Don't you hate it when people spew nonsense about YOUR attention span?
I sure do. Especially when it comes to games of comparison that don't hold water.
Like the terrible story people keep repeating about your attention span being shorter than that of a goldfish.
Oh, Is It Now… Really?
Who on earth comes up with these ideas?
Certainly not people with short attention spans.
In fact, it must have taken a good deal of consideration to come up with the attention span calculation of this long suffering species of fish.
In fact, the Great Gold Fish Attention Span Myth has quite a long history.
And what, dear Memorizer, should we suppose goldfish have in life so worthy of attention?
After all…
Goldfish Float Around In Glass Bowls! Of Course They Have A Short Attention Span!
You, on the other, live in a world filled with all kinds of vibrating and exciting things to which you can direct your attention.
And you do.
My point?
When you're interested in something…
You Have An Abundance Of Attention!
Not only that, but when you're interested and motivated or the stakes are high, your attention span is tremendously elastic.
The trouble is…
People are gullible.
They hear that their attention span is shrinking and start repeating it.
To themselves.
To others.
In fact, so many of us are willing to spread nonsense as far and wide as possible that…
The B.S. Quickly Becomes A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Well, I'm here to tell you that this false story needs correcting.
And I'm not alone. As this article on the goldfish attention span with demonstrates, there's simply no good reason to believe this myth.
And since it's B.S. that harms the human race, we need to correct and eliminate the myth.
Fast.
Here are three reasons why:
1. Your Attention Span Is Defined By One Person And One Person Only
You.
Seriously.
It's your brain.
Your eyes.
Your lips.
Your lungs.
Your tongue.
And you can train your brain to focus and concentrate on having the most profound and bulletproof attention span on the planet.
All you have to do is train it. Stop giving in to Digital Amnesia (check out that link and start practicing Digital Fasting today).
Own it.
Cultivate it.
Craft the attention span that you want to have.
If you can't practice with your own sunrise, try mine:
No matter how you practice extending your attention span…
Here's the truth of the matter:
You're the only one who can do it.
And if at the start, you find that you can't focus or concentrate…
A simple meditation practice with a bit of memory training will help.
Don't take my word for it.
All the science supporting meditation is here on my post about Published on 8 years, 3 months ago
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