As you breathe out make the book fall as you use your belly to exhale all the air out of your lungs. Take slow, deep breaths, less than 7 a minute. One of my patients told me that it was impossible for him to be anxious or mad when he breathed in this way. Use music to help develop concentration skills. Another recent study demonstrated that students who play a musical instrument scored higher on average on the SAT than children who did not play music.
Music can either help or hurt concentration.
Rap was associated with the worst performance. The rock group also scored poorly. Interestingly, the group did slightly better with classical music than no music at all. Next to each heading write down what you want in each area. When you finish writing all of your goals make multiple copies of it and prominently display it where you can see it several times each day.