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Maintaining Focus
Here are some pointers to help you focus. A shorter version appeared in this weekend's Express newspaper.
When did you last sit down and become absorbed in a book, or hobby? The non-stop world of the internet and mobile phones means paying attention to one task is more difficult than ever before.
Yet we are happier and more efficient when fully engaged with whatever we're doing at one time. Being in a state of 'flow', as it's sometimes called, is well known to musicians and sports people.
As the yoga sage Patanjali said, being totally focused on one aim, or object, is a major part of yoga and meditation, and is practised by practitioners of Eastern religions such as Buddhism and Taoism.
Much of the secret comes down to training our minds, and organising our lives so we are not constantly bombarded by distractions.
