From the course: Ultralearning: Accelerate Your Career and Outsmart the Competition (Blinkist Summary)

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Overcoming the challenge of finding your focus

Overcoming the challenge of finding your focus

From the course: Ultralearning: Accelerate Your Career and Outsmart the Competition (Blinkist Summary)

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Overcoming the challenge of finding your focus

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- [Instructor] Blink number three, simple mental strategies can defend against distractions and refine your focus. From constant email notifications on your phone to the temptation to binge the latest Netflix series, modern life is full of distractions. But you don't have to let these distractions stop you from reaching your Ultralearning goals. There are some simple techniques you can use to overcome the challenges of finding your focus. The first challenge to finding your focus, getting focused in the first place. Trick yourself into getting started by setting a timer for say, three minutes. Promise yourself that you can stop working when the timer goes off. But at the end of three minutes, you might have found the momentum you need to keep working. You can build on this strategy with the Pomodoro Technique. Set a timer for 20 minutes and work without stopping during this time. When the timer goes off, take a five-minute…

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