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  • S suzyb

    Anyone have any ideas how to improve your concentration. For the past week and a half I have had the attention span of a goldfish and desperately need to regain the ability to concentrate before my boss comes back from holiday and notices how little work I've done. If I had a better memory I would remember more.

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    wrykyn
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    I've heard heavy thinkers talk about meditation and martial arts as ways to improve your concentration. Generally I've found that playing helps...(not exhausting drop dead workouts). It helps clear your mind, takes pressure off and there's the added benefit of good health " Why oh why didn't I take the blue pill ? "

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    • S suzyb

      Anyone have any ideas how to improve your concentration. For the past week and a half I have had the attention span of a goldfish and desperately need to regain the ability to concentrate before my boss comes back from holiday and notices how little work I've done. If I had a better memory I would remember more.

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      Nish Nishant
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      Sleep more, eat less should do it I guess. Nish


      Now with my own blog - void Nish(char* szBlog); My MVP tips, tricks and essays web site - www.voidnish.com

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        Anyone have any ideas how to improve your concentration. For the past week and a half I have had the attention span of a goldfish and desperately need to regain the ability to concentrate before my boss comes back from holiday and notices how little work I've done. If I had a better memory I would remember more.

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        Jeff Varszegi
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        Better living through chemistry: DMAE Take any claims made for any unregulated substance with a grain of salt. I've tried this myself, and it decreased my need for sleep quite a bit, and did expand my memory somewhat; I was able to memorize twenty-long random strings of characters immediately, something I can't normally do. Many people report an increase in attention span, but to that I can't attest because my attention span is really long anyway. A friend also tried it, and we both had the feeling that ideas just bubbled up endlessly, at a very fast pace, while we were on the stuff (he still is). In my case, it made me very talkative. I quit taking it after a while because I only did it as an experiment in the first place, and it made me sort of jittery, like I'd had too much coffee (over and above the three pots I normally drink in a day). Do NOT take this stuff if you have bipolar disorder or are depressed, or are taking any sort of medicine that mucks with your brain chemistry, especially with the production of neurotransmitters. From what I understand, DMAE acts as a precursor to choline, which is a precursor itself to acetylcholine, a pretty major neurotransmitter. Regards, Jeff Varszegi

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        • S suzyb

          Anyone have any ideas how to improve your concentration. For the past week and a half I have had the attention span of a goldfish and desperately need to regain the ability to concentrate before my boss comes back from holiday and notices how little work I've done. If I had a better memory I would remember more.

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          Mauricio Ritter
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          I go to the gym everyday... it helps me a lot. :cool: Mauricio Ritter - Brazil Sonorking now: 100.13560 MRitter
          English is not my native language so, if you find any spelling erros in my posts, please let me know.

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          • S suzyb

            Anyone have any ideas how to improve your concentration. For the past week and a half I have had the attention span of a goldfish and desperately need to regain the ability to concentrate before my boss comes back from holiday and notices how little work I've done. If I had a better memory I would remember more.

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            Gary Ash
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            Have you tried ear plugs? My buddy loaned me his old shooting (head phone looking) ear plugs worked great gb

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            • J Jeff Varszegi

              Better living through chemistry: DMAE Take any claims made for any unregulated substance with a grain of salt. I've tried this myself, and it decreased my need for sleep quite a bit, and did expand my memory somewhat; I was able to memorize twenty-long random strings of characters immediately, something I can't normally do. Many people report an increase in attention span, but to that I can't attest because my attention span is really long anyway. A friend also tried it, and we both had the feeling that ideas just bubbled up endlessly, at a very fast pace, while we were on the stuff (he still is). In my case, it made me very talkative. I quit taking it after a while because I only did it as an experiment in the first place, and it made me sort of jittery, like I'd had too much coffee (over and above the three pots I normally drink in a day). Do NOT take this stuff if you have bipolar disorder or are depressed, or are taking any sort of medicine that mucks with your brain chemistry, especially with the production of neurotransmitters. From what I understand, DMAE acts as a precursor to choline, which is a precursor itself to acetylcholine, a pretty major neurotransmitter. Regards, Jeff Varszegi

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              :cool: Due to technical difficulties my previous signature, "I see dumb people" will be off until further notice. Too many people were thinking I was talking about them... :sigh:

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                Sleep more, eat less should do it I guess. Nish


                Now with my own blog - void Nish(char* szBlog); My MVP tips, tricks and essays web site - www.voidnish.com

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                Mauricio Ritter
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                Nishant S wrote: Sleep more Sleep is boring... :zzz: Mauricio Ritter - Brazil Sonorking now: 100.13560 MRitter
                English is not my native language so, if you find any spelling erros in my posts, please let me know.

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                  :cool: Due to technical difficulties my previous signature, "I see dumb people" will be off until further notice. Too many people were thinking I was talking about them... :sigh:

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                  Mauricio Ritter
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                  get your brain cooling fans ready ! ;P Mauricio Ritter - Brazil Sonorking now: 100.13560 MRitter
                  English is not my native language so, if you find any spelling erros in my posts, please let me know.

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                    get your brain cooling fans ready ! ;P Mauricio Ritter - Brazil Sonorking now: 100.13560 MRitter
                    English is not my native language so, if you find any spelling erros in my posts, please let me know.

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                    Daniel Turini
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                    aka :beer: Due to technical difficulties my previous signature, "I see dumb people" will be off until further notice. Too many people were thinking I was talking about them... :sigh:

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                    • S suzyb

                      Anyone have any ideas how to improve your concentration. For the past week and a half I have had the attention span of a goldfish and desperately need to regain the ability to concentrate before my boss comes back from holiday and notices how little work I've done. If I had a better memory I would remember more.

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                      Daniel Turini
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                      1. Uninstall or disable your web browser. 2. Uninstall any IM programs. 3. Uninstall any e-mail programs. 4. Uninstall any games. 5. WTF are you doing here? Get back to work now! :-D Due to technical difficulties my previous signature, "I see dumb people" will be off until further notice. Too many people were thinking I was talking about them... :sigh:

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                      • S suzyb

                        Anyone have any ideas how to improve your concentration. For the past week and a half I have had the attention span of a goldfish and desperately need to regain the ability to concentrate before my boss comes back from holiday and notices how little work I've done. If I had a better memory I would remember more.

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                        Marcie Jones
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                        Sometimes some good old-fashioned time management can help: Getting Things Done Marcie http://www.codeproject.com

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                          Anyone have any ideas how to improve your concentration. For the past week and a half I have had the attention span of a goldfish and desperately need to regain the ability to concentrate before my boss comes back from holiday and notices how little work I've done. If I had a better memory I would remember more.

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                          Jason Henderson
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                          Well, the first thing you have to do is... I'm sorry, what were you talking about?

                          "We have done so much in the last 2 years, and it doesn't happen by standing around with your finger in your ear, hoping everyone thinks that that's nice." - Donald Rumsfeld

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                          • S suzyb

                            Anyone have any ideas how to improve your concentration. For the past week and a half I have had the attention span of a goldfish and desperately need to regain the ability to concentrate before my boss comes back from holiday and notices how little work I've done. If I had a better memory I would remember more.

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                            Bee Master
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                            Go on holiday the day your boss returns. Nothing like a nice vacation. :cool: //Start of joke Never comment ur code. If it was hard to write, it should be hard to understand !!! //End of joke

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                              Go on holiday the day your boss returns. Nothing like a nice vacation. :cool: //Start of joke Never comment ur code. If it was hard to write, it should be hard to understand !!! //End of joke

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                              suzyb
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                              Fortunatly I do have a long weekend this weekend so hopefully I'll manage to avoid my boss till Friday. ;) If I had a better memory I would remember more.

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                                Fortunatly I do have a long weekend this weekend so hopefully I'll manage to avoid my boss till Friday. ;) If I had a better memory I would remember more.

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                                Bee Master
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                                Suzanne Boyle wrote: If I had a better memory I would remember more Hope you don't forget your long weekend ;P //Start of joke Never comment ur code. If it was hard to write, it should be hard to understand !!! //End of joke

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                                • S suzyb

                                  Anyone have any ideas how to improve your concentration. For the past week and a half I have had the attention span of a goldfish and desperately need to regain the ability to concentrate before my boss comes back from holiday and notices how little work I've done. If I had a better memory I would remember more.

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                                  Alvaro Mendez
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                                  I suggest you figure out why you can't concentrate. Is it the noise, is something troubling your mind, is the work load or complexity too daunting? Find out what the problem is and see if you can eliminate it. That's what I would do first. Regards, Alvaro


                                  Give a man a fish, he owes you one fish. Teach a man to fish, you give up your monopoly on fisheries.

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                                    Anyone have any ideas how to improve your concentration. For the past week and a half I have had the attention span of a goldfish and desperately need to regain the ability to concentrate before my boss comes back from holiday and notices how little work I've done. If I had a better memory I would remember more.

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                                    David Crow
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                                    I would suggest not opening your e-mail client, or a browser for that matter. You might go so far as to ask your IT manager to temporarily disable your IP address from the firewall. Extreme? Yes, but it will cut down on the distractions.


                                    "The pointy end goes in the other man." - Antonio Banderas (Zorro, 1998)

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                                      Anyone have any ideas how to improve your concentration. For the past week and a half I have had the attention span of a goldfish and desperately need to regain the ability to concentrate before my boss comes back from holiday and notices how little work I've done. If I had a better memory I would remember more.

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                                      Lost User
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                                      Music - a good blast of Aerosmith clears the mind :cool: OK, not always a lot left afterwards.... The tigress is here :-D

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                                        Nishant S wrote: Sleep more Sleep is boring... :zzz: Mauricio Ritter - Brazil Sonorking now: 100.13560 MRitter
                                        English is not my native language so, if you find any spelling erros in my posts, please let me know.

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                                        devvvy
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                                        how boring can it be when you're not aware of it Norman Fung

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                                          Better living through chemistry: DMAE Take any claims made for any unregulated substance with a grain of salt. I've tried this myself, and it decreased my need for sleep quite a bit, and did expand my memory somewhat; I was able to memorize twenty-long random strings of characters immediately, something I can't normally do. Many people report an increase in attention span, but to that I can't attest because my attention span is really long anyway. A friend also tried it, and we both had the feeling that ideas just bubbled up endlessly, at a very fast pace, while we were on the stuff (he still is). In my case, it made me very talkative. I quit taking it after a while because I only did it as an experiment in the first place, and it made me sort of jittery, like I'd had too much coffee (over and above the three pots I normally drink in a day). Do NOT take this stuff if you have bipolar disorder or are depressed, or are taking any sort of medicine that mucks with your brain chemistry, especially with the production of neurotransmitters. From what I understand, DMAE acts as a precursor to choline, which is a precursor itself to acetylcholine, a pretty major neurotransmitter. Regards, Jeff Varszegi

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                                          devvvy
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                                          Jeff Varszegi wrote: I was able to memorize twenty-long random strings of characters immediately, something I can't normally do. I can even encrypt 20 strings! Norman Fung

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