Here’s How To Improve Your Focus (And Stop Distracting Yourself)

You’re not an unfocused person, you just need a little practice

Oh, no.

You’ve got so much work to do, and you really need to just sit down and do it, but you can’t. Every time you try and focus, something else steals your concentration. Maybe it’s your phone reminding you that someone has texted you, or the pile of laundry in the corner that needs to be folded. No matter what it is, it’s a distraction — and it always ends with you not doing what you originally set out to accomplish.

The inability to focus on work is a terrible habit, but one that almost everyone struggles with.

Fortunately, there is a way to improve your concentration— at least, according to Elie Venesky, the author of Hack Your Brain.

“Focus is a muscle, and you can build it,” Elie says. “Too many people labor under the idea that they’re just not focused, and this becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy. Once you drop this mistaken belief, you can take a much more realistic approach to building focus.”

But how do you do this?

Figure out where your focus needs to be at