Lesson 3.3 Start Where Your Eyes Are

Bring your focus back to something you can see — and stay there.

When you feel scattered, anchor in the visual

Your eyes can guide your attention. What you look at, you tend to think about. So when your brain is spinning, pick one thing to look at — and stay with it.

It might be a word on the page. A question in front of you. A point on the wall. Let your focus be visual first — then mental.

Your eyes pull your mind into the present

Stress takes you out of the moment. It throws you into the future or the past. But your eyes — and what they’re actually seeing — can pull you back.

This is why eye contact, reading, scanning, and writing are all useful focus tools. They engage the present moment.

Look → Think → Respond

That’s your new sequence. Instead of reacting to internal noise, train yourself to look first. Find the question. Read it slowly. Let it register.

Only then do you move to thought and response. This slows down your stress reflex — and builds a stronger one.

Use this in interviews, tests, and life

Where are your eyes? If they’re darting or disconnected, your mind will follow. But if you choose one thing — and stay with it — your attention follows too.

And that’s the calm that makes you clear.

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Lesson 3.4 – Stay With the Task