One i find facinating is when people focus so definitely on one idea that they can't think about anything else untill that idea is vocallized, technically you could call this the "one track mind." When you are talking to them, they talk so much that you have time to over think your statements before they take a breath and you get a five second sound bit in.
Anouther is just the oposite, they are focusing on so many things at once it is hard to get them to focus on any one thing.
I suppose you could chalk this up to quality vs quantity of focus, most people are somewhere in the middle.
To an observer extremes are facinating.
Having worked with both I have come to find a couple ideas on how to deal with this.
-sometimes you just have to interupt...if your purpose is important enough
-when you are working toward something and a group is off track, sometimes repeating the goal, or question will grab their attention. You will find that those paying attention to you will increase exponentially as you repeat it more, untill you hit the point of diminishing marginal returns or the apex of annoyance in this scenario.
-sometimes just waiting works
no matter what you do interpersonal relations will enrich your life and keep you from becomming a robot.
