It takes effort to focus. In a world filled with distractions you need to take ownership over your ability to concentrate. Attention spans are getting shorter and shorter. Here are some examples:

• A factor to Twitter’s success is that tweets are limited to 140 characters.
• A new social media app called Vine allows users to share videos which are only six seconds long.
• A friend shares a YouTube video that’s five minutes long and you immediately cringe at the video’s length.
• Golf and classic board games are losing their appeal to younger generations.
• A large number of behind the wheel look down while driving because they’re fidgeting on their phones.
• Books and articles are featuring larger print, shorter chapters, and are sometimes broken up into spaced-out sentences so the reader feels like they’re conquering the material quickly.
  • One of my favorite Family Guy quotes is from Lois Griffin explaining Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code:
    

    “Oh and the chapters are only about two pages long so you feel really smart when you read it.”

• Did you check your phone or open a new internet tab while reading the beginning of this article? (At least you made it this far!)

The wandering mind is a problem for many. How can you buck this trend and Continue Reading