| Let's face it - today's workplace finds most | | | | level of focused concentration. |
| workers in a continuous stress cycle. Working in | | | | In a 1999 study, Thomas Budzynski Ph.D found |
| cubicle cities attached to PDAs, cell phones, instant | | | | brainwave training gave college students a |
| messaging, and so on, there are times when we | | | | tremendous competitive edge: the group that |
| have to shift our focus and concentrate on high | | | | used brainwave training technology watched their |
| demand reading and thinking activities. But what | | | | GPA's sharply rise & continue to improve |
| do you do? How can you change gears and | | | | even after the treatment, while those that did |
| maximize the efficiency of your brain's power? | | | | not (the control group) continued to struggle |
| Here are some unequivocal tips for maintaining a | | | | & watch their GPA's decline. Neuroscientists |
| high degree of focus in your diverse daily | | | | have been experimenting and reporting dramatic |
| activities. | | | | cognitive improvements with this type of training. |
| 1. Take a State Break - If you've been charging | | | | If you need to switch gears and spend some |
| hard through your day in a similar environment or | | | | time dealing with a big reading job, or other heavy |
| set of tasks listed above, your brain probably | | | | thinking task, spend a few minutes sitting with |
| functioning in a highly excited beta state in which | | | | eyes shut and breathe slowly while watching your |
| the cycles are very short and pronounced. This | | | | breath. This takes only 1-2 minutes, but can have |
| highly excited state is counter to the need for | | | | dramatic results in clearing your mind. |
| deep thinking and effective reading. In plain | | | | 2. Learn to Read Better and Faster - The only |
| language, you are over stimulated. You may be | | | | way you are going to read faster and understand |
| holding several thoughts in mind simultaneously, | | | | your reading better is to learn to first tap into this |
| and thus have troubles concentrating. Brain | | | | incredible brain power you are gifted with and |
| science has learned that through training we can | | | | then second, to build a sharper focus. Once you |
| consciously shift our brain patterns. One way to | | | | focus better, your comprehension improves, your |
| do this is to take short or long breaks listening to | | | | recall and memory improves and your |
| certain auditory frequencies. The neural receptors | | | | appreciation and enjoyment of the reading |
| from audio inputs have a dramatic impact on the | | | | process are more likely to improve. And the |
| brain. Listening to certain frequencies can quickly | | | | reality is you were probably never taught to |
| change the brain's cycle to alpha state, the highest | | | | focus in school, at work or in college. |