Do you ever go hunting for music you can use to increase your focus and concentration?
I sure have. But over the years, I've experienced diminishing returns.
That got me wondering about what benefits it ever had in the first place.
So here's an idea that might help you stop wasting time and energy on the hunt for external cures that promise to increase your focus.
Start by watching this video:
Now then … Why is all this business about concentration so important?
Here's a wake-up call:
The problem with finding music and apps and other gadgets to help improve your focus and concentration is this:
Those efforts will always fail.
Why?
Because they never address the core problem.
And the reason you can't focus and concentrate is simple:
Your Concentration Muscles Are Weak And Pathetic!
Trust me. I've been there. I've felt both sides of the coin while learning how to improve focus and concentration.
I've gone through periods where my concentration was so poor I couldn't finish a single sentence in a book.
And this lack of concentration and the ongoing need to improve focus caused me a lot of pain.
For one thing, I almost dropped out of my Ph.D. program.
Imagine that!
Spending all those years of your life and thousands upon thousands in tuition …
… only to find yourself in a concentration rut.
Well, there's a way out.
And the first step on that journey to freedom from poor concentration starts with saying Yes! to the alternative. And that involves nothing more than getting your ego out of the picture.
Laser Sharp Concentration Begins With A Little Death
Do I have your attention yet?
I hope so, because death is no laughing matter.
But here's the thing:
If you're willing to sit and meditate, you'll be engaging in the most profound activity invented by humanity (next to memory techniques):
You'll Be Murdering Your Ego!
And that, my Magnetic friend, is a wonderful thing.
Because every goal and desire you haven't achieved is likely being held hostage by your ego.
It sounds crazy, but true.
So much of the focus and concentration we need to get things done flees from us due to simple biology.
You see, your brain conserves energy as much as possible.
Sure, some people are lazy and unmotivated.
But most of us struggle to focus and get things done because we have a brain telling us that it's okay to be lazy and slothful.
And the worse thing is …
Your Lazy Brain Isn't Necessarily Wrong!
Because here's the thing:
Way back when we lived on the savanna, our brains learned to conserve energy. At least, that's one historical interpretation of the anthropological data.
Seriously.
Whereas some people prefer to fantasize about early humans as big bulky caveman conquering the world …
… it's more likely that we were weaklings hiding in the shade of trees most of the time.
What were we doing there?
Two things:
1) Conserving energy
2) Waiting for better predators to kill animals and leave their carcasses behind so we could scavenge the remains.
Sounds like a bleak interpretation of history, doesn't it?
Not If You Let This Simple Fact Of Nature Empower You!
When you realize that it's very likely humans evolved to conserve energy. That means to also limit spending it. And when you realize this, all that laziness suddenly makes sense.
When things make sense, you can start to engineer change on the basis of some solid understandin
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