How do you manage focus and attention?

Playing at an elite level in any industry requires immense focus and attention. At any given time, our senses detect information from millions of sources: images through our eyes, sounds through our ears, aromas through our nose, pressure and temperature on our skin, our emotions, our body movements, and, often most importantly, thoughts running through our heads. Millions of signals each second.

What information gets through depends on what we focus on. Efficient focus/concentration helps us select the information that matters in the moment and allow us to perform at our best.

Albeit, we all struggle with this one thing. Companies pay millions to get experts in to train their employees on how to focus and maintain attention.

What are your strategies for maintaining focus and attention? Do you have any tips throughout the day that you use to regain that focus when you dip away?

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