Q Hello Sir, I am a 20 year old boy. I am a engineering student. I have problem concentrating while reading. Also i get distracted easily while in the conversation. Also i have habit of postponing every task even if it is simplest task. I forget my tasks easily. Everytime i need to make a note of the task i have to do. This is affecting my studies very badly. Please suggest a cure. Thanks in advance.
Tips for enhancing your ability to learn and remember Pay attention. You cant remember something if you never learned it, and you cant learn something—that is, encode it into your brain—if you dont pay enough attention to it. It takes about eight seconds of intense focus to process a piece of information into your memory. If youre easily distracted, pick a quiet place where you wont be interrupted. Involve as many senses as possible. Try to relate information to colors, textures, smells, and tastes. The physical act of rewriting information can help imprint it onto your brain. Even if youre a visual learner, read out loud what you want to remember. If you can recite it rhythmically, even better. Relate information to what you already know. Connect new data to information you already remember, whether its new material that builds on previous knowledge, or something as simple as an address of someone who lives on a street where you already know someone. For more complex material, focus on understanding basic ideas rather than memorizing isolated details. Practice explaining the ideas to someone else in your own words. Rehearse information youve already learned. Review what youve learned the same day you learn it, and at intervals thereafter. This "spaced rehearsal" is more effective than cramming, especially for retaining what youve learned.