Serious question: how do you remain focused during talks? Does it come naturally to you? No matter how hard I try, my attention drifts to the voice and the intonation of the speaker and usually by the time I realize I’ve spaced out, I’ve already missed some key point, making it even more difficult to follow the rest.
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The only times I can remain focused well are when I can go beyond their words and build a fuzzy image of what they're talking about, essentially recreating their mental model of the topic. That works when (a) the topic is at least somewhat within my reach, and (b) presented in a way that doesn't skip any of the major steps in their reasoning (which is a surprisingly common thing speakers do).
@digital_carver True, that works for me as well, but like you said, those talks aren’t so common. I’m glad to hear I’m not the only one who has problems with the rest.