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Attention

























         Quick-switching                                                                                              Single focused




           Neither are better or worse – just helpful or unhelpful at different times and in different places.


      Squirrels are great at (and their switching is                            Focused Felines (aka Concentrating Cats) are great
      helpful when):                                                            at (and their single-focus is helpful when):


      ▪ Noticing lots of things going on around them                            ▪ Staying focused on a task until they have
                                                                                    finished it
      ▪ Spotting dangers and keeping safe


      ▪ Switching their attention from one thing to                             ▪ Blocking out sounds and movements around
          another                                                                   them


      ▪ Connecting ideas by moving thoughts from
          one area to another to create something new                           ▪ Getting totally absorbed in a task

          and original
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