Pretend You Can't Hear Us
Meetings: where the art of not being heard meets the science of being ignored.
Here are some possible solutions to this problem:
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The "I'm Not Listening" TechniquePretend you're a parrot. Repeat back everything the other person says, but with a slight echo effect.Practice in front of a mirror.
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The "I'm On My Phone" TechniquePretend you're texting someone else, while still looking at the person who's talking to you.Download a new app that looks like a phone.
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The "I'm Not A Doctor" TechniquePretend you're a doctor, but with a completely different specialty. Like, "I'm a doctor of... um... Extreme Puzzling."Read a medical textbook, but only for fun.