I am least likely to be generous during focused moments. That is, when I am focused on a project or task (or feel that I should be), I can be very intolerant of interruptions especially regarding matters I think can be addressed at a more opportune time. At such parsimonious moments, I can be an assiduous clock-watcher.
Most often the task at hand requires some aspect of discipline and creativity--no matter if it be writing a composition or setting up a spreadsheet. If one could see my office during these times, they would be able to see telltale signs of my obsession. For example, a scrap of paper can lie on the floor for days. Picking up that paper is outside my focus zone and paying attention to it would introduce a discordant element. It would be understandable if an observer looking on concluded that here is a person desperately marshaling significantly limited mental resources.
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