How to Improve Focus
How can you strengthen concentration and focus?
By practicing your focus skills, you can strengthen them.
How does positivity affect your confidence?
Being positive by focusing on your strengths leads to your desired future, while spotlighting your weaknesses closes yourself down.
How does confidence affect your focus?
The more confident you are in yourself, the more confident you are in your choices. If you're confident that you can accomplish something, you will focus on it and get it done. It's more likely to lose focus on an something that you think you're awful at than to lose focus on an something that you think you can do well.
What was one exercise mentioned in the presentation that can be used to improve your focus?
The brain's left prefrontal-area lights up when you're in what kind of mood?
When you are in an upbeat and energized mood, the left prefrontal-area lights up.
How can your confidence affect other people?
1. If you have confidence in yourself, other people will have confidence in you, too.
2. Confidence is infectious. The more you're confident, the more other people around you gain confidence.
What should you do during an activity to ensure that your focus is sustained?
Bonus for 100: Why does the activity help improve your focus?
You should take breaks during an activity to make sure that your focus is sustained.
Answer to bonus: It helps you practice bringing your attention back to a task.
What chemical fuels drive and persistence?
Dopamine fuels drive and persistence.
What does CISE stand for?
confidence typically requires Competence
confidence is Infectious
confidence is Situational
everyone has confidencE
What happens in your brain when you lose focus?
Your brain activates the medial circuitry.
According to Morical Losanda, what is the optimal ratio of positive to negative feelings for maximum effectiveness?
About three positive feelings for every negative one results in optimal effectiveness.
What part of your brain plays a role in your confidence?
The orbitofrontal cortex.
What happens in your brain when you bring your attention back to an activity?
The prefrontal cognitive control circuits take over as you shift attention back to a task.
What part of your brain activates its "reward system"?
Bonus 100: Where in the brain is it located?
The nucleus accumbens activates your brain's reward system.
Answer to bonus: The nucleus accumbens is a region in the ventral striatum.
According to Daniel Goleman (the author of Focus), what are the five types of confidence?
1. Self-confidence
2. Confidence in others
3. Confidence that things happen for a reason
4. Confidence that change can be a good thing
5. Confidence to know that it's going to be okay