This document provides tips for improving concentration and memory. It defines concentration as directing mental efforts towards a task and memory as the ability to remember information. Good concentration enhances memory by eliminating distractions. The author recommends determining your maximum concentration span by timing how long you can focus before your mind wanders. Suggested ways to increase concentration include sticking to a study routine and schedule, studying in a quiet environment, taking study breaks, avoiding daydreaming, and resisting distractions. Regular practice of these simple techniques can improve concentration as a habit over time.

1. CONCENTRATION
TIPS
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2. What is concentration?
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 To concentrate is to direct your mental powers
or your efforts towards a particular activity,
subject or problem.

3. What is Memory?
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 Memory is the ability to remember information,
experiences and people.

4. Relation between
Concentration & Memory
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 Concentration and memory work hand-in-hand
 We generally practice only skills that improve
our memory but never look at factors that
enhance concentration
 Good concentration will enhance memory

5. Introduction
 The art or practice of concentration is to
eliminate distraction and focus on the task at
hand.
 Do you find that you read through material and
suddenly discover that you have no idea about
what you've just read?
 Or if you attend lectures and have difficulty
paying attention to what is being said?
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 Does your mind flit from one thing to another?
 Do you have trouble focusing on something for
more than a few minutes?

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 Now, if you went to the gym & tried to lift
weights only to find that your arms & legs are
weak & flabby.. Then what do you do?
 You would start exercises to strengthen your
muscles, right?
 Similarly, your mind is a kind of a muscle too!!

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 Just like the muscles in your body, your brain
too needs exercises to tone up its strength of
focus & concentration

9. Determining your concentration
span
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 Go to your study area and get settled
 Read a large section of the text book
belonging to your least favourite subject
 Note the time you start
 Make an effort to LEARN & RECALL the
information you read
 Note the time at which you find your mind
beginning to wander, no matter how little
 This will be your maximum CONCENTRATION
SPAN

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 You will obeserve that your concentration span
varies depending on the subject, how you feel,
your mood, the amount of rest that you have
taken as well as your eating habits
 The study beyond your concentration span is
ineffective
 You may be still reading but your brain will be
losing most of the information it takes in

11. Ways to increase concentration
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 Stick to a routine & study schedule
 Study in a quiet environment
 For a study break, do something different from
what you've been doing (e.g., walk around if
you've been sitting) and in a different area
 Avoid daydreaming by asking yourself
questions about the material as you study it
 Don't try to mix work and play

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 Before lectures, look over the notes of the
previous lecture and read the course material
pertaining to the lecture so that you can anticipate
the main ideas that the teacher will cover
 Show outward interest during lectures (attentive
expression and posture) to self-motivate internal
interest
 Resist distractions by sitting in front of the room
away from disruptive classmates and by focusing
on the teacher by listening intently and note taking
Ways to increase concentration

13. Conclusion
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 These are very simple and easy methods &
should be practiced very religiously
 It will become a habit in the course of time
 This will definitely help you concentrate better

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