Name: 堅定不移的專注｜丹達帕尼｜TEDx雷諾分校 (Unwavering Focus | Dandapani | TEDxReno)
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Translator: Rhonda Jacobs Reviewer: Peter van de Ven

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I was teased very often for being so distracted,

teased for not being able to concentrate,

I probably would have been given one of those colorful acronyms

branded and probably drugged for not being able to concentrate, right?

It wasn't until I was in my early 20s when I graduated from university

- I grew up in Australia - and I left and went to Hawaii

it was a cloistered, traditional Hindu monastery,

And that's what I want you to keep in mind,

this concept of being taught how to concentrate.

It's in my humble opinion that most people can't concentrate today,

One is, we're never taught how to concentrate;

and second is, we don't practice concentration.

So, how can you do something if you're never taught how to do it?

And how can you be good at something if you don't practice it?

How many of you here in the audience, growing up in school,

Okay, one person... two people in this entire audience.

How many of you in this room here, growing up, were told to concentrate?

People tell us to concentrate, but they don't tell us how to.

And I got told to concentrate all the time.

"Dandapani, concentrate on eating your food."

"Dandapani, concentrate on doing your homework."

Okay, how many of you tell your children to concentrate?

No, right? And then you wonder why they can't concentrate.

You can't expect somebody to do something if you don't teach them how to do it.

And then if they want to be good at it, they have to practice it, right?

So, if I wanted to play for the Chicago Bulls

or dance with the San Francisco Ballet company -

you know, I ask people this question all the time in my talks, I ask them:

General answer's usually about eight hours a day, six days a week.

And then I ask them, so after six months, can I play for the Bulls?

So, imagine if you practice distraction eight hours a day, six days a week,

what would you be good at after six months?

you'd write the New York Times bestseller on distraction.

TEDx would invite you to come and give a keynote on distraction.

You'd get on stage, you'd be so distracted,

you'd forget what you were supposed to talk about.

we don't practice distraction eight hours a day, six days a week.

more like 16 hours a day, seven days a week.

The average person sleeps about seven to eight hours,

just say, roughly, so we're awake for about 16 hours of the day.

Let's just say on the average, we're practicing it 13 hours a day,

And then you wonder why you're so good at it.

The law of practice is that we become good at whatever it is we practice.

Whether it's positive or negative, it doesn't matter.

If you practice something over and over and over again,

And that's why people are so good at distraction,

Because they're never taught it, and they never practice it.

They just need to be taught how to do it.

They just need to be taught how to concentrate.

Then they need to practice it, just like anything else,

to become a good tennis player, to become a good dancer,

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