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Friday Productivity Tip — Get Some Silence

June 2, 2006 by Liz Leave a Comment

Quiet the Chatter

Today when you’re trying to get that last minute work done, and someone comes in to “shoot the breeze,” “talk your leg off,” “chatter like chimp,” or be a “bird in a box.” You might try this.

  • Look up from what you are working.
  • Slowly glance left and right, as if to be sure no one is watching you.
  • Quietly invite your visitor to come close to view your computer screen.
  • Then click this link and say, “Isn’t this the coolest thing you’ve ever seen?”

Then just stay silent and stare at the screen. As a bigger treat, you might offer your headphones so that your guest might listen even more silently.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Comments

  1. Joe says

    June 2, 2006 at 11:10 AM

    Cute…
    J.

    Reply
  2. ME Strauss says

    June 2, 2006 at 11:14 AM

    It wasn’t intended to be so. On the other hand, if it works on that level for you. I like that too.!

    Reply
  3. Mark Wade says

    June 2, 2006 at 12:40 PM

    Have you a version I can pipe through the telephone?

    Thanks for today 🙂

    Reply
  4. ME Strauss says

    June 2, 2006 at 12:47 PM

    That would be good one. Silence via the telephone. 🙂

    Reply
  5. Anthony says

    June 2, 2006 at 4:10 PM

    Silence works with slow and slow is so hot right now. Slow food. Slow life. Slow cities. Slow careers. Though I need to find the time to slow down first.

    Reply
  6. ME Strauss says

    June 2, 2006 at 4:11 PM

    Anthony I really like your take on this one.
    Yeah. So is the new fast lane isn’t it.

    Reply
  7. Anthony says

    June 2, 2006 at 4:21 PM

    Yep.

    Reply
  8. ME Strauss says

    June 2, 2006 at 4:23 PM

    You have this idea thing down. Don’t you?

    Reply
  9. Anthony says

    June 2, 2006 at 5:40 PM

    Well someone has to have the ideas in this world and it might as well be me. Even though most of them aren’t my ideas at least I don’t keep them all to myself. The slow revolution I initially noticed via the slow food thing I picked up from an italian girl and her family who I met last year. Slowing down really is the next big thing.

    Reply
  10. ME Strauss says

    June 2, 2006 at 6:58 PM

    Well,
    You Australians were always better at slow. Especially when it comes to eating than we Americans. So I guess we’ll lose the America’s Cup again. Darrn it anyway.

    Reply
  11. Anthony says

    June 2, 2006 at 8:13 PM

    You know the thing is, we as a country think we are because once upon a time we actually were but in all honesty we are not anymore (how terrible was that sentence). There are other countries that have this relaxed slow life thing much better sorted than us now days. It needs work.

    Reply
  12. ME Strauss says

    June 2, 2006 at 8:17 PM

    Well, now that you mention it. You did get the cell phone thing WAY before we did. However, you still know you to eat at a much more civilized pace than we do.

    Reply
  13. Jeremy says

    June 3, 2006 at 2:24 PM

    shhhh… you are ruining the moment!

    Reply
  14. ME Strauss says

    June 3, 2006 at 3:25 PM

    You’re right, Jeremy.
    Silence Matters.
    Thank you for reminding us.

    Reply

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