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Nowadays everyone is on Instagram like Here's seven hours of my undivided attention or at home, like Here's nine hours of my precious life resource is.
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And then at the end of the week, they wonder, Why didn't I get anything done this week?
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I used to think that time management was the key to productivity.
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But the more I've looked at the lives of titans who inspire and motivate me, I realized there's only a finite amount of time that everyone has in the day.
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So how are some people getting more done in less time than others?
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Is it skill?
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I am an artist.
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I am the best cat groomer in the whole world.
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Is it speed?
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No, I've never done speed.
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Is that how you did know, baby, I now believe that your ability to get things done is intrinsically tied to how well you can concentrate so more than time management.
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Attention, management is key.
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If you find yourself constantly not meeting your goals, you may be an attention whore spreading out your time here and there, Willy fucking nilly.
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I'm sorry, Did you think this was a slut Shaming video?
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No, honey, this is click bait for a cause.
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Now I do want to say here it's equally important in attention management to make time to not have to monitor your attention.
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Rest and relaxation are equally as important as productivity.
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In fact, I would say rest and relaxation are necessary to have the ability to concentrate your attention.
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I don't buy into hustle culture that advocates sacrificing your mental health, sleep, physical health, your social life or your overall well being.
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We're not work horses.
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And also I don't like that we make horses work.
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They don't get paid.
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I don't understand.
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But anyway, how can you concentrate your attention?
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One meditation obvious.
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It requires the most basic, simple but impossibly difficult way to execute your focus.
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You just sit there and breathe for 15 minutes and keep your attention on your breath.
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Try not to get distracted.
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Wow, you'll find out real quick how easy it is to get distracted, too.
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If you're not sure about your attention skills, start logging your time spent in a calendar seriously, just like how you track every single expense.
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When you're trying to learn more about your financial life, track your time spent.
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If you want awareness of your time life.
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At the end of each week, you can see realistically where most of your attention goes and how good or bad you are at managing it.
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And finally, three practice small spurts.
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We practice distraction every single day.
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We mindlessly squirrel through our phone.
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We multitask.
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We Internet surf.
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When we have important deadlines, we have become masters of distraction.
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So if you wanna be a master of attention, you just have to practice.
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It takes 10 minutes a day to focus on a specific task.
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Whether that's meditation writing, reading, what have you learned?
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How to focus your attention in small doses and slowly amp up the time you dedicate to concentration as you get better.
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You're welcome.
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I'm Anna Khanna.
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Stay awesome.
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Got them cut.