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Optimal practice maintains optimal concentration.
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166 |
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The mind’s executive, the arbiter of where our focus goes, manages both the concentration that exploitation requires and the open focus that exploration demands.
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218 |
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Deliberate practice is above all an effort of focus and concentration. That is what makes it ‘deliberate,’ as distinct from mindless playing…
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70 |
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For smaller organizations – especially those with limited spending power – sheer economics may force them to concentrate on the long tail of talent.
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134 |
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Regular short walking breaks in the workplace also increase motivation and concentration and enhance creativity.
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61 |
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Bosses who ask for too much input and assistance make it tough for people to concentrate.
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88 |
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By embracing humility – recognizing the inevitability of surprises and unknowns – and concentrating on systems that can survive and indeed benefit from such surprises, we can triumph over volatility.
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080 |
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Attention studies have shown that most people can thoughtfully consider only one thing at a time, and that multitasking dramatically degrades our ability to accomplish tasks requiring cognitive concentration.
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223 |
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The first requirement in tackling knowledge work is to find out what the task is so as to make it possible to concentrate knowledge workers on the task and to eliminate everything else…
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199 |
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The things a person cannot do are of little importance; instead, you must concentrate on the things they can do and determine whether they are the right strengths for this particular assignment.
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310 |
