Feel like your brain is mush? 10 tips for training your focus, from women who concentrate for a living

How to improve focus, attention span and concentration

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Feel like your brain is mush? 10 tips for training your focus, from women who concentrate for a living

By Moya Crockett

Updated 3 months ago

9 min read

Struggling even to concentrate on Netflix in the groggy in-between days from Christmas to the new year? Give your brain a boost with these tried-and-tested strategies from women whose professions revolve around staying focused, from the pilot practising mindfulness to the surgeon who believes in planning ahead.


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