Eating and taking exercise boosts concentration

Businesses managers often have days full of meetings and can find it difficult to maintain their concentration and stay focus on what is being discussed.

Profitability specialist Hilary Briggs, managing director of R2PLtd and former chairman of the Academy of Chief Executives in London, said that a wandering mind can impact management skills by increasing the chances of making poor decisions and bad time management.

She suggested that in order to improve concentration, business leaders should do the obviously things, like prepare in advance and take notes, but also remember to eat and take regular exercise to improve and maintain stamina.

"Some of you might have turned pale at the thought of doing strenuous exercise, or any other type of improvement activity and have already made the easy dismissal – 'I haven't got time for that' – Remember, top performers do make time," Ms Briggs said.

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