Chapter
The Importance of Visual Focus for Goal Pursuit
34:08 - 46:04 (11:55)
Contracting your visual window and bringing the aperture of what you see to a fine point can increase clarity of goal seeking and the likelihood of pursuing your goals, while multitasking can decrease both. Studies recommend focusing visual attention on a goal and starting with an intermediate goal line to extend it further.
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Focusing your visual attention on a specific goal can increase your clarity of goal seeking and the likelihood that you will pursue your goals, as it engages in the pursuit of extra personal space.
34:08 - 40:49 (06:40)
Summary
Focusing your visual attention on a specific goal can increase your clarity of goal seeking and the likelihood that you will pursue your goals, as it engages in the pursuit of extra personal space.
ChapterThe Importance of Visual Focus for Goal Pursuit
EpisodeThe Science of Setting & Achieving Goals
PodcastHuberman Lab
There are neural circuits connecting the visual system and focusing on a point to the systolic blood pressure, or the top number in blood pressure readings taken when the heart contracts.
40:49 - 46:04 (05:15)
Summary
There are neural circuits connecting the visual system and focusing on a point to the systolic blood pressure, or the top number in blood pressure readings taken when the heart contracts. This connection does not exist for the diastolic pressure, the bottom number in these readings taken when the heart is relaxed.