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| I have difficulty not to find lectures/seminars boring (B3, D7). Attending lectures is often the only way to get information on particular subjects, or be able to interact with well-known (thus rarely available) people. Attending lectures requires a particular kind of constructive listening skills. The basic attitude is that you take responsibility for the outcome of the lecture: by asking questions, through appropriate preparation and an active listening posture. You get out of a lecture what you put into it. The listener is always ‘co-producer’. If you are unaware of this process many lectures will be a waste of time. If you have difficulties to concentrate for the duration of a presentation (e.g. if you are prone to day-dream) train yourself to prolong your listening skills. Lapses in your concentration are not necessarily caused by the lecturer. Your concentration increases when you follow six rules: (1) properly prepare mentally, (2) read in advance, (3) be actively involved, (4) adopt an active posture, (5) ask questions and (6) always evaluate.
The more ‘actively’ you attend a lecture - the more you are ‘involved’ in the lecture - the greater the benefit to you. Work on being a 'co-producer' during lectures.
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