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I've found the attention problem to be equally challenging. It seems to be treated as a technical issue; so speed reading techniques and structured reading programmes are the norm. Breathing and mindfulness stuff aound in the new 'science' of attention. What they all miss is context.

WIth our tennis players the technical approaches can be effective but need the context, what we call Strong Problem Framing. We look at meaning, history, motivation and desired outcome. This meaing framework gives the techniques of attention a context.

I like what you say about attention that is given to the messages on their phone. It's still attention and they cana be on there for hours. From the parents I speak to, there is still a deep suspicion of what kids get up to when left (literally) to their own devices. It's just this panic has been amplified with social media and given a meaning of its own.

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