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Once you are attentive to the task at hand, the next step to learning something fast is mastering the art of concentration. Concentration is the ability to tune something in and all others out. It enables you to think clearly and as a consequence, to remember more. In the exercise to improve your attention, you will notice that once you were in a relaxed state, you quickly wanted to move on to another thing. Your mind was thinking about something else other than your targeted goal. Your attention is dynamic. It keeps shifting, focusing on one thing every few moments. This is normal because it gives your mind the sense of continuity.

Try the following exercise:

– Read the following stream of numbers to yourself.

– Each time you finish a line, close your eyes and repeat the numbers.

2 8 4 7 1

3 8 2 9 4 3

4 2 5 2 6 3 7

5 7 4 2 7 2 7 3

3 1 4 8 4 7 3 6 9 2 6 0 5 2 1 6 0

– How many numbers can you recall easily?

If you are like most of us, you will find it easy to remember 5 digits but when it gets longer, you find it almost impossible to remember. Research shows that most people can deal with seven discrete bits of information at a go. You can look at a 7 digit phone number and register it pretty quickly. More than that and you have to write it somewhere.

To increase your attention span, you can re-organize the data into groups that make sense to you.

– Take a 13-digit stream of numbers.

– Divide into 6 digits and 7 digits.

– Associate the first 6 to an address (or something you relate to).

– Associate the next 7 to another address.