Building Focus in a Distracting World
33mGeneral2026-06-08
Authors

Emily Anhalt
Course details
build your attention and focus by understanding how attention works, different attention styles, lifestyle habits that help to enhance attention, and more. Drawing on her 10 years of research and experience studying focus and attention, Dr. Emily will help you harness mindfulness and metacognition to improve attention, gamify your attention, reduce digital distraction, and increase flow and attention to detail. By the end of this course, you’ll be equipped with the skills you need to develop external support that bolsters and enhances your attention.
Learning objectives
Understand the concept of attention and what challenges attention.
Identify personal attention styles and nourish attention with proper diet, sleep, and exercise.
Create environments that promote focus and practice mindfulness to enhance general attention.
Employ metacognition to build attentional capacity and gamify attention skills for improvement.
Implement a digital detox, manage tech use, and integrate various attention strategies into daily life to maintain a flow state and boost self-confidence.
Learning objectives
Understand the concept of attention and what challenges attention.
Identify personal attention styles and nourish attention with proper diet, sleep, and exercise.
Create environments that promote focus and practice mindfulness to enhance general attention.
Employ metacognition to build attentional capacity and gamify attention skills for improvement.
Implement a digital detox, manage tech use, and integrate various attention strategies into daily life to maintain a flow state and boost self-confidence.
Skills covered
Time ManagementProfessional DevelopmentOne-Off
Concepts
Introduction
- Attention is like a muscle
Attention in the Modern Age
- Understand attention and focus
- Recognize the attention crisis
Set Yourself Up for Attentional Success
- Nourish your attention with diet, sleep, and exercise
- Identify your attention style
- Create an environment conducive to focus
Build Habits to Increase Attentional Capacity
- Practice mindfulness to enhance general attention
- Employ metacognition to build attentional capacity
- Gamify your attention skills
- Master time management techniques
- Sharpen your attention to detail
- Implement a digital detox and manage your tech use
- Recruit community support for better attention
- Achieve and maintain flow state
- Boost self-confidence and practice self-encouragement
Integrate New Habits into Daily Life
- Integrate attention strategies into your daily life
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