Hi, there's a brilliant exercise I found in an old hidden gem of a book.

This exercise teaches you how to focus and to think efficiently without getting distracted anymore. It is called:

The 4 Roads Of Thoughts - And here is how you practice:

Pick an object or an idea. Let's take a dog for now to keep it simple.

1. PROXIMITY: Think of any associated thought that comes to your mind related to "dog". First you might think of a bone or your own dog at home. observe this thought for a short moment then go back to the main object "dog". Let the second idea come to your mind. This may be for example a leash, or your dog's favorite toy. Again, go back to your main idea. continue doing this until you can't come up with more connected thoughts. Make sure you always go back to your main idea. Don't let, for instance, the idea of bone take you to beefsteak or such. Return to your core thought.

2. CLASS: Here, you think of your idea's classes and sub-classes. In our example you would think of "animal" - return to main thought, then carnivore - return again, next poodle..., terrier..., German shepherd,...

3. PARTS: Think of all the parts of your chosen idea. For our dog we have: Ears, fur, nose, tail, ... Be as detailed as possible. Again, always stay with the core idea.

4. QUALITY: Now you you go through all the qualities of a dog. You might think of: honest, playful, cute, brown, soft, agile, 12 kilos, fast, ...

Remember to always return to the core thought after you put your mental spotlight on related thought.

I apologize for my English, for it is quite late already but I hope this gievs you an idea of this wonderful thinking tool which helped me tremendously in gaining concentration and clarity of thought.

Eli

A good way to stay focus is to study with a study group, or to study in a Library with a friend.

If you are studying at home, make notes, and get someone to quiz you, periodically to stay focus.

You can also get some help and advice from the Student Counselor Office, or you can also discuss your problems with your family doctor for some help, and I can assure you it will be well worth your time, and effort. Good luck!

@Av Bhat Dear Bhat i fully understand your problem. you must understand that your body is your vehicle for fulfilling things in life. Cursing yourself all the time for what you have not done is like injuring yourself. you cannot injure it and simultaneously achieve things through the damaged vehicle.I bet if you concentrate you can find when you also do good things but almost fail all the time to appreciate yourself.Everybody has their problem but for not able to match up to our expectation is not a crime. This life is tough and cruel and you ought to give yourself appreciation for trying and thereby you will undo to the damage that you have done yourself to your self esteem. secondly, you must be self aware of your thoughts and understand the fact that favourable and unfavourable, good and bad thoughts are natural to come to your brain and you need to love them both , not hating the bad ones. They are just choices remember. last and most important one is Until and unless you confront your fear and embrace the pain that comes with it , you will never be able to have accomplish it. come out , Endure the pain and feel pride for yourself .

First of all don't get angry on yourself about losing your concentration or time. It happens to all of us all the time, especially when we're studying. Mind doesn't like here and now. It'll either go to past into a loving memory or blaming you for 'oh you lost the time thinking about irrelevant things' or into the future 'now that you're wasting your time in irrelevant thinking, you won't do good in exams, so we should try it tomorrow because today you've almost wasted all your studying time. We'll give it our best.' Please don't confuse your brain with your mind. Brain is just an organ, while mind is made of thoughts. So thoughts will always keep coming into your mind, because that's what your mind is: thoughts. The things is to concentrate the mind on the study or thoughts of study at that specific time. So if you're doing meditation or not or trying any other methods, it's all good (not important). I think you're not in it 100% or you don't like what you're studying. Hence it gets boring, and mind wanders. I'll recommend study groups because that'll make it interesting enough for you to study with concentration while enjoying yourself. If you don't have anyone to study with I suggest you join some coaching institute because even if you think you can do it all by yourself, atmosphere there will keep you concentrated. Also just don't think about any negative or positive outcomes that'll make you anxious and your mind will wander again. So if you HAVE to study alone just concentrate on what you're studying. Mind will wander and when you know that, tell yourself it's okay and come back to study again. If mind wanders again, it's alright that is what mind does come back to study again. As a writer what I do is I fix a 90 minutes time-slices and I don't leave my seat. Even if I start thinking about something I won't get up, I'll just come back to what I was writing. And if mind doesn't let me write I'll just sit there for time period. In 3-4 days our mind gets conditioned to study or writing at that specific time and we never loose concentration again. So take 15 minute breaks then 90 minutes scram then break. Try not to leave your seat, couch or wherever you sit. Hope this helps.

well you are missing focus and you have lots of stuff not solved in your mind that is why. you lose focus and think about things that are not important. wall gaze and meditate remove those veils of the mind and reach dhyana. a clear and focus mind. experiance and enjoy.

Dear Friend, i m facing same problem as u r, i wanna give u a finall answer. read a book once name "The Secret" by Randa burn, i think u get all answer what u really want here...

i appreciated you because you want to control your mind. studying is nothing but enjoyment.you have to enjoy the study. whenever you feel uncomfortable while studying then think about the clever students.initially clever students may also have some problems but they change their life in a good way.you can also change your life in a good way.the basic thing is hard work.

unless hard work any goal can't be achieved so do that first.practice writing while studying.take a big paragraph.read it.while reading write the concept in a keywords manner. ex: we see the cinema in 3 hrs but we can explain it in a 15 mins. -----------------------this is my suggestion----------------------------------------------

Mmmmmmm, it is a common state: most of us spend/waste a lot of time just drifting away. Here is what helped me: 1.Looking at situation from two perspectives:a) what is going to happy if i motivate myself to ACCOMPLISH (not just delay indefinitely) what i want/must do and b) what is going to happy if i don't. I apply this to most of the aspects that are important for me: my health and looks, finances, relationships... 2.Look for inspiration and truly, a library has a magic study atmosphere, it is in fact addictive. I am done with my exams long ago but i still crave the atmosphere. 3. Practice concentration and focus, these are abilities that differ a lot from one person to another according to our inclinations and neuroanatomy and neurochemistry. Check your health, i am not kidding; some hormonal and psychological imbalances can keep you at this procrastinating state because their symptoms can be apathy, lack of concentration,tiredness, anger, sadness. It is said that in the pre frontal lobes of the brain is the seat of motivation. Sometime ago i had a treatment for anxiety and the medication gave me terrible depression, i was crying, feeling low and was not able to motivate myself to do my work, exercise, even going out of the house was a chore. I am usually energetic and on the go.
4.There are specialized courses that teach how to build the mental ability to motivate yourself. However, they just teach and you have to practice. 5.Succeessful people are disciplined but most of them might not have been successful at all if they did not polish themselves or have been taught to be early in life. DO you want to be successful or just live your life in procrastination and all the disastrous effects of it ? This is what makes the difference between going through a mediocre or miserable life or a successful, happy life.

What I learned is that distraction can kill you! Walking across the street and your phone goes off in your hand , or you see something that catches your attention an....BAAAM!!!!! you are now the next death story on your local news; {news anchor says} person mowed down in the street .Now think of a time when you accomplished something that made feel good about yourself, the way you accomplished that goal was by focusing on a goal.Life is a battle field of the mind,whatever you think on your there.