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How to Focus and Master Distractions
Summary
Mastering focus and overcoming distractions are crucial for effective GRE preparation. This guide offers practical strategies for setting up a conducive study environment, maintaining concentration, and staying motivated.
- Understanding the challenges of focusing in a rapid-fire society and strategies to overcome them.
- Tips for setting up a distraction-free study space, including scheduling study time around existing activities and facing a wall or window.
- Recommendations for finding your ideal study rhythm, with a focus on the 50 minutes of study followed by a 10-minute break rule, and adjustments for those with ADD or ADHD.
- Strategies to improve concentration, such as taking notes, doodling, breathing techniques, reading aloud, and writing large during math problems.
- Maintaining motivation by constantly reminding yourself of your long-term goals and rewards, and tracking your study progress visually.
Chapters
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Understanding Focus Challenges
00:36
Setting Up Your Study Space
03:35
Finding Your Ideal Study Rhythm
06:13
Improving Concentration
08:18
Maintaining Motivation
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