{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F2512ad3d-8c8f-4a3d-bcd0-1f3fc8ea760b","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"<iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px;\" title=\"061: FOCUS: A Key To High Performance\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"clipboard-write\" seamless src=\"http://player.captivate.fm/episode/2512ad3d-8c8f-4a3d-bcd0-1f3fc8ea760b\"></iframe>","title":"061: FOCUS: A Key To High Performance","description":"FOCUS <br />\nA Key To High Performance!<br />\nFocus, we think the problem is that our brains are distracted, but through the research, Chris found that it wasn\u2019t that our brains were distracted, it was that our brains are OVER STIMULATED!<br />\nI went to a seminar this past Saturday to see Meditation Master and Mind-Body trainer Ilchi Lee. He was promoting his new book CONNECT.<br />\nThe whole concept of the book is to go inward and connect to your true self, which is where all your true health, happiness and peace comes from!<br />\nChris Bailey &#8211; TEDx<br />\nHow to focus in a world of distractions<br />\nThis overstimulation is ironically causing us to Crave Distraction!<br />\nOur brains love these little distractions of social media, bits of information and emails<br />\nThere is a mechanism in our mind called The Novelty Bias &#8211; in which our minds will hit us with a dose of Dopamine (those pleasure chemicals)<br />\nTHE BIG TAKEAWAY is that our Minds actually Reward us for seeking out and finding distractions!<br />\nHe found that it takes our minds about 8 days to calm down when we start to detox from all these daily distractions<br />\nAttention Span Expanded where he could focus more effortlessly, not because he had less daily distractions around him, but that due to his mind being less stimulated, it didn\u2019t seek out distractions!<br />\nHe also got more Ideas and Plans that came to him which hadn\u2019t before, because his mind had a chance to wander more often than it had before<br />\n\u201cNot all those who wander are lost.\u201d\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0J. R. R. Tolkien<br />\nHe calls SCATTER FOCUS &#8211; research shows that by letting our mind wander it lets us come up with plans and ideas that we wouldn\u2019t other come up with do to being distracted by our electronic devices. (phones, computers, TVs)<br />\nCouple Tips For You:<br />\n<br />\nNext time you are waiting for a meeting don\u2019t look at your phone<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nWhen waiting in line, don\u2019t look at your phone<br />\n<br />\n2 Fundamental shifts when it comes to our ATTENTION<br />\n<br />\nWe DON\u2019T need to fit more in to our daily lives! We do so much that our mind never wanders anymore.<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nStop thinking that DISTRACTION is the enemy of Focus and realize that it is OVERSTIMULATION.<br />\n<br />\n2 Week Challenge &#8211; disconnect from technology for awhile. Unplug, Technology Detox like many are calling it today and watch what happens to your ideas that come up<br />\n**\u201dThe state of our attention is what determines the state of our lives.\u201d &#8211; Chris Bailey<br />\nRESOURCES:<br />\nChris Bailey&#8217;s TEDx Talk:\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu4Yvq-g7_Y\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu4Yvq-g7_Y</a><br />\nIlchi Lee&#8217;s website:\u00a0<a href=\"http://ilchi.com/\" target=\"_blank\">http://ilchi.com/</a><br />\nIlchi Lee&#8217;s new book Connect:\u00a0<a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Connect-Clarity-Expand-Consciousness-Meditation-ebook/dp/B07S93FS42/ref=sr_1_4?\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.amazon.com/Connect-Clarity-Expand-Consciousness-Meditation-ebook/dp/B07S93FS42/ref=sr_1_4?</a><br />","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/e89bbfb4-23de-429c-a162-641187255d05/tmm-new-podcast-cover-art-2.jpg"}