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This article will aim to teach you the skills required to improve your concentration. By following the methods I will give you in this article you can drastically improve your concentration, especially in your studies.

Concentration can be described as focused attention. When you concentrate on any activity it will be completed faster, better and successfully.

How to Concentrate on Studies?

Concentration is Actually Mind-mastery

Normally our thoughts drift in and out and have no particular pattern, until we concentrate. This means we consciously do not think about what we’re thinking until we concentrate by trying to solve a problem, study or have worries, fears etc this is all well and good. But, we really should concentrate all the time! This article will help you solve that.

Why do a lot of people find Concentration Hard?

The Benefits you'll gain when you learn How to Develop Concentration

• Control of thoughts
• Peace of mind
• Self-confidence
• Inner strength
• Will power
• The ability to focus your mind
• Better memory
• The ability to decide and carry on your decisions
• Better functioning in daily life, whether at home or work
• The ability to study and comprehend more quickly
• Stop being carried away with every passing thought
• Freedom from needless and annoying thoughts
• Think when you want to, about what you want to think
• Inner happiness
• Help in developing psychic abilities
• More powerful and efficient creative visualisations and guided imagination
• True meditation
• Spiritual enlightenment

How to Develop your Concentration?

Hints on How to Develop Concentration

1. You will need to find a place where you can be alone and undisturbed

2. You can sit crossed legged on the floor if you can or in a chair, as long as you’re comfortable

3. You must sit with your spine erect so you won’t have any problems later on

4. Take a few deep breaths to relax your body

5. In your mind go through each muscle group and relax them, to do this you simply think about each muscle group from your neck to your feet and just feel them getting relaxed and getting heavy and comfortable. “My chest is relaxing and getting heavy and calm” is something you could use as an inner direction to your mind while you relax.

6. It is advisable to practise each exercise daily for more than one week

The Exercises

These concentration exercises will help you gain all that was listed above. So make sure you read them carefully then carry them out. I know you will very surprised by your concentration ability once you've started making your way through these exercises.

Exercise 1

• Take a book and count the words in any paragraph. Count them again to be sure that it was correct. Start with one paragraph and when it becomes easier count all the words on the page. Perform the counting mentally and only with your eyes

Exercise 2

• Count backwards in your mind from 100 to 1

Exercise 3

• Count in your mind from 100 to 1, stopping each 3 numbers, 100, 97, 94 etc

Exercise 4

• Choose an inspiring word or just a simple sound and repeat it silently in your mind for 5 minutes. When it becomes easier, try 10 minutes

Exercise 5

• Take a fruit, apple for example and look at it from all sides. Concentrate and examine it from all angles. Don’t think of anything but the apple. Just look at it, see it, smell it and touch it.

Exercise 6

• Same as exercise 5. Only this time you visualise the fruit with your eyes closed. Start again with exercise 5 for 5 minutes and then do exercise 6 with your eyes closed. Try to see, feel, taste and smell the fruit.

Exercise 7

• Take a small simple object such as a spoon, a fork or a glass. Concentrate on it and watch the object from all sides without verbalisation, that is, with no words in your mind. Just watch the object without thinking with words about it

Exercise 8

• Draw a small geometrical figure, about 3 inches in size, such as a triangle, a rectangle or a circle. Paint it with any colour you wish and concentrate on it. Only see the figure. Do not think any words, only the figure exists. Watch the figure in front of you and try not to strain your eyes.

Exercise 9

• Same as 8, only this time visualise the figure with your eyes closed. If you forget you can pen your eyes and look at your figure.

Exercise 10

• Same as 9 but with eyes open

Exercise 11

• Try for at least 5 minutes to stay without any thoughts

Secret for success is constant practise, more time you dedicate to the exercises the faster it will come. Reading this article on how to concentrate on studies, how to develop concentration and how to determine concentration will have opened your mind more to possiblities and I hope it helps you greatly. Good luck.

Books I Recommend

Improving your concentration is a wide subject. I've added a few books from Amazon that I found useful in this area and would recommend you to check them out. Especially The Fine Arts of Concentration and Mental Strength.

Craig is a 22-year-old student currently studying psychology at Bournemouth University. He runs a self improvement blog and community filled with useful advice. His main aim is to help people exceed their expectations and reach their true potential. If you enjoyed this post, get free updates via RSS or E-mail.

Useful Links

• How to develop a Super memory
• Good Time Management Skills
• Power of Concentration
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• Discipline Management

Top Questions answered by this article

1. How to concentrate on studies?
2. What's the main reason for poor concentration?
   
3. Will concentration exercises help me?
   
4. How to concentrate without thinking?
   
5. How to concentrate?
   

A. This article is all about how to concentrate on studies, but the main thing I think you should do is to read the section on how to improve your concentration and then start doing the exercises.

A. Main reason that concentration is so unpopular is because we link it to when we were in school and were forced to do things we didn’t enjoy such as studying, which needed concentration. Read more of this paragraph here.

A. Yes, they will. I suggest you check out the small paragraph on how to improve your concentration and then start doing the exercises.

A. Concentrating without thinking is a very hard task to achieve, if at all possible. This is because normally our thoughts drift in and out and have no particular pattern, until we concentrate. This means we consciously do not think about what we’re thinking until we concentrate by trying to solve a problem. I suggest you read more of the article.

A. Even though this article is based on how to concentrate in studies, it will also teach you exactly what you need to improve your concentration overall. I suggest you start from the beginning and read the full article.

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Concentration is Actually Mind-mastery

• Normally our thoughts drift in and out and have no particular pattern until we concentrate
• This means we consciously do not think about what we’re thinking until we concentrate by trying to solve a problem, study or have worries, fears etc

Why do a lot of people find Concentration Hard?

• Main reason that concentration is so unpopular is because we link it to when we were in school and were forced to do things we didn’t enjoy such as studying.

The Benefits you'll gain when you learn How to Develop Concentration

• Control of thoughts
• Peace of mind
• Self-confidence
• Inner strength
• Will power
• The ability to focus your mind
• Better memory
• The ability to decide and carry on your decisions
• Better functioning in daily life, whether at home or work
• The ability to study and comprehend more quickly
• Stop being carried away with every passing thought
• Freedom from needless and annoying thoughts
• Think when you want to, about what you want to think
• Inner happiness
• Help in developing psychic abilities
• More powerful and efficient creative visualisations and guided imagination
• True meditation
• Spiritual enlightenment

How to Develop your Concentration?

• To improve your concentration is exactly the same as improving anything. JUST USE IT!
• If you were to have something that required 10 minutes of concentration a day, you will start seeing drastic improvements in your concentration ability.

Click here for Hints on How to Develop Concentration

Click here to see the Exercises

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written by ranjana, November 18, 2008

its very good

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written by Amka, January 16, 2009

Very useful tips indeed! I will definitly refer this to my friends!

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written by mik3, January 29, 2009

good stuff, i have add and i remember specialists doing this sort of thing. also great for meditating. my only issue with this is the reference to "developing physic abilities". their is no imperial proof of anyone being physic in the history of mankind, ever. other than that good stuff.

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written by nawaz, May 16, 2009

hi plz tel me how to concentrare

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written by jagruth, May 17, 2009

very usefull article,,gave new hope to move on,,,thnq

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written by Koushik Mandal, June 30, 2009

Very Helpful....

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written by Anubhav Jotshi, July 02, 2009

[i am very much impressed 2 read these ex. It is best for every student.
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