8 notes tagged with "focus"

Flow Theory

5 factors needed to go into [ Flow State ] Task should be intrensically rewarding Clear goals and a sense of progress Clear and immediate…

Tagged with: #concentration, #flow, #focus, #psychology

Published on 2 years ago

Focus Difference in System 1 and System 2

When we encounter an easy problem we are relaxed/not focused. In this mode, the [ Thinking Fast and Slow|System 1 ] thinking is strengthened…

Tagged with: #permanent-notes, #focus, #thinking, #meta-cognition, #psychology

Published on a year ago

Hyperfocus and ADHD

Hyperfocus: intense fixation on an activity for an long time. Hyperfocus can be a symptom of [ ADHD ]. A better way to look at it is that…

Tagged with: #permanent-notes, #adhd, #focus

Published on 2 years ago

Mind-Wandering

Source Mind-wandering is the ability of the brain to generate thoughts that are unrelated, or somehow related to what we're actually doing…

Tagged with: #focus, #psychology

Published on 2 years ago

Reduce Mind-Wandering

You can't completely shut off stray thoughts. But these will help reduce them... Increase difficulty : Tasks that are nearly automated and…

Tagged with: #permanent-notes, #mind, #productivity, #thoughts, #focus

Published on 2 years ago

What is a Goal

A goal is a recognizable, desired state in the future, that causes you to act differently in the present in order to realize it. It is…

Tagged with: #goal, #focus, #productivity, #permanent-notes

Published on 2 years ago

Attention is your scarcest resource

Source To be reliably able to focus on something, you need to be intuitively, emotionally invested in the outcome. Make sure that you are…

Tagged with: #attention, #focus, #behavior, #productivity

Published on 2 years ago

Deep Work and 30 Hour Method

When we want to learn something new, we wait until motivation strikes us, then we tinker around for a few hours without a clear direction…

Tagged with: #literature-notes, #focus, #flow, #deep-work

Published on 2 years ago

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