Distractions in Overall Performance and their Solutions

Stay Focus!

My body has grown a lot, but my mind and my thoughts have grown much less. Sometimes I think maybe it is because of the stress of our daily lives. A little bit less walking around and a little more thinking of what I could do to improve my quality of life. But I think the reason why my brain seems not to grow at all is that my energy can no longer be used by my brain in some situations. This is mainly caused by social media, people nowadays are surrounded by their phones, computer, or even computer-like devices that can consume most of their energy and resources.

So nowadays, when we need to focus our attention on something important, we have to do a distraction. If someone’s busy with social media, we have to stop what we are doing. Then we can start working without thinking. It doesn’t work. We often fail to reach goals as we are distracted. Especially when you need deep concentration. When your mind or your heart feels very tired, sometimes there is only one thing you can do, it is to sit down but don’t try to do anything. That way, your attention will stay concentrated on the problem at hand. But if there is more than one issue in front of you, then you will need something useful to focus on.

So I am here with this article, but let me show you a simple example, just think about it. Imagine that when you are asked to complete a task on a given period of time. You’re probably thinking “Why? Why? How? Is there any deadline? What is the point of the task that I’m doing?”. And it’s normal if you have those kinds of questions. In such case we have two types of distractions: Internal (to keep focus) and External (because you don’t want the other person to see it). As a human being, it is hard to ignore external information and it is also hard to concentrate on internal information when the task is too difficult. So I think that people can forget about their tasks and stop what they are doing to do something else.

Now if you want some help, I’ll give you some guidelines to help you with these things.

1. The first guide is to pay more attention with your eyes. When you think that you are getting somewhere, try to look at the surroundings and then try to connect everything you see with the purpose and your future. Because you don’t want to get distracted by thoughts if you can see it immediately. Make sure what you are looking for is clear. It’s hard to remember what you are going to accomplish. If you need something that looks good without thinking, you don’t need a big amount of material. Just consider a small piece of cheese or fruit. Just think and try to go back to it as soon as you finish your task. 
2. The second one is to notice that in this world it is better to act than think. Try to do something right now not after thinking of it. Think about it so you only can think about it later, and act so in the moment you see the results and then plan what should you do next. The science says you should divide your day into project periods if you want to be more creative and productive and have more energy.  
3. Experts recommend that one way to get around this is to progressively lengthen the period of time you spend working before giving yourself a break. The theory is that by rewarding the time-delayed commencement of breaks, you can gradually increase your tolerance for shorter reward cycles. As opposed to the breaks controlling you, you control the breaks. Even if taking breaks does not actually make your tasks more interesting, the advantages of doing so in order to fight tiredness and ease tension will help you stay focused as the overall time you spend on your assignment becomes more worthwhile. 

The last piece of advice is always respect yourself. Don’t let self-doubt to prevent you from achieving the task. And try to remind yourself about these things to avoid internal distraction.

Good luck!☺

Happy reading!