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Glen StephensLondon
“This course marked lockdown as a success for me. The content is remarkable and helped me to focus my energy on what I wanted to achieve, rather than my gaming. I would describe it as uplifting, engaging and personal. Highly recoomended”
Terry HigginsBerlin
“For me, this was game-changing.”
Clare ForemanLondon
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Attention & focus
20 Lessons
All Skill Levels
English Language
Overview
Need more hours in the day? Awareness is key to enjoyment of life, stop wrestling procrastination and do what works. It is normal to struggle to pay attention to important tasks, while still being alert to competing interests and possible dangers. Unlock the inherent ability to achieve more, attentively, in less time. This course can bring you the fulfilment to focus on what needs doing, ignoring unhelpful thoughts and outside impositions . Everything is shrinking!!! Online articles are getting shorter. Three minute videos pop up when we least expect them and engage our attention. People even pay for someone else to read and summarise books for them! Our world is geared towards people with shorter attention spans. Learn to hurdle the demands that compete for your attention and reach more finish-lines, faster. Explore the executive skills required to feel more content by making headway towards goals, keeping the emphasis on what matters most. You’ll discover simplified techniques to take the stress out of your normal routine and feel in control, like having less tasks and more time.Completing this course will help you:
- Plan and prioritise, build strong foundations for projects
- Overcome procrastination to get things started in a timely manner
- Ignore distractions to focus on your goals
- Take constant, continued action to complete tasks
- Tie up loose ends and conclude your tasks so that you don’t need to revisit them later.
Who is the course for?
Anyone aged 8 upwards, who needs help concentrating and relaxing about their workload and available time.Learning Path
Conditions of coaching This is the legal jargon which goes with the course to ensure we keep everything confidential and cater to your individual needs. 20 min read to complete Lesson 1 – Know Your Own brain Consider your own interests, what matters most to you and what you would like to be remembered for. Which achievements would you most like to look back on, in old age? This lesson helps you create a list of projects started, with notes about the progress you want to make in the coming year. 20 min read to complete Lesson 2 – Starting where you are Look at the reasons for the struggle to focus. 8 min read to complete, with 8 minute practice the following days Lesson 3 – Using Storytelling to Capture Attention Look at the reasons for the struggle to focus. 8 min read to complete, with 8 minute practice the following days Lesson 4 – Start from Where You Are There is always going to be some unfinished task. We don’t have to hyper-focus on everything that hasn’t happened yet. 10 min read to complete Lesson 5 – The Book Technique Practical moment-by-moment engagement with a subject. 15 min read to complete and practice Lesson 6 – Response Inhibition Understanding how the habit of being distracted can be overcome. 20 min read to complete Lesson 7 – The 5 Minute Focus Technique Shows how to follow one course for 5 minutes at a time, to reach success. 5 min read to complete Lesson 8 – Taking specific Practical Steps When Feeling Overwhelmed Self-calming strategies to refocus attention. 5 min read to complete Lesson 9 – Directing Attention to ONE Task Planning, prioritizing and getting started smoothly. 10 min read and 15 minute form to complete Lesson 10 – Goal-directed Persistence Perseverence and regularly updating plans and priorities. 15 min read and 15 minute form to complete Lesson 11 – How to use Storytelling to Engage Attention Storytelling is an ancient and extremely engaging established technique to capture attention. In this lesson, you will delve into methods of using it to expand your portfolio. Read 15 mins Lesson 12 – The Right Attention – Right Now Developing the habit of using the present moment to achieve the focused advantage needed. 10 min readWhat people are saying
“A fantastic and very engaging course. All of the information offered by Steve was completely practical, relevant and presented in an easy, digestible and interesting way.”
Glen StephensLondon
“This course marked lockdown as a success for me. The content is remarkable and helped me to focus my energy on what I wanted to achieve, rather than my gaming. I would describe it as uplifting, engaging and personal. Highly recoomended”
Terry HigginsBerlin
“For me, this was game-changing.”
Clare ForemanLondon
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