How long
can you ignore all distractions and give 100 percent of your attention to one
task? Ten minutes at a time? Thirty minutes? Two hours? Four hours?
We each
have a different concentration threshold. Find out what yours is. How long can
you give one task your undivided attention before you begin to feel saturated,
distracted, or antsy to take care of something else? Study yourself—you may be
surprised what you learn.
At
the height of your threshold, there’s an enveloping feeling that anything would be better than what
you’re currently doing. It’s like your skin no longer fits your body; you’re
jumpy. Or you feel the pull of....