Our best tips for improving concentration

While the use of instant messaging is now the norm in workplace communication, it seems increasingly more challenging to be interrupted while doing something. As a result, concentration levels are dropping, impacting productivity at work. With the start of the new school year, have you made some good resolutions and want to boost your concentration?

Today, we give you more tips for improving your concentration at work, and we also provide you with an update on how to use legal cannabis. Meanwhile, we would like to remind you that marijuana is still illegal. Still, the weed seeds market is growing, and suppliers like Sensoryseeds allow you to order cannabis seeds legally… but you can’t legally grow them in France!

Choosing the proper workspace: essential for concentration

If you want to concentrate on your work, you need a well-organised, quiet and well-lit environment. In short, places that limit disturbances and distractions. If you work in an open-plan office, try to isolate yourself in a meeting room to carry out an assignment requiring a high concentration level. If your desk needs to be more tidy, our article How to organise your desk at work will give you some valuable tips for tidying it up.

Postpone all non-urgent tasks to the following week

Easier said than done, but identifying the week’s primary objectives (urgency) and postponing everything else (non-urgent) until the following week helps me see things more clearly and focus on what matters. If you ever have trouble differentiating between urgent and important tasks because they’re two very different things, don’t hesitate to use the Eisenower Matrix.

The art of taking a break

You don’t have to go and play dodgeball to have a break. Breaks are essential, and author Tony Schwartz, head of the wellness firm Energy Project, has made them his hobbyhorse. Based on several scientific studies, Schwartz suggests working for 90 minutes and then taking a break to exercise, eat, have a nap, and so on.

Why 90 minutes? It’s the cycle length during which a human’s energy fluctuates from total concentration to fatigue.

If you use a computer to work, add the 20-20-20 technique to your breaks. Every 20 minutes, stare at an object about 20 metres away for 20 seconds. This will take the pressure off your eyes and prevent the screen from hindering your concentration.

Asynchronous communication

Asynchronous communication is time-shifted communication that does not take place face-to-face and is not direct. Exchanges via email, Messenger or applications like Slack are good examples.

If you want to concentrate, you can reply later and close the notifications on these platforms just long enough to complete a few tasks and return to them later. Asynchronous communication lets you take control of your time!

Put on some music

I’m not talking about music with lyrics because that could have the opposite effect. These days, I’m fuelled by the theme of the talented pianist Alexandra Stréliski. I also frequently listen to music that includes binaural sounds. This type of sound is extremely powerful because it immediately boosts energy, optimises concentration and accelerates learning.

Change your focus when you lose it

What I mean here is that when you hit a wall, even if you’re working on a super-important task or project, give yourself the right and flexibility to take a break, a day off or focus on something for a while and come back to it a little later. I guarantee you’ll be more efficient!

Two eggs and bacon!

A balanced breakfast gives you the attention you need at work and helps you perform better. Carbohydrates fuel the brain, and proteins provide energy for several hours.

How does CBD affect our productivity?

Known for its virtues for the body and mind, CBD is very famous throughout the world. But how can it help increase our motivation and relieve us of the various ailments that have a negative impact on our performance? We’ll quickly explain.

CBD increases concentration, vitality and performance

CBD reduces stress, allowing you to concentrate more on your work. CBD acts as a neurotransmitter that stimulates serotonin. By acting on the production of serotonin, it relieves stress and all its side effects, which have a negative effect on concentration. CBD helps you concentrate and increase your attention span. Instead of thinking about deadlines and external factors, it lets you focus on your work.

As far as vitality is concerned, CBD is a cannabinoid. It directly affects the cells of the nervous and digestive systems, which increases energy, unlike traditional anxiolytics. It is, therefore, ideal for combating fatigue at work … and CBD is legal in the UK while marijuana is still illegal!