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Causes of lack of
concentration
One of the main causes of missing of
what you are reading is a lack
ofconcentration. When your
attention wanders words slip by and
leave you with little memory of what
you have read. You may go through
the motions of reading and studying,
sometimes for hours at a time but
end up with poor results.
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A major cause of not concentrating is not being interested in the work.If you are
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studying something you really want to, your attention generally will remain keen.
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Fear of failure is another reason for poor concentration. Often the thought of
failing an exam or assisgnment starts to take more time than the actual study and
this in turn adds to your worry.

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Here is a list of suggestions which will help you improve your

power of concentration
1. Select a place you like to study and where there are few distractions

2. Plan your study time so that you will have enough time to finish your work.

3. Make sure that you have all the materials and resources you need to finish the
assignment.

4. Develop a positive mental attitude to the task ahead. Think about finishing your
work and try to do well.

5. Remember your purpose for studying and make this your goal. Question
yourself about what you are studying and then read actively for the answers.

6. Work in short sessions of forty to fifty minutes and take regular breaks to avoid
getting tired.

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7. Make notes and summaries of the main points you are studying and refer to
them to check your progress

8. Break your work into smaller units of study and mark each unit off as you
complete it.

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Comments 167 comments Follow (4)

manasa 2 weeks ago

Thanx a lot.I wil try to follow dis n achieve my goal n my lyf...

sallu 2 weeks ago

thankx.....helpful post

Devang 6 weeks ago

Ok I vill try this...I wish it will work because I really need help and I hav no
option

RJ 7 weeks ago

I will definately try this thanks

Amjad sial 2 months ago

useful for those who are de tracked from their goals

vishnu 7 months ago

thank you so much for improving it is a good friend for us

AdventurousDave 7 months ago

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I love these tips on improving concentration :-)

Kevin Mincher has a brilliant strategy for improving your concentration. He

coaches students to connect with their 'purpose'. When you identify what's
driving you and believe in your ability to learn, then you improve your
performance. You can watch Kevin's videos
athttp://getthegradesyouwant.com/

Rati 8 months ago

Thank s a lot.

Nivetha 8 months ago

These are very good. But it's a difficult task to follow them. Hope I will

Aastha 9 months ago

Ok i will try out these tips. I think these will help me.Thanks for posting
these tips. =)

Curtis 10 months ago

very resourceful this information helped me a lot and will certainly help in
the future.

likhita 11 months ago

useful its really working

prasanth.india 11 months ago

Not so good needed much more attention

aklesh 11 months ago

share it all student right now

Ravi kumar gupta 11 months ago

this is so good............& very usefull..

jinnuperfect 12 months ago

it helps me out

kushal 12 months ago

pretty much usefull...

ritika 12 months ago

this was really helpful......!!!!

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pooja 13 months ago

I am a medical student n had given my final year exam but unfortunately i

have failed in one of my paper although i had prepared well for the subject
but due to some out of syllabus question n the change in the question
pattern i have failed by 4 mark . M feeling too depressed n cant
concentrate .Most of my friends hv cleared the xam . But i hope all d above
tips help me to pass my paper. thank s

Kiran shrestha 13 months ago

I really appreciate with the given clues and statement if we go on with the
given clues we can sucess. And iam an +2 student of REHDON higher
secondary scool,samakhusi,kathmandu,Nepal.

Utkarsh Joshi 14 months ago

i hope it'll help to get rid of my bad concentration..........

yunus 14 months ago

fantastic

mishel 15 months ago

thanks for these useful tips

honey-smarty800 15 months ago

actually ...previously I was a topper but due to sooo many distractions

around me m just average.....after reading these tips i got motivation and i
ll try my best to regain my earlier position....

all the best to the others too....

anyways thanks for these brilliant tips

HOPE THEY WORK WITH ME :)

narender kaur 15 months ago

It is very useful.I like this very much.

sonam 15 months ago

I hope i will follow these instrucitons and i will get a good result in my
exams.Thanks for giving good tips in studies.

hghghghghg 16 months ago

thanks you this really helped

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vineela 16 months ago

it helped me to gain more concentration than before .thanks a lot.

taran singh 16 months ago

nic tips but i cant under stand when i am siting for study 15 to 20 min i will
read that all i learn that but some time later my mind is distract for study i
think about which things i need in my life like love , sports bike or money .
pls help me tell my problem

jakie(mahi) 16 months ago

nice tips frm u sir....i wil be able 2 cary ur words

rahul 16 months ago

superrr vry nice thanks for giving valuable information on how to study
thanks...

ronith 16 months ago

it helps us very effectively and helps us to achieve our goals.

samana basnet 17 months ago

superb ideas its really works and it is fruitful to me

Pavitra 17 months ago

It was very useful.Thanks a lot

Neeraj 17 months ago

nice instructions

nidhi pandey 18 months ago

NOW I AM ABLE TO CONCENTRATE ON MY STUDIES.

Antu 18 months ago

It really works. . .so helpful

student 18 months ago

I hope it will help me improve my concentration but i think i really have

problem in my brain.Still thanks for good suggetions.

sandip 18 months ago

its really gonna help me out...... m gonna try it

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Lincoln 18 months ago

Thanks for the advice

harshit 18 months ago

yeah ! i agree to most of them ! have experienced this before ! works

wonders ! thanks

having an exam tomorrow ! :)

jb 18 months ago

nice suggestions thnk u so much.. i will concentrate on those u gven the

tips

madhu 19 months ago

i am very happy to read this from today on wards i will follow this all
instructions

tresia 19 months ago

thx alot,i will make it happn

swati 19 months ago

good tips to get interest on reading;)

Mukesh 19 months ago

really..it helped me a lot to change my attidude.

resham neupane 19 months ago

great n thanks .i am doing it and when will u

saththu 19 months ago

wow it is nice..........

cherrish 19 months ago

i like the suggest & m improving in it

louromano 20 months ago

Good make it keep gong!!

bhushan 20 months ago

I will follow all the instructions hoping that it's realy work for me.I m very
grateful to you for your valuable sujjestion

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praju 20 months ago

very...nice...i really like it

abhigna 20 months ago

i learnt many things from this and now i am capable of getting more than
the topper of our class

sumi 21 months ago

yeah... this is very interesting. this is really encourage to me.

jordan 21 months ago

plz post the planing for study..

karteek 21 months ago

its gud to follow but how long can we read with out loosing concentration
please send me some more details to my mail m.karteekkumar@gmail.com

injila 21 months ago

itz gud.,let me see wot hapens next..

NIKHI 21 months ago

I'VE READ ALL THESE TIPS I'II TRY THEM FOR SURE

howtoimprovestudy 21 months ago

That is great article and really helpful. Thanks. Learn everything about
howtoimprovestudy.com

jhonty bareto 21 months ago

its cool i hope it works im in 10

NAQASH 21 months ago

nice suggestions

FAWAZ FZ 22 months ago

I LOVE IT..............Now iam in 10th.,,i hope it will work out

Ambily 22 months ago

This is very helpful......

sahasra 22 months ago

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thanks for ur valuable tips sir...i will try my level best to follow this...

Amrita 22 months ago

Its really good!But I'll try ma best to get result!THANX :-)

Melvin Porter89 22 months ago

I have read all the aspect given above and from today will do it and later
will let you know how it worked over me.

Thank You

praveen 22 months ago

i love those tips and i will try 2 follow thosetips

SYED SABIR 22 months ago

ITS NICE ITS WILL BE VERY BENIFICIAL TO CONCENTRATE OUR

GOALS ESPECIALLY ALLOTING THE TIME TO STUDY.INSHA ALLAH

sanjeeb 22 months ago

it is really nice i ll try my best

tinkle 23 months ago

thank you very much for for these tips.... they are really helpful for
increasing concentration... :-)

Aarya 23 months ago

Thank you so much for your kind information

saisreeteja 23 months ago

its good and usefull we can improve our concentration very much by this
hub

dr vineet 23 months ago

Its been very helpfull fr me...summarising ur task is very important..thanx.

janani 23 months ago

i like it

yojana thapde 23 months ago

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woww its really nice.!

mubeen 23 months ago

really very gud...

Vijay anand 23 months ago

I seldom visit such pages. . . But ma marxx hav made me do tat. . . Nywys
thrs an upcomin half yearly xam. . Lemme see ma performance in it . . Ill
follow all the above mentioned tips and values. . . If it worx. . . Hats off to all
hu hav posted in this page. .!

Ishhwarya 24 months ago

ya let me see whether it works .if it works ill be grateful to you all.

Bharat ku. Patnaik 24 months ago

It also good improvement for poor students....

adya 24 months ago

its really very helpful.......

sitaram_more 24 months ago

Yes it is really nice and also helpful to a study.

Mm Arun pradeep raj 24 months ago

Good make it keep gong!!

hedayatullah arfi 2 years ago

it is really nice i will also try......................

Bhimashankar 2 years ago

valuable information

Veer 2 years ago

Good suggestions. It is helpful.

Rishabh 2 years ago

very helpful tips..........! i m gonna try this........

Hema 2 years ago

very useful tips for concentration.

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M.Zahid 2 years ago

This point is very helpfull. i will get good result this information

mila 2 years ago

if you want to be good at studies read this ya i'm gurantee

sandhiya 2 years ago

its very useful to me... thanks...

Arjun 2 years ago

I will try

Uday kiran 2 years ago

Remarkable

sujeet kumar 2 years ago

After reading all these which r discussed above, a positive strength i m

feeling...and now i m to study....!!

kittu 2 years ago

nyc to read n improve our studing skills ......

bindu 2 years ago

i wil also try ths

Ashmeet Singh 2 years ago

it really works....

Naziya.B.A 2 years ago

I like this suggestions now onwords i will follow this

narayan soni 2 years ago

good one

follow it .............................

Shankar 2 years ago

its good,Thank you.

priya 2 years ago

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really good!!!

chinnu 2 years ago

i am happy to read it...........it's helping me

Mahbub Jamal 2 years ago

Helpful..

ABHIRAMI 2 years ago

hi

useful suggestions

tnks a lot

may be i'll work hard on dees tips

tnks

palak kansal 2 years ago

yup...it really workzz...

Anjali parashar 2 years ago

Hope these tips will help me out..

asreenu 2 years ago

This is very useful for all.

kalyani 2 years ago

it's awesome.these tips r really excellent and useful to improve

concentration.thank u so much for suggesting superb tips.

HANNAH 2 years ago

ITS AWESOME AND IT IS COOL IT HELP ME LEARN GOOD TIPS FOR

EXAM

gajju dhami 2 years ago

this site is very well all of student

pratim 2 years ago

i will try...............................this one if it works then great.....

zakir hussain 2 years ago

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these really works ......i will follow these tips

Nithin 2 years ago

Very much usefull thanks

sudha 2 years ago

thank u so much,this is very important for every students,my friends also

got so beneficial by it.

Hrishabh soni 2 years ago

these tips are really good , but what matters is ous positive attitude .

Renu 2 years ago

these tips are really good............

i can follow these tips and i can improve my concentration

thankssssssssssssss

Hemant Sharma 2 years ago

hi my name is hemant sharma thanks for this sugession thank you

Divya 2 years ago

Thank you so much .......for a great advice.....! Its actualy work......

arunima 2 years ago

listening to music helps reduce tension and we start to enjoy what we

study... that's a personal view.... if you want to study with full concentration
then think that what you are studying will help you out in one way or the
other later sometime when you really need that skill....

Sarada 2 years ago

Thanx for good tips i will try to implement them

ragavi 2 years ago

its works..........................try this

aditi 2 years ago

thnxx alott it really works...!!!

Arjun 2 years ago

it really works!!!!!!
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ranjith 2 years ago

good

prajakta 2 years ago

wow! we are improving our studies & Make our future brite

raj 2 years ago

superb

sumanth 2 years ago

wow!!!! its working yar... try it

sylvan 2 years ago

this is great. thanks a lot for your wok.

sak jha 2 years ago

wow! it's realy excellent informative hub & super concentration coach .
becouse yur thought, opinion, &tools is sooooo good if we us follow it than
definetly we can concentrate our mind and essy achive to our success

gajanis786 2 years ago

Excellent informative hub....all very useful tips. I will definitely encourage

my son to read and benefit from this article.Thanks.

shubham 2 years ago

lisening music during study is bad habit . i think it is the main cause

its me 2 years ago

nice i get the point i know now whats my problem thanks

Ernestasm 2 years ago from Lithuania

I agree with your opinion. I also write hubs about education.

Harish TS 2 years ago

Hi this Site is very useful for me,especially for students.

Khaja Moinuddin 2 years ago

Awesome...........my son is in college and struggling with his study habits.

ramakrushnamma 2 years ago

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thanking you for giving the tips improving my concentration

astigpinoy16 2 years ago from Philippines

great hub, it'll help me to improve my concentration.. keep it coming.

saurabhpal_2010@yahoo.com 2 years ago

thank you for this article. yes it really works to get concentrate in studies.

karthick 2 years ago

good these tips are very useful to all

sai 2 years ago

u can also concentrate and try for focus

Vikash 2 years ago

It's really work. Thank u

gnndanna 2 years ago

awesome

MM Del Rosario 2 years ago from NSW, Australia Hub Author

Well, it has been a pleasure to share some tips on study skills, For all the
students who visited this hub, I hope this will help you. Good luck on your
exams and all the best in the future.

Subhajit bhattacharjee 2 years ago

It's really good..

bharath 2 years ago

this was good .thank you

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mathan42 3 years ago

very nice information on improving concentrating...liked your tips...I admit

with you on fear of failure thing....check out my hub on study techniques

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Feurion 3 years ago

You can also try to magnetise your focus.

It will let you concentrate for hours.

Great stuff by the way! very usefull

manvi 3 years ago

i will try to do the same thanks for the help

keerti 3 years ago

fine

tahera 3 years ago

ok!!!!!!!!!!!! but how 2 concentrate on chemistry as it itself is a

mystry.............

kaavya 3 years ago

this made me to score good marks in exam.......

rajin 3 years ago

i have get a good result . now i can concentrate in study for a long time.

manan 3 years ago

it works i advise everyone to do these tricks!!!!!!!!!1 amaging!!!

rajxk 3 years ago

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looks gr8 ,will try to apply them.

thanx

zakir 3 years ago

the problem that i face is that i cant concentrate on the lectures given by
the professor be it any subject even the one i am most interested in, i cant
concentrate and tend to forget things quite easily, if any can help me with
this i would be grateful

zakir_zaidi1@yahoo.com

malli 3 years ago

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Its very good article thank for publish

abdul basith 3 years ago

this is very useful to students who are very poor in studies good tips thank
u so much

polly 3 years ago

that was useful for me

improve your reading skills 3 years ago

Awe-inspiring bequest! Your blog is attention-grabbing. I feel affection for

it.

mark kas 3 years ago

great this really works well. Thank you.

shiny 3 years ago

oh! yeah..

dis really works..

krishnaveni 3 years ago

this is cool.......

krishna 3 years ago

true which we forget to do...

Rudy 4 years ago

Listening to music can improve your concentration too. Had amazing

experience with Study Aid music..take a look through my link..

srinivas 4 years ago

hi this site's very useful to bothstudents and also to the people who'r in the
teaching field

franciaonline 5 years ago from Philippines

This hub is very useful. I'm sharing your thoughts with a nephew who is in
college and is struggling with his study habits.

franciaonline

vaibhav gupta 5 years ago

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