‘Other people’s interruptions of your work are relatively insignificant compared with the countless times you interrupt yourself’
Brenan Francis
Many of us complain that others interrupt us, or telephone calls interrupt us. But do you know who interrupts you most? It is you and your thoughts! It is your ever wandering mind. If you can control this one factor, you would have solved ninety percent of your interruptions!
It is so easy to understand, yet very difficult to implement.
One way to control anything is to notice your mind. In departmental stores, the very fact that people are being watched and noticed, the lesser will be chances of pilferage. You will be very careful while driving when there is a traffic constable noticing you.
Do an exercise. Keep a counter with whenever you set to do an important work. Decide to concentrate on the job fully and notice your thoughts. Every time your mind wanders to issues irrelevant to the work on hand, press the counter. Do this for thirty minutes and count the number of your mental interruptions. Do this exercise for about three weeks and notice your mind becoming more disciplined!
Of course, with your mind you will also become a disciplined person!
N C Sridharan
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