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		<title>Steps to Increase Your Focus</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[When we&#8217;re doing our tasks/projects sometimes we found ourselves doing things that is totally unrelated with our current tasks, making our current tasks seems endless.
below I will give you some tips that I hope can help you on focusing more on your current tasks/projects.

Make sure that your body is well prepared for the current task/project.
Believe [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When we&#8217;re doing our <strong>tasks</strong>/<strong>projects </strong>sometimes we found ourselves doing things that is <strong>totally unrelated</strong> with our <strong>current tasks</strong>, making our current tasks seems <strong>endless</strong>.</p>
<p>below I will give you some <strong>tips </strong>that I hope can help you on <strong>focusing more</strong> on your current tasks/projects.</p>
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<li><strong>Make sure that your </strong><strong>body is well prepared for the current task/project</strong>.<br />
Believe me when your body isn&#8217;t feeling so well, it would be really hard to <strong>concentrate</strong>, it&#8217;s better for you to get <strong>enough rest</strong> and therefor  increase your <strong>effectiveness</strong>, rather than forcing yourself through the project. but of course if you&#8217;re on a tight deadline you may want to skip this step.<br />
<strong>note</strong>: please differentiate between not having a fit body and laziness.</li>
<li><strong>Remove any possible distraction from you.</strong><br />
There are lots of things that could make us off-track from our current task, so be sure to remove any of it before starting your task. here are some of it :</p>
<ul>
<li>Turning off your <strong>TV</strong>/<strong>Radio </strong>unless you work better with noises (as some of us do).</li>
<li>If you&#8217;re working on a <strong>computer</strong>, turn off all of unrelated <strong>programs</strong>/<strong>application</strong>, and any unnecessary <strong>website </strong>that doesn&#8217;t have anything to do with your current task  -and yes that would include <strong>social site</strong>, <strong>news feeder</strong>, and <strong>email </strong>too-.</li>
<li><strong>Have only related items on your desk</strong>, put away everything else that would distract you. Keep it <strong>clean</strong>, <strong>simple</strong> and <strong>related</strong>.</li>
<li>Put a &#8220;<strong>don&#8217;t disturb</strong>&#8221; sign on your door, or just tell them that your don&#8217;t want to be disturb for the current time so your family would understand, and I&#8217;m sure they would gladly support you.</li>
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<li><strong>Create a plan for your tasks.</strong><br />
I know this would take time on its own, but trust me its worthed since this can help you to <strong>keep track </strong>with your <strong>current tasks</strong>.  Here are some <strong>tips for creating your plan</strong>.</p>
<ul>
<li>Understand what is the <strong>overall tasks</strong>, and break them down into <strong>smaller task</strong>.</li>
<li>If it&#8217;s a big project and you wouldn&#8217;t be able to finish it for a day, then <strong>insert those mini tasks</strong> into your <strong>day planning</strong>.</li>
<li>Set a mini deadline for each of the small tasks use a timer, and <strong>give small rewards</strong> to yourself each time you finish one, like stretch your body or just get a fresh air for a minute.</li>
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<li><strong>Put the plan in a place when you can see it all the time</strong> (when your doing your tasks).</li>
<li><strong>Now act! act! act!</strong>, those previous step would become useless if you don&#8217;t <strong>act</strong>, do your tasks with <strong>discipline </strong>and <strong>stick to your plan </strong>but don&#8217;t be to strict to yourself, remember plans were made to <strong>keep us on track</strong>, not to make us like a <strong>programmed </strong>robot <img src='http://iamgeni.us/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> .</li>
<li><strong>Give yourself another rewards</strong>, for finishing your tasks on the end of the day, finishing half of your project, and fully completed your project. The point is to <strong>keep yourself motivated</strong>.</li>
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<p>Cheers, and keep on focus <img src='http://iamgeni.us/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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