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How to Focus: Beat Laziness and Get More Done in Less Time
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2,150 students

How to Focus: Beat Laziness and Get More Done in Less Time

Sit down and get into it without fighting yourself: 5 focus strategies to cut distractions and finish what you plan
Last updated 7/2023
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What you'll learn

  • Stop drifting to your phone: identify and remove the distractions that steal your focus.
  • Sharpen your focus and get more done in less time, without fighting yourself.
  • Retain more with simple ways to take notes, review material and recall it.
  • Plan your time and study schedule so you always know what to do next.
  • Get past mental blocks and low motivation, and build real self-discipline.
  • Reach your academic and professional goals with a growth mindset.

Course content

13 sections • 34 lectures • 1h 9m total length
  • Introduction0:46

    Welcome to "Focus Mastery: How to Beat Laziness and Get More Done". As a student, you know how challenging it can be to stay focused on your studies. You might have found yourself daydreaming, scrolling through social media, or feeling overwhelmed by the sheer volume of information you need to learn. But don't worry, you're not alone. Many students struggle with concentration, which can negatively impact their academic success.


Requirements

  • No experience needed. Be open and willing to try the strategies on your next task.

Description

You sit down to work. Two minutes later, you are on your phone.

Then social media. Then something else. The day is gone, the task is not, and you call yourself lazy. Ask yourself how you fight distraction, and the answer is one word: "discipline". It never seems to be enough.

You are not lazy. You are tired, and you are surrounded by things built to grab your attention. Willpower against a phone is a losing fight. What wins is knowing which distractions pull you, removing them, and having a clear plan for what comes next.

I know this from the inside. When I switched career paths at university, I could not focus. My phone and social media pulled me away, I procrastinated, and I crammed for exams at the last minute. I felt lazy. So I studied productivity and focus techniques, tested them, and kept what worked. In my second semester I passed all my subjects, with honors in a few of them.

This course gives you those 5 Focus Strategies. The after-feeling is simple: you sit down, you get into it, and you stand up having finished what you planned. Lighter, and proud of your day.

What you will learn

  • How to identify and remove the distractions that keep you from focusing.

  • How to sharpen your focus and get more done in less time.

  • How to take notes, review material and remember what you learned.

  • How to set goals, prioritize tasks and manage your time and study schedule.

  • How to get past mental blocks and low motivation, and build self-discipline.

  • How to keep a growth mindset for your academic and professional goals.

  • Practical techniques and interactive exercises you apply as you go.

What students say

"This is a fantastic course that helps me to improve my time to get things done and adopt techniques to achieve my goals!" Ignacio Paz, Agile Coach

"Great content, easy to follow and understand. It is very easy to implement! Totally recommended!" Dani C., Laboratory Analyst

"This content is amazing! It is so easy to get home and let things pass. However, with this, now I am thriving!" Jens Masch, Project Engineer

Who teaches it

I am Dr. Marcel Tella Amo. I am a telecommunications engineer from UPC Barcelona, with an MSc in Computer Vision and a PhD in Medical Imaging at UCL, where learning hard material fast was part of the job every day. Focus was the skill that turned my studies around, and it still carries my work. Today I am a Performance Partner and the founder of Inspiring Personal Growth, and +40,000 students have joined my courses.

Your focus is not broken. It needs a method. Enroll now and take back your next work session.

Who this course is for:

  • People who feel lazy and unable to focus, and are ready for that to change.
  • Working adults whose phone and social media eat their day.
  • Students who cram at the last minute and want to study with focus.
  • Anyone who wants to get more done in less time.