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5 Tips to Maximize Your Ability to Concentrate

zenhabits.net — The quality and quantity of work you can produce is dependent, not only on the effort you put in, but on your ability to concentrate. No matter how hard to you try, if your brain isn’t performing well, you won’t be as productive as you should be.

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  • Kabrabnzada, on 11/05/2007, -1/+21I find it ironic that I am digging this story while in class...
  • wifirewire2, on 11/05/2007, -0/+16...remove digg from my google homepage. Yeah, that'll work
  • Idowhatiwant, on 11/05/2007, -1/+151. Adderall
  • tafkaz, on 11/05/2007, -0/+14Step 1: Stop reading this on Digg and get back to writing your paper.
  • revjustin2, on 11/05/2007, -1/+11I find the opposite to be true.
  • nuclearadam, on 11/05/2007, -1/+105 tips for blogging the obvious:
    1.) tell me what I already know
    2.) offer no insight
    3.) make sure no external research is needed
    4.) if its been written already, then rewrite it, if its been said, then say it again
    5.) Include a picture
  • willis77, on 10/23/2007, -1/+7"allow your body to sweat out impurities"

    Where do people get the idea that the bodies somehow purges its toxins through sweat? The last thing the body wants to do is distribute its "impurities" all over its periphery. I'm all for exercise in the morn, but don't feed me this made-up, holistic bs.
  • kmattso, on 10/24/2007, -0/+5I was going to write something here...but lost my train of thought...oh well...I'm hungry, I need a chip. That's a nice tree...I wish I were a squirrel.
  • BevansDesign, on 10/23/2007, -0/+5So, it all boils down to taking care of yourself? ***** that jazz. Let me know when they have it in pill form.
  • d2002, on 10/29/2007, -0/+4Exercise is definitely key.
  • YZBot, on 10/29/2007, -0/+3Anything to make that little radio in your head go away? I swear someone is broadcasting from my brain.
  • melkirk, on 10/29/2007, -1/+4I blame my lack of ability to concentrate on being "creative" but I might give this a go to see if it makes a difference ;)
  • samelevel, on 10/24/2007, -0/+3I've been on Adderall now for about 5 months.
    "It's basically legal speed" - Direct quote from my doctor. Highly recommended for programmers... and stoners... and stoner programmers.
  • CalipsoII, on 10/29/2007, -0/+3Mine just sounds like white noise :(
  • tapeworm77, on 10/25/2007, -1/+46) Lay off the weed.
  • DMCer, on 10/29/2007, -0/+3I dugg this without even reading it, then i read it...a bit mediocre.
  • miketrin, on 10/24/2007, -0/+2So did I. Man that stuff is the bomb.
  • capiCrimm, on 10/29/2007, -0/+2tinfoil normally works, or you might want to check out those 9/11 links. Someone there might be able to help you.
  • jlungu, on 10/23/2007, -0/+2Wake up.
  • Nicksname1, on 10/24/2007, -0/+2Yeah I was going to put Adderall as #1 too. I love that stuff!
  • HayString, on 10/24/2007, -0/+2damn you I came here to post that!
  • conceptdev, on 10/23/2007, -0/+2What, we're missing more spiritual (zen) and natural methods like: meditation, tai chi, chi gung, martial arts, ginko bilobo and GABA oolong!
  • Dylson, on 10/24/2007, -0/+2Ok.
  • Icetype, on 10/24/2007, -0/+2Anybody else read the title as "5 Tips to Maximize Your Concentrate"
  • juststeve, on 10/23/2007, -0/+2drink good water
  • Coffeedemon, on 10/31/2007, -0/+2How about not finding a crutch if you don't need it?
  • inactive, on 10/29/2007, -1/+3your sweat contains waste material. It's not holistic - the sweat glands are part of the digestive system. It's why some people smell like garlic/onion or curry 24/7 - they sweat it out. Anatomy101/Bio101 ftw.
  • Jadey, on 10/25/2007, -0/+2I only got through the first 3 :(
  • capiCrimm, on 10/29/2007, -0/+1interesting, I'll add "creativity booster" to my being on digg rationalization list. Thanks.
  • echolyean, on 10/23/2007, -0/+1Depends on the class, really.
  • tapeworm77, on 10/23/2007, -0/+1Just add weed.
  • maxwa441, on 10/23/2007, -0/+1I wanna see an article about "How to minimize your ability to concentrate"... now that would be something!
  • nj10ii, on 10/29/2007, -0/+1ritalin
  • nj10ii, on 10/23/2007, -0/+1Forgot the Ganga
  • jesuswuzanalien, on 10/24/2007, -0/+1This article sounds like the papers I was forced to ***** in high school.
  • nj10ii, on 10/29/2007, -0/+1On the same lines, I believe thats what Carnegie was trying to say in his book, but of course not necessarily the masterbation part, but the blowing your load stuff not being as important as your life matures.
  • Vodka2389, on 10/29/2007, -0/+1Absolutely. I didn't think much of it before, but it really does make a HUGE difference. 20-30 minutes a day can change your life.
  • gta3mobster, on 10/24/2007, -0/+1I can function normally without my Adderall, but my brain tends to get turned to the first notch above off ie. I daydream literally all day. With it I can harness the full potential of my intellect eg. compress two months of lecture into 1 night of continuous study (Rammstein + Mt Dew as well). That's not to say I procrastinate either -- That's just studying material of my choosing on my free time.

    Heh, Adderall is the "performance enhancing drug" for intellectuals. It sucks though that some people give it a bad image (snorting it and *****) otherwise I doubt it'd be a schedule 2.
  • nj10ii, on 10/23/2007, -0/+1toke toke
  • colto, on 10/29/2007, -0/+1The one who is high fails to write logical sentences.
  • ItsMyWii, on 10/23/2007, -0/+1In lists like these it's all the same. Exercise. Eat right. Sleep. Tell us something new dammit.
  • capiCrimm, on 10/23/2007, -0/+1I'm pretty sure it's more then masturabtion, less then sleeping, and in range of TV.
  • hydroplane, on 10/23/2007, -0/+1I see a city in the clouds.....
  • HayString, on 10/23/2007, -0/+1adderall = amphetamine(s)
    meth = methamphetamine

    speed is exactly what it is
  • duczduczducz, on 10/23/2007, -0/+1no, it's "Smoke more weed"
  • willis77, on 10/23/2007, -0/+1If you want to be picky, every cell in the body contains waste (urea, cellular byproducts, etc.) The body makes no particular effort to immobilize waste to the sweat glands. We have a lymphatic system for this reason. The "waste" expelled through sweat is negligible in comparison to the body's primary means of removal. Most mammals (many of whom we are a genetic stone's throw away from) do not even have sweat glands and thus couldn't rely on it as a means to remove toxin.
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  • TonyBonaventura, on 10/24/2007, -0/+0I tire of reading repetitively themed self help tips from zen habbits. Don't they have they're own front page?
  • BCornejo, on 12/16/2007, -0/+0I think he misspelled it with GABA
  • Lindydigger, on 11/06/2007, -0/+0I agree that Adderall is my concentration elixir. I take it sometimes late at night just so i can stay up all night long on the computer. I enjoy the solitude of a sleepless night spent on Adderall.
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