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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...

Personal Development For Students|Self Improvement-The Odd Angle

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Self improvement for students Whenever we discuss about personal development or self improvement we seldom include teenagers or students. we may be living with a notion that these processes does not apply to students but these notions would have been true if we would be talking 50 years ago. But today's students face a lot of issues which has to be taken care of majorly in post COVID time where mental health is severely affected and people are suffering from mental trauma, aloofness, and are stressed out.Thus preparing oneself for countering these problems becomes mandatory for living a happy and prosperous life. A student can never succeed without constant improvement.Here are four aspects which students can work upon for daily self improvement :  1) Concentration As a student moves into new and upgraded grades every year, so the burden of good academic performance increases and complexities of educational concepts raises and to counter it students should try concentra...

5 tips to help you keep your New year's Resolutions

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 Ways to keep your New year resolutions in 2023. Do you know why most people fear Taking new year's resolutions or some Even avoid them you may be one of those? This is because you might have tried taking new year's resolutions but you couldn't keep it and you don't want to taste the feeling of failure or disappointment again. And Today I shall tell you 5 tips that would definitely help you in keeping your new year's resolutions. 1.Optimize your new year resolutions. Too often you take new year resolutions that are taken from internet or by listening to others, this is the reason why going to gym, exercising and book reading are most common resolutions. But to keep your new year resolutions it has to be yours , Don't just take resolutions cause it feels good in posting about good on social media rather it should be your inner urge to take particular new year's resolution. It should coincide with the growth opportunities for you in the year and it has to be o...

How to Make (and keep) New year's Resolutions?

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Best New year's Resolutions ideas 2023. New year's Resolution 2023 Simple New year's Resolutions for students (and work) One more year has passed, Do you remember that you made Resolutions on last New year's day?  Did you keep it? I know your answer is No, you would say, I couldn't get time or i was busy throughout this year to go to gym,I feel sleepy while reading a book and some other excuses. But the truth is you didn't complete or keep your last New year's Resolution because it was not rightly made or rightly set goal for you .  Every person concerned about self improvement and personal development searches following terms on internet - How to keep a New year's Resolution? New year's Resolution ideas. Best Resolutions for me. But even after all search you may not be able to complete your personal development goal Because every year your desire for growth and hunger for success increases and to fulfill this hunger you start making and keeping new ...