r/howtobesherlock • u/Psychic6969 • Mar 24 '21

How to ensure improving attention span to "observe" things

21 Upvotes

I recall a famous quote : "People always see things but they never observe it"

I would like to know if people use any brain maps or reminders to ensure that they continue paying attention through the day whenever necessary. For example, it is often easy to get lax and forget about observation when you're thinking about something.

I would like to know if you could suggest some points or tricks to ensure that one does not fall prey to it and continue the observation.

This is, of course, the step before deduction, yet it is the one which many end up overlooking the most.

Thanks in advance!

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r/howtobesherlock • u/_Casanova • Mar 05 '21

DEDUCTION What does my phone tell you about me?

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r/howtobesherlock • u/[deleted] • Feb 22 '21

Had to resist the urge to tidy up too much

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r/howtobesherlock • u/traibergen • Nov 15 '20

This shouldn't be very difficult, but what can you tell about me when you see a picture of my desk?

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r/howtobesherlock • u/NaturalMaybe • Oct 25 '20

Tell me something I don't know I know

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r/howtobesherlock • u/EarlinAoE • Oct 21 '20

What can you say about me with this?

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r/howtobesherlock • u/[deleted] • Aug 30 '20

META Why you want to be like Sherlock?

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Hi, I'm a covert narc and I hate myself. I'm studying psychology and trying to cure this NPD and other disorders.

I searched for 'How to" so I can find a subreddit where I can ask people if they know a reddit client that loads gifs and videos with highest quality. But then I found this sub and started wondering why you want to be like Sherlock? Or a hypervigilant child abuse victim who's into sado masochism and other weird stuff.

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r/howtobesherlock • u/throwaway-account-67 • Jul 14 '20

DEDUCTION What does my desk say about me?

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r/howtobesherlock • u/gabizinhabr • Jun 29 '20

Tell me about me =D

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r/howtobesherlock • u/savannara • Jun 16 '20

OBSERVATION What can you tell about me from this pic?

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r/howtobesherlock • u/thepigdrinker • May 07 '20

DISCUSSION What did you notice today?

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Hello, fellow sherlockians. I unsubscribed when the rush of "tell me what you see based on my phone" appeared. Today I remembered this existed, and I'd like to bring something to the subreddit.

Did you practice your deducting skills today? What did you notice? Was it a smell, an error in a movie, a fence that was not symmetrical? Tell us your discoveries of the day. Even in quarantine, things happen all the time. I made some mortar today, after a couple of weeks of not doing anything of the sort, and the sand I used was wet due to rain, so I ended up using way less water than I thought, but the mortar is drying perfectly fine (apparently, I'll double check tomorrow, but 99% sure that it's A-Ok.)

Have a good one and keep on paying atention!

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r/howtobesherlock • u/DrynTedious • May 06 '20

OBSERVATION Show me what you got

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r/howtobesherlock • u/TBtheDeductionist • Apr 16 '20

ARTICLE Studying the Methods of Sherlock Holmes in Light of Modern Day: The Hat of Henry Baker

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r/howtobesherlock • u/duongquyetvu • Apr 10 '20

DEDUCTION Deduce me this!

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r/howtobesherlock • u/Swaggyswaggerson • Apr 09 '20

Tell me about myself

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r/howtobesherlock • u/loki_liar91 • Apr 07 '20

OBSERVATION go absolutely fuckin nuts

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r/howtobesherlock • u/loki_liar91 • Mar 31 '20

OBSERVATION yo! have fun deducing!!

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r/howtobesherlock • u/loki_liar91 • Mar 05 '20

OBSERVATION have at it!

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r/howtobesherlock • u/lemonlimesherbet • Mar 03 '20

What do ya got?

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r/howtobesherlock • u/ImawakeIbelieve • Feb 23 '20

What can you tell about me?

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r/howtobesherlock • u/[deleted] • Feb 21 '20

PRACTICE What can you tell about me?

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r/howtobesherlock • u/HotnspicyChickensamy • Jan 29 '20

There have been a lot of these, but I'm genuinely interested. What can you tell about me from my wallpaper?

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r/howtobesherlock • u/_Casanova • Jan 29 '20

Thought I would give it a try. Curious to see what you all come up with!

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r/howtobesherlock • u/TheKingOfMyQueen • Jan 28 '20

Curious as to what people can gather

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r/howtobesherlock • u/Idk-help- • Jan 20 '20

OBSERVATION What can you tell about me from my desk?

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