Most people SAY they hate interruptions, but would you believe that many people actually love them?

Jill, a financial analyst from Atlanta, Georgia, said she couldn't get things done because of all the interruptions--people stopping by her office just to chat, her ringing phone, her computer indicating that incoming email had arrived. She SAID she hated interruptions. But I noticed that Jill always welcomed unexpected visitors, she always answered the ringing phone, and she checked her email the second her email indicator sounded.

In other words, she didn't hate interruptions at all. After all, people are rarely that enthusiastic about immediately doing things they hate to do.

Jill used those interruptions as an excuse so that she could say she was too busy to attend to her TO DO list. The reason I knew this was because I had her sit in a quiet conference room to work on the tasks on her TO DO list for a few hours, and she finally admitted that it was too quiet and the tasks she had to do were really boring.

Those interruptions as Jill first defined them, were actually welcome breaks in her day.

Everyone needs a break during busy days. When you're busy working on a project, someone stopping by to chat for a few minutes may be a welcome break. But if you allow this to happen all day long, you're not going to accomplish too much on your To Do list.

The answer--instead of allowing interruptions to control you, you can actually control your interruptions.

Shut your office door, let your voicemail field your calls, and get to work on your tasks. After completing an item or two, then give yourself a break to call someone you wish to call, or to check your incoming email.

If you're trying to get something done at home, but all of those Facebook notifications are calling your name, place your phone out of reach so you can't see them coming in. Do so many tasks or work on your tasks for a chosen period of time (like 30 minutes) and then use Facebook as a reward for getting some of your tasks completed.

If you identify and control interruptions, you'll get things done.

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