NOT CONCENTRATING

WHAT IT MEANS

• To let your thoughts wander rather than to concentrate on what is being said.
• To give in to physical and mental distractions.

FACTS

• Your brain is 73% water.
• It takes 2% dehydration to affect your attention memory and other cognitive skills.
• We talk at a rate of 120 to 150 words a minute but the brain can process 400 to 800 words a minute
• Makes it harder to listen when your brain can process 400-800 words a minute.
• Multitasking makes you less productive.

MORE FACTS

• Your attention span is 8 seconds.
• Because we still have spare "brain time" we are tempted to interrupt our listening by thinking about other things.
• When you multitask it makes work 50% less valuable & takes 50% longer to finish
• After losing attention from a topic a person may restore it by resting.
• We can only remember 3-4 things simultaneously

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SOURCES

• Bebrainfit.com
• The Art of Public Speaking
• Wikipedia
• Howtogetfocused.com
• Brightside.me
• Google images
• YouTube.com