When you think about times you achieved full concentration on any type of job, you will remember that work was easier, you were surprised at how much you accomplished, and quality of work was high. The problem is how to achieve this level of concentration, and how to reach it on a regular basis. Here's some ideas you can use to more fully develop this trait.

1. The first is obvious - practice concentrating. The more it becomes a habit, less brain activity is necessary. Being able to focus becomes less difficult. Also, you will find that as you practice in different areas of your life, skills transfer from one task to another more easily.

2. Make a dull job more interesting by inventing challenges for yourself. Setting time or quality goals takes out some of drudgery. Consider rewarding yourself when you're done with it. Make it first thing you do just to get it over with rather than dreading it all day.

3. If you think about how you would provide instruction to someone who had not done task before you may just discover some interesting details in job. Or, you might find time wasting elements you've inserted because you weren't paying enough attention to it. Even if it's something you don't like doing, realize that you are good at it and appreciate your abilities.

The primary purposes of gathering to brainstorm are to take a flexible look at solving a problem, overcoming an obstacle, creating a plan for a new endeavor, and overall increasing power of teamwork.

With greater openness - communication and cooperation among participants tends to increase. More than one possibility, solution, or perspective is put forth which enhances probability that a better end product or service will result.

Once people are encouraged to share ideas without fear or censure, judgment, or immediate evaluation - creative abilities flourish. The quality of ideas rises and one idea tends to trigger another. This is often referred to as synergy. It is also good to include people from several arenas to gain more variety.

Too often, in work and community organizations, people who will be directly affected by a change are not asked to participate in planning stages. This could lead to an end result that may not be as effective as it could have been - or worse - may be resented because it is impractical or because of it being viewed as a forced implementation. This certainly will not lead to a smooth transition or good morale.