Clarity

Dealing with others who distract me

Distraction at work and home can take very similar forms. One of the things that derails resilience can be not completing the task that you set out to complete at the start of the day.

All sorts of things can be distracting but on a resilience boosting day you can avoid distraction by:

• Knowing what is important to you and why you shouldn’t be distracted from it.
• Getting the most important thing done at your time of maximum concentration when no one else is around and when your resistance to interruption is at its best. Morning people find that working first thing in the day is best for them, whereas this might be an afternoon or evening technique for others.
• Accepting that there will be parts of each day where your concentration is lower and that you won’t get as much done during these times – good times to schedule meetings, go for a brief walk, allow yourself to chat to others and/or use the internet.