BARRIERS TO CONCENTRATION

In the busy, sometimes hectic, field of work, it is never easy to take time away from other responsibilities in order to concentrate on a special project. Many barriers keep supervisors from what we might term pure thinking. Some of these barriers are physical; others are psychological. Check those in the following list that frequently keep you from concentrating.

  • Telephone calls

  • Interruptions by employees or co-workers

  • Noise

  • Preoccupation on another matter

  • Lack of training in how to concentrate

  • Low tolerance of frustration

  • Lack of motivation

  • Procrastination

  • Fatigue or stress

  • A “to-heck-with-it” attitude

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