Improving your concerntration (part 1)
Improving your concerntration (part 1) Friday, 13/10/2006, 10:48 PM (GMT+7) "I can't concentrate." "My mind wanders when I try to study." Lack of concentration is one of the most frequent complaints heard on a college campus. Concentration: the ability to direct one's thinking in whatever direction one would intend. We all have the ability to concentrate -- sometimes. Think of the times when you were engrossed in a super novel. While playing your guitar or piano. In an especially good game of cards. At a spellbinder of a movie. Total concentration. But at other times your thoughts are scattered, and your mind races from one thing to another. It's for those times that you need to learn and practice concentration strategies. They involve (1) learning mental selfregulation and (2) arranging factors that you can immediately control. Training Your Wandering Mind: Learning Mental Self-Regulation for Improved Concentration Improving concentration i...