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The Benefits Of Developing Concentration and Concentration Exercises

The Benefits Of Developing Concentration

Sometimes you can find strong powers of concentration in yourself. When you are decisive and sincerely want to excel in your studies, pass an important exam, or playing one of your favorite video games; the power of concentration becomes available to you. This kind of concentration is raised because of some need, or desire. Developing it in a systematic way, brings it under your control, and grants you the ability to use it easily, with no exertion whenever you need it. Real and good concentration is developed gradually, through daily work, and with special exercises. It has to be approached in a reasonable and practical way.

How Do You Know That You Lack Concentration? To know it is very simple just observe yourself while you are studying. You lack concentration if you notice any of following: - 路 The page of the book that you opened is still open even after 15 minutes. 路 You have not understood particular sentence even after you have read it number of times. 路 You often have to slow down and re-read what you have already read. 路 Everything or nothing seems important to you.

This Quick Activity Will Test Your Concentration

路 Sit down on the chair. Place your feet flat on the floor. 路 Move one hand in a clockwise circular pattern. 路 Keep moving your hand and begin to trace your foot in a circular pattern on the floor. 路 Continue moving your foot in the circular pattern, but begin to move your hand in an up and down motion.

What do you experience: Did you find it difficult initially. It is because your brain requires separate processing time for each of the patterns and concentrating on two motions at one time becomes difficult

The Key To Achieve Success

The key to achieve success in whatever you do is to concentrate on only one thing at a time and put your 100% effort in that activity. At that time you should forget about every thing else. When you notice that you simply have not been paying attention to what you have "read," ask yourself what other thoughts or feelings might be distracting you.

Use the power of autosuggestion to tell yourself that you will not allow these distractions or anxieties to overwhelm you now onwards. Keep on repeating this process till the time you do not get desired results and do not loose patience in the process.

What The Power Of Concentration Can Give You: It can give you: - 路 Complete control of your thoughts. 路 Peace of mind. 路 Self-confidence. 路 Inner strength. 路 Will power. 路 The ability to focus your mind. 路 Better memory power. 路 The ability to decide and implement your decisions. 路 Better functioning in daily life, whether at home or at work. 路 The ability to study and comprehend in a faster way. 路 Stop being carried away with every passing thought. 路 Freedom from fruitless and annoying thoughts. 路 Think when you want to and about what you want to think. 路 Inner happiness.

Sharpening The Power Of Concentration: It needs practice as everything else in life. Do you go to the gym? If you do, how many times during the week and for how long? Do you study a foreign language? If you do, then how much time do you devote to it? Achieving concentration is not different but achieving it when you want it requires training. Even ten minutes a day will do you good.

Mind loves its freedom more than anything else, and will try to stand in your way whenever it can. It


will cause you to forget to do the exercises, make you feel lazy, and tempt you to postpone the exercises. It will find many tricks to stop and disturb you, but you can be and must be stronger to take control of it completely.

Always remember that the choice is yours, to be a slave to the mind and its whims, or to be its master. It may be hard to accept the idea that the mind is only some kind of a machine and that you are not the mind. It is an instrument, which has its value if used correctly, but at the present, this instrument rules man. You are not the mind and its thoughts; they are just some kind of power that you are using. By mental exercises it is possible to train the mind and master it. It should be put it in its proper place, as a servant to you not as your boss and master.

Some simple exercises are given here which you can perform on your own. Start with ten minutes each day, if you can manage fifteen minutes that is better. You have to understand that the mind does not like any discipline.

Preliminaries Before Performing Concentration Exercises

When starting to learn to concentrate you have to find a suitable place where you can be alone and undisturbed. You can sit crossed legged on the floor if you can, or on a chair. Sit with spine erect. Take a few calm deep breaths and then relax your body. In your mind go through each muscle and part of the body and relax it.

Start with the first exercise, and practice it daily, until you are able to do it easily and without thinking about anything else for at least five minutes. You have to be honest with yourself, and proceed to the next one only after you are convinced that the exercise is practiced with full concentration. No timetable can be given, as this may be difficult. Practicing an exercise successfully is an individual matter. It may take days, weeks and sometimes even months.

Put your whole attention into the exercises. Do not think about anything else. Be careful not to fall asleep, daydream or think about other matters. The moment you find yourself thinking about something else, stop the exercise and start again. When you become proficient, lengthen the time and, if possible, include another session in the afternoon. Do not attempt too much at the start. You may think the exercises are too simple and easy and try to perform them all at once. Go slowly, do not overdo or tense you brain. Try to reach perfection before you move on to next exercise.

If you find it too difficult, or thoughts distract you and make you think about other matters, do not worry. Everyone encounters difficulties along the way. The successful ones are those who go on and never give up. If you persist in spite of difficulties and disturbances, success will crown your efforts.

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About the author:

Author, Professor Anil Kumar, has 28 years of experience in the field of Teaching and Management. He is M. Tech from IIT Kanpur and has worked in different capacities including Signal corps Indian Army, Regional Manager for a Telecom Company. Currently he is Associate Professor with ITM, Gurgaon, India, that is rated as best engineering colleges of North India. His interests include overall and balanced development of the Students.