More on Tehillim vs. Tefillah

I just wanted to add a quick thought to Mrs. Billet's post. I think that if the "Tehillim model" of focusing on something specific during the recitation of a brief text works for us, maybe that's something we can transplant into other parts of davening as well. For example, what about taking a bracha of birkat hashachar or shmoneh esreh and planning to think of something specific for one of those as well?