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Boosting Attention and Generating Ideas through Scatter Focus | Hyper Focus by Chris Bailey -The Odd Angle

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Do you also get ideas while sitting on a commode seat or while casually walking and sometimes while washing utensils or maybe during getting a shower. I personally have got many blog ideas and solutions to the problems which I am not thinking consciously while doing such activities of social reproduction. Why do we encounter our creative side when we are actually not engaging consciously with the activities of creation or in production? The answer lies in a concept called Scatterfocus which I have borrowed from Chris Bailey's book Hyperfocus.  What is Scatterfocus? Scatterfocus, as presented in Hyperfocus, is the intentional practice of letting your mind wander freely. It's the opposite of hyperfocus, where you concentrate intensely on a single task. Scatterfocus allows your mind to explore various ideas and make unexpected connections without the pressure of achieving a specific outcome. Bailey calls it "Scatterfocus" because in it, our attention scatters to focus on...

Can Detachment Bring Peace ? | Detachment as key to Inner Peace | The Odd Angle

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  Can Detachment actually bring peace? I, Rahul and Ravi the trinity of school friends planned a fair visit in Gwalior last week. Ravi who recently finished his trimester came home in vacation while I have been enjoying vacations for last 8 days. I personally like spending time with these fellows it's flow of ideas, knowledge and wisdom. Even experiences with them has been learning one.  As most of the fairs in India, this fair has wide range of options to experience thrill on swings. So we decided to get on giant Boat swing though Ravi has never been on it, he feared and I was also a bit anxious but Rahul was excited.  To experience adventure we got into this giant iron boat, Rahul insisted to go at the high end but terrified Ravi and feared me insisted to sit in the middle, still rahul could convince us to go to high end, I and Ravi sat and grabbed the seat very tightly, tightened our safety belt while Rahul was sitting relaxed behind us. initially it was slow, we shout...

Challenges in online classes: issues students face in remote learning.

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  No more online classes for education Last two years have not been pleasant for humans as the world was shutdown due to which Education was shifted from in person to remote learning during covid-19 . During this phase many of you could not attend last days of your school life in school. Many of you might not have got farewell. Many of you have even completed two years of college degree without even having sight of your institute. Moreover you might not have got fresher's party. But as the world was recovering so was the hope of students increasing to attend inperson / offline classes but the updated version of covid 19 or omicron variant has put reopening of colleges under suspicion. Today let's evaluate  How much this decision of closing educational institutions is justifying? 1. Psychological effects  Are you also overburdened with the assignments? Do you also feel lonely at home? Do you also get bored in online classes? If the answer is yes then you are no different t...

4 tips to end negativities now.

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Tackling Negativities and finding Peace. Image credit   Unsplash How many times in your day you feel drained out because of a problem or negativities ,you get pissed off and you don't see yourself out of the vicious circle of problems or negativities .  First thing you should know that we every one face this situation very casually and you are not the only one feeling this way or facing this situation .  Today I shall share with you the method which I use to overcome daily hurdles in my life or negativities that pull you back from achieving daily success . 1. Focus on possibilities No matter what you want to persue, always try to unveil your creativity and thoughts,look around your self and know what's happening in world about this field .Find possibilities to perform special and once you believe "I can perform special" Miracle takes place. 2. Find what excites you You should know what is that really pushes you forward without the feeling of sacrifice? Some people ca...

What causes depression? and How to fight depression?

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Depression was never personal. People are compelled by others to go in depression. What if i tell you that depression was never a personal individual phenomena it is more socially imposed disorder and today i will tell you the impact of society on  individual's mental health and how people compel you to go depressed? 1.EMOTIONAL FACTOR you might be facing the situations which would be hurting you emotionally and may leave you in sorrow and you may get depressed such as death of a loved one, breakup or rejection might affect you emotionally. 2. PHYSICAL OR HEALTH RELATED you might be facing health issues which might affect you emotionally as well ,such as when you are diagnosed with cancer. 3. EXCESSIVE COMPETITION you might get depressed due to excessive and unnecessary competition around you, Most of students feel depressed due to competition ,they set high standards for themselves or their parents insist them to compete and get first position and when the students do not fulfil...

Feelings and emotions involved in Depression (Depression symptoms and causes).

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  Every one is familiar with the word DEPRESSION and you might be upset or depressed at some point of your life may be not , but I faced  it . And this word depression became very confusing for me  to determine whether it is normal mood off or THE DEPRESSION. so I decided to guide you for this and you won't get confused. DEPRESSION is a mood disorder (MOOD : means at a specific time how do we feel) which generally persists for two weeks. While normal depression is temporary and you can consider it as normal upset behaviour. When you suffer with depression these feelings might encounter you . 1. SADNESS   when you continuously feel sad and you no longer feel happy and energetic you might be depressed. 2. HOPELESSNESS  when you feel there is no hope to live and you don't have any way of getting out of any problem and  you feel hopeless , this might be feeling associated with depression. 3. HELPLESSNESS  when you believe that there is nothing you can...

How to take care of mental health?

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The mental health issue is a drastic and most trending issue nowadays. No one wants to mull over it. As we all are busy in this materialistic world where competition is more important than any other thing, we are so indulged in competing that we are forgetting our mental well-being. Nowadays the problems of depression and anxiety have became a common thing. We can't even imagine that sometimes the person we know very closely is facing these problems. Sometimes our friends, relatives,even our family members with whom we live 24*7 are suffering from these mental health issues. They seem happy from the outside but they are depressed internally.  Talking about the causes there are many reasons that causes mental health issues. some COMMON TRIGGERS are; #Causes of depression  Loss of a loved one through death, divorce or separation.Social isolation or feeling of being deprived.Major life changes; moving, graduation, job change, retirement.One of the immense reason is a too high exp...