WORKPLACE COLLABORATION
in a completely dark room for several minutes, then flipping on a light; your eyes need time to adjust. Disruptions affect your thinking and focus in the same manner. You need a few seconds (or micro-seconds) to switch your focus from one activity to another. When you go back to your original task, it takes longer to get the point to where you left off because you have to backtrack and reorient yourself to where you were. Other common disruptions are electronic interruptions: texts or emails you feel you need to respond to immediately; a phone call (even though you don’t answer it, if you take the time to stop working and see who it is), or a colleague, crew member, boss or passenger
approaching you and asking you a question. Whether you actually stop what you are doing and turn to them (not wanting to be rude) or continue working on the task and answering them, your mind has had to switch gears. That is another disruption. The “Mr./Ms. Know It All” (from one of my recent articles) can be an unlimited source of this disruption.
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4. FEELING OWN EXPERIENCE IS UNDER-VALUED When you express your views based on your experience, you expect others to listen to you and give your ‘advice’ serious consideration. When you feel this has not happened, you begin to rationalize and find fault with those who have (in your mind) ignored you. This leads to your criticizing and nit-picking their current actions along with their past decisions. (“This is not the first time he has ignored me”, “He knew I had done that before and he made his decision without my input.”) Referring to earlier articles in this series, some people will feel this way because they have a strong need to be in control. They equate ‘following their advice’ to ‘understanding who has authority’. As you replay the situation in your mind, your attention becomes focused on the conversation that may or may not have actually occurred. A self- feeding frenzy, your actions will mirror your thoughts. This internal conversation could end with, “Well if that’s what they think, then that’s what I’ll do.”
5. COMPLACENCY Performing routine tasks mindlessly lulls you into a sense of security and allows your thoughts to wander. It happens when you have no challenge or no incentive to improve processes or procedures. Your mind is in a ‘maintaining the status quo’ stance where you are watching to be sure your work is completed. You feel confident that you have done everything properly and might believe that the final testing is just a formality — just another box to check. You don’t look for abnormalities, and as a result you might not see them. All the above events have the ability
to take your mind off your current task and onto other situations that you want to be resolved. You thought they were resolved but are not. The only way to focus
06 2014 26 1-2 page King Air Fuel Pump
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