The Art of Concentration: Practices for Increasing Your Focus and Productivity

The benefits of mastering concentration include total control over our thoughts, mental control, mental peace, self-assurance, willpower, inner strength, enhanced memory, the capacity to learn a great deal and quickly, the ability to make better decisions, increased control over our daily lives, the capacity to be effective and efficient in our work and tasks, and even more, the capacity to utilize the special powers of the mind. These are but a handful of the outcomes that focus can produce.
 

It's easy to compare concentration to piercing a piece of paper with a pencil. The paper will just tear up if the pencil is blunt, and piercing it will be challenging. However, a sharp pencil will readily penetrate the paper, leaving a small, clean hole. It is the same with the mind; if it is not guided or lacks focus, it will be challenging to complete any work. Nonetheless, the mind can accomplish much more with more ease, accuracy, and effectiveness if it is focused and sharp. This book is all about helping you increase your power of concentration. It is about helping you increase your productivity and effectiveness in your daily tasks and activities.