Why your attention keeps slipping away (and how to get it back)

sciart0
Sep 18
1 min read

Strengthen your focus like a muscle.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

Modern life scatters our attention across endless “urgent” demands, often leaving us busy but unproductive.
It can help to think of attention as a set of trainable muscles — visual focus, connection to the future, obstacle planning, and cognitive flexibility.
Strengthening these muscles lets you direct your attention intentionally, turning focus into a skill that makes achieving goals far more likely.

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