Focus and Meditation
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This is the talk that I gave on focus and meditation at Rocky Mountain Ruby 2011.
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- 1. Focus? Why Do I Need More Stinkin’ Focus? Mike Gehard @mikegehard
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- 8. FOCUS
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- 13. Smithsonian
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- 16. Context Switching Unload current context
- 17. Context Switching Unload current context Load new context
- 18. Context Switching Unload current context Load new context Perform action on new context
- 19. Context Switching Unload current context Load new context Perform action on new context Unload current context
- 20. Context Switching Unload current context Load new context Perform action on new context Unload current context Load old context
- 21. Context Switching Unload current context Load new context Perform action on new context Unload current context Load old context Perform action on old context
- 22. Context Switching Unload current context Load new context Perform action on new context Unload current context Load old context Perform action on old context This context switching can cost you 20-40% of your productivity
- 23. How do we counteract the “fuzziness” of multitasking?
- 25. Practice focus
- 26. Practice focus =
- 27. Practice focus = Meditation
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- 29. Smithsonian
- 31. Recap
- 32. Recap Find a place where you can be undisturbed
- 33. Recap Find a place where you can be undisturbed Sit up straight where ever comfortable
- 34. Recap Find a place where you can be undisturbed Sit up straight where ever comfortable Start a timer
- 35. Recap Find a place where you can be undisturbed Sit up straight where ever comfortable Start a timer Close your eyes
- 36. Recap Find a place where you can be undisturbed Sit up straight where ever comfortable Start a timer Close your eyes Take a 3-4 deep breaths through nose
- 37. Recap Find a place where you can be undisturbed Sit up straight where ever comfortable Start a timer Close your eyes Take a 3-4 deep breaths through nose Count inhales/exhales, 1..2..3 up to 10
- 38. Recap Find a place where you can be undisturbed Sit up straight where ever comfortable Start a timer Close your eyes Take a 3-4 deep breaths through nose Count inhales/exhales, 1..2..3 up to 10 When you get to 10 start over
- 39. Recap Find a place where you can be undisturbed Sit up straight where ever comfortable Start a timer Close your eyes Take a 3-4 deep breaths through nose Count inhales/exhales, 1..2..3 up to 10 When you get to 10 start over If you get distracted, start over at 1
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- 42. brewbooks
- 44. Rich Brain
- 46. Rich Brain creativity synthesis of ideas
- 47. Rich Brain creativity synthesis of ideas figuring things out
- 48. Linear Brain
- 49. Linear Brain analysis
- 50. Linear Brain analysis taking things apart
- 51. Linear Brain analysis taking things apart making things happen
- 52. Practice focus = Meditation
- 53. Meditation allows the rich brain to get some “playing time”
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- 55. Challenge 10 minutes of meditation 3x week
- 57. How has meditation helped your development?
- 58. How has meditation helped your development? #devmed on Twitter
- 59. Credits
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- Your mileage may vary\n\nThink of this as a requirements gathering exercise.\n
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- No that is not me\n\n
- That is me...Blue river outside of Silverthorne in Summit County Colorado\n
- Yoga practitioner and teacher.\n
- Software developer\n
- All of these things benefit from increased levels of focus\nAlso called in ‘in the zone’ \nHow many people think they are focused?\nHow many people could be more focused? \nWhy is focus important?\n\n
- Our world has become increasingly about “multitasking” and increased sensory input.\n\n\n
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- iphone/smart phones\n
- Many studies showing that we are getting “dumber” because of the time/energy we are “wasting” on multitasking.\n\n\n
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- Brain is like a computer, it can only perform one action at a time.\nIt creates the illusion of doing many things at once (aka multitasking) via context switching.\n\n
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- One way I choose to practice focus is meditation.\nThere are many others.\nHow many people have meditated?\n
- One way I choose to practice focus is meditation.\nThere are many others.\nHow many people have meditated?\n
- One way I choose to practice focus is meditation.\nThere are many others.\nHow many people have meditated?\n
- You can practice meditation anywhere\nLike in a room full of Rubyists\nLet’s try it now... 5-10 minute meditation\nEdge of seat\nSit up straight, hands in lap\nEyes closed\nNotice that you are breathing in and out through the nose\nBegin to count to 10. If you ever lose count, just start back at one.\nWhen you get to 10, start over again.\nIf you get distracted, simply notice that you got distracted and start counting again at 1.\n\n\n
- Congrats you are all now experienced meditators...my job is done here. ;-)\n
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- How do you get better...you do it...just do it.\n\nJust ease into it.\n\nTell story about reading cookbook and getting full from it...\n\n\n
- We use our brains to solve problems when developing.\n
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- many of us are great at l-brain stuff but find the r-brain stuff a little more challenging\n
- many of us are great at l-brain stuff but find the r-brain stuff a little more challenging\n
- many of us are great at l-brain stuff but find the r-brain stuff a little more challenging\n
- many of us are great at l-brain stuff but find the r-brain stuff a little more challenging\n
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- Remember that the brain can only do one thing at a time and since we are good at l-brain stuff it tends to take over.\n\nMeditation gives the dominant l-brain something to do while the r-brain gets a chance to do it’s thing.\n\n
- You get a glimpse of this when you get that ah ha moment in the shower.\n
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