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As far as I know, anyway- they could be doing absolutely nothing, which would still be fine because it's free. Mind Hacks News, Videos, Reviews and Gossip - Lifehacker. Mind Hacks News, Videos, Reviews and Gossip - Lifehacker. Train Your Brain to Focus - Paul Hammerness, MD, and Margaret Moore. By Paul Hammerness, MD, and Margaret Moore | 1:32 PM January 18, 2012 Next time you are sitting in a meeting, take a look around.

The odds are high that you will see your colleagues checking screens, texting, and emailing while someone is talking or making a presentation. Many of us are proud of our prowess in multitasking, and wear it like a badge of honor. Multitasking may help us check off more things on our to-do lists. But it also makes us more prone to making mistakes, more likely to miss important information and cues, and less likely to retain information in working memory, which impairs problem solving and creativity. Over the past decade, advances in neuroimaging have been revealing more and more about how the brain works. Here are three ways you can start to improve your focus.

Tame your frenzy. Frenzy is an emotional state, a feeling of being a little (or a lot) out of control. What can you do? What can your team do? Apply the brakes. What can you do? What can your team do? Mind Hacks News, Videos, Reviews and Gossip - Lifehacker. How to Ditch Big Brother and Disappear Forever.