Mindfulness Pocketbook: Little Exercises for a Calmer Life

Managing Interruptions

‘You will never reach your destination if you stop to throw stones at every dog that barks.’ – Winston Churchill

Mindfulness involves managing your attention so that it is focused and occupied with immediate experience. What usually stops you from focusing and engaging at work? Interruptions and distractions.

Interruptions arrive unexpectedly at any time of day. They come from other people in the form of questions, announcements, requests and demands, by people who need decisions made, conflicts managed and problems solved. Interruptions come in person, by phone, texts and email.

Interruptions get in the way of managing ...