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Meditation

The ultimate mind tool

Back in the day the term "meditation" was closely related to a specific person profile. When we heard someone talking about meditation we instantly thought that this person is mentally challenged in one way or another, or that he/she is a hippy or something like that.

Today everything has already changed, the concept of meditation has been widely accepted by people and scientifically tested as a medical treatment for psychological and mental illnesses.

What everyone calls mindfulness (mindfulness meditation) is a new concept (yet it already existed more than 2000 years ago) that teaches us exercises that improve well being, physical health and mental health.

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Focus

How to train your focus ability

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When someone tells you to focus they often expect you to magically become able to intensely concetrate in a task or objective regardless of the situation, but in fact, concentration is something you can and have to train in order to do it better, faster, and deeper. Your physical muscles and your attention "muscles" have something in common, both have a limited ammount of strenght and their stamina can be trained in order to make them stronger.