifeinspiredacademy]

I pray that whoever reads this and is going through a difficult time, don't give up, good things are coming for you, you will achieve your dreams in this lifetime

[AMILAL]

I have been struggling my life with ADHD, and dispersion for 17yrars . Maybe more than that, started getting medication for 8 years, all I have heard is I have to deal with it.
It took 17years to me to figure out that cause of all these bullshit sicknesses is concerntation. I practiced, forced myself to too hard finally I could rewire my brain and completely got rid of all my mental issues . Last week I suddenly become someone entirely different and feel like a genius who knows everything. I am 37 now. My life just started .. 😊

[PracticalInspiration]

Two of my favourite teachers together. Amazing

[stevenpaul]

I came to YouTube to learn how to trade after listening to a guy on radio talk about the importance of investing and how he made $460, 000 in 4 months from $160k. Somehow this video has helped shed light on some things, but I'm confused, I'm a newbie and I'm open to ideas.

[Aisha-ymkr]

this was exactly what I needed. I'm finding it very hard to focus on my studies, my awareness keeps drifting away which makes studying way harder, it's taking me more time than it should. This is my "aha" moment when I noticed that I really need to work on my concentration, thank you both. My aha moment here was when Dandapani said " imagine you've been practising distraction for 20 years, you'd be so good at it" which is true in my case. Thank you Jim for helping us live more fulfilled lives. You are great.

[NickC]

Well, one must breathe all the time, why not focus upon your breathing even just for a few minutes per day, especially in the morning. Feel the breath going in and out at the tip of the nose, notice when the mind drifts away, bring it back and think of nothing but the breathing itself, always coming back after drifting. Do that for 5 or 10 minutes each morning and you will find that you are able to apply that to any task. Thank you Jim and Dandapani for sharing, love you guys!

[TheOhman]

This is very helpful to me. I suffer from OCD and my therapist once told me that "the mind is tree a full of monkeys; some are sad, some are happy, some are fighting, and some are throwing shit all over the place." You take this metaphor and you marry it with Dandapani's, and it in a way it all makes sense. You can't control your thoughts, but you can control what you do about them. I once heard that a big reason why people cant meditate, and profoundly refuse to, is solely because once they close their eye, the notice how "crazy" they are in terms of the vast thoughts, images, short/long stories that come to play. The point is at the moment not to run away, but to run towards. You do this, one step at a time, and the more you practice, the bigger and better each step feels. Thank you Dandapani, the state of Maine loves you and so do I. <3

[shivanibishnoi]

My two favourite mentors together.. wonderful.

[unstoppable]

For :-
Concentration:- Do one thing at a time
Will power:-1) Finished where you began
2) Do little bit more than you think you can
3) Do little bit better than you think you can
Practice practice practice it

[tammymoya]

I can remember in the 70s we had to live, learn, without likes and shares. We used our imagination and creativity with that you used your mind and your hands for usefulness.

[bapsymcdowall]

No teacher will teach you to concentrate.Great topic..God bless you both..

[dakk]

I think the best way to really practice concentration is if you concentrate on things that are boring to you. Your mind instantly gonna travel to places to entertain itself, so it's the perfect playing ground for improving your concentration.

[nayeonii]

When Dandapani said, "do thing one at a time" I was studying at the same time listening to this. Ooops.

[glow-upjournal]

I concentrate by using some amazing simple tricks
1. Wake up early at sharp 04:00am (I discovered some amazing tricks that help me a lot to get up early)

2. Decipline yourself take a look at your to do list

3. Fresh up

4. Most important -Meditate (daily practice of meditation helped me in my studies a lot I can concentrate more and I m able to absorb more)

5. Read books daily or listen to audio books☺my favorite

6. Never study for more than an hour. Take short breaks, fresh ur mind and get ready to hustle a little more

[ronakjain]

The apposite that 16 - 17 hours of distraction and you become expert, great one sir

[PS-tzir]

I’m going to focus in feeling satisfied, happy, and be way more aware of my moods, when I’m in conversations!! I want to have more meaningful conversation and stop being so self centered!!!

[sweetchinmusic]

Namaste, I am grateful that the ancient wisdom of India and Hinduism ( yoga and meditation) is being appreciated and adapted all over the world now...

[fugii]

I am now 15 seeing this after it was posted years ago, I'm glad I have gotten out of this persona to where I let everything control me... I've been learning a lot from you two recently and If I saw this when it was posted, when I was 13, it'll be nearly unimaginable how much of a better person I would be. Thank y'all, figuring stuff like this out myself is always frustrating bc I never know where to start.