Concentration Training
All these ideas come from Deep Work.
Walk and think about problems
https://todoist.com/inspiration/deep-work
Reduce the time I give myself for the tasks. In the presence of a smaller time window, we’re forced to leverage deep concentration to finish the task (Parkinson’s Law)
Exercises:
- Practice Productive Meditation
- Improve memory, because better memory = better concentration:
- Memorize Deck of Cards
- Learn a song or poem by heart
- Commit a list of words in a foreign language to memory
Training your memory will enhance your ability to concentrate and improve your capacity to complete deep work.