One of my biggest problems with being in Psychology is the research -- I can do some research, but my attention span is not long enough to really get much out of looking at a review of the literature or anything of that sort. I have to push myself pretty hard to even just concentrate on what I'm reading.
I think one of the reasons for this is how I look at the matter of research.
I see research to be the same as people-watching: looking over what is available and out there to be seen, and possibly making a note or two. MY problem comes in when I have to analyze the material. I don't really analyze when I people-watch. I just watch and wonder, and maybe come to a realization or just notice something interesting. With research, however, you're trying to take apart every aspect of what you find and come with a specific piece of information or a conclusion, and so have to train yourself to look for the information this way. This is a problem. It mixes two parts of my brain that don't work together.
I have one part of my brain that observes and enjoys information from afar, and might take a few mental notes to peruse later.
Then I have my problem solving brain that takes in a situation, finds the problem, figures out how the problem will be solved, then proceeds to solve it while I'm interacting with the problem. It is the most efficient side of me, I believe, and the most innovative.
These two sides of my brain only ever collide when I am required to do research. Otherwise, they are healthily on two opposite sides of myself.
