Building Focus in a Distracting World

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.

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