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Interrupting Interruptions

October 28, 2008
Jason Stanley
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There’s a great book by Timothy Ferris called “The Four Hour Work Week”. One of my favorite sections is one titled “interrupting interruptions”. The basic concept is that when in a corporate environment somebody interrupts your current task it takes up to 45 minutes to get back on task. Ferris teaches that when someone interrupts […]

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Looking Up

October 10, 2005
Jason Stanley
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I’m reading Anthony Robbin’s national best seller, Unlimited Power. This is a really interesting read… Anyhow, as you may already know Tony Robbins is a huge advocate for NLP – Neuro Linguistic Programming. In some of my posts I’ve touched on the subject (From Sobbing Uncontrollably to Running Onto the Floor Within 60 Seconds) and […]

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Dealing With Hijackers

May 11, 2005
Jason Stanley
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You know… I’m sure, that one of the most frustrating things as a teacher is trying to keep your class under control. It only takes one little hijacker and before you know it you’re teaching at a circus, not a karate dojo. I’m sure you know the feeling all too well – when your class […]