Coaching practices for External Focus of Attention When Burned Out
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- In any conversation I’m so busy watching myself
- By mid-afternoon my brain feels completely fried even though I haven’t produced much
- My attention feels welded to the inside of my own head
- All day my attention goes straight to what went wrong
- My attention is locked into this tight little tunnel
Practices that may help
- Shift attention outward during social situations
Direct your focus to what the other person is saying and feeling, not to how you appear.
The Spotlight Effect: Why You Think Everyone Is Watching - Focus mental energy
Protect deep focus and avoid the drain of constant task-switching.
The Power of Full Engagement, Made Practical - Attention training technique (ATT)
Practice deliberately shifting attention across sounds — a drill that builds attention flexibility and reduces self-focus.
Metacognitive Therapy, Made Practical - The Formula First-Session Task and Between-Session Noticing
Assign between-session observation tasks that direct attention toward what’s already working.
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy: Building On What Works - Expanding to panoramic awareness
Deliberately widen attention from its usual narrow focal point to include the full field of sensory experience simultaneously.
Open Monitoring Meditation, Made Practical - Situational attentional refocusing: shift from self to situation
In anxiety-provoking situations, actively redirect attention outward — to the task, the other person, the environment.
Metacognitive Therapy, Made Practical - Use a single-sentence refocus phrase
Keep a specific short phrase ready to pull yourself back to the task without judgment.
Mind Wandering and the Default Mode Network - Use more distal external focus for greater performance benefits
Focus further from the body (on the target, not the implement) for the largest attention benefit.
External Focus of Attention, Made Practical - Protect genuine recovery time between focus windows
Treat recovery — undemanding activity after focused work — as part of the attention-management protocol, not as laziness.
Attention Management, Made Practical - Orient toward another person’s need
When hyperreflecting, ask: who needs something from me right now, and what specifically do they need?
Logotherapy: Dereflection
Related concerns
- External Focus Of Attention As A Caregiver
Direct your focus to what the other person is saying and feeling, not to how you appear.
Shift attention outward during social situations
- External Focus Of Attention For My Teenager
Direct your focus to what the other person is saying and feeling, not to how you appear.
- External Focus Of Attention With My Partner
Deliberately practice seeing your partner as a stranger might — with curiosity, not familiarity.
The erotic gaze: seeing your partner freshly
- External Focus Of Attention With My Team
External focus of attention — directing attention to the intended effect of a movement (where the ball goes, where force is applied) rather than to body mechanics — consistently outperforms internal focus for both skill learning and execution. Gabriele Wulf’s OPTIMAL theory proposes two mechanisms: external focus activates automatic motor control processes, and it enhances competence need satisfaction. Effect sizes in controlled experiments are moderate to large.
- External Attention Focus
External focus of attention — directing attention to the intended effect of a movement (where the ball goes, where force is applied) rather than to body mechanics — consistently outperforms internal focus for both skill learning and execution. Gabriele Wulf’s OPTIMAL theory proposes two mechanisms: external focus activates automatic motor control processes, and it enhances competence need satisfaction. Effect sizes in controlled experiments are moderate to large.
- External Focus Of Attention
External focus of attention — directing attention to the intended effect of a movement (where the ball goes, where force is applied) rather than to body mechanics — consistently outperforms internal focus for both skill learning and execution. Gabriele Wulf’s OPTIMAL theory proposes two mechanisms: external focus activates automatic motor control processes, and it enhances competence need satisfaction. Effect sizes in controlled experiments are moderate to large.
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