Today, somehow the world has so many ways of interrupting us! How many times have we been irritated in the midst of our favorite TV programme by all those commercials? How about a power cut right in midst of the World Cup??! Maybe our train’s delayed by 2 or 3 hours and we are stuck at the station! What about those mobile sales people calling to advertise while in the midst of something important?

Think of the last time you were interrupted. Interruptions can be irritating and especially if you are a choleric (a very focused and goal oriented type person), then an interruption is all that is needed to get you upset for the remainder of that day! 

We all know what it’s like to use To-Do lists to navigate our days, on paper or in our minds. We have expectations for accomplishing a number of tasks. This is not a bad thing, until these lists and expectations are based on an iffy assumption – IF nothing or no one gets in the way … IF circumstances don’t intervene…But reality holds that interruptions are a part of life. They will come up and mostly when we least expect it. But can these interruptions be productive? Can we put to good use the time we involve in them? I believe they can. I think it can change based on how we view them. A change in one’s perspective can bring huge results if one learns to handle the interruption correctly!