Timeline for I get bored when people talk too much in meetings. What should I do?
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| Feb 11, 2019 at 7:44 | vote | accept | Ilyas H | ||
| Feb 3, 2019 at 2:23 | comment | added | Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen | I doodle to be able to concentrate on what is being said. | |
| Feb 2, 2019 at 4:43 | comment | added | EvilSnack | Work on your next novel. You get something you can sell later (if you finish it) and it clearly isn't doodling. | |
| Feb 1, 2019 at 15:18 | comment | added | MvZ | I am never without my pad and pen, but usually end up playing buzzword bingo. | |
| Feb 1, 2019 at 14:16 | comment | added | Ruadhan2300 | @RedSonja I don't even hide that I'm doodling spaceships during meetings if it's going on too long :P I'm past my probation and I'm good at my work. Own your boredom if the meeting isn't a worthwhile use of your time. Pretending to be interested in total drivel is a good way to make sure it keeps happening, never mind actually participating in it. | |
| Feb 1, 2019 at 9:25 | comment | added | RedSonja | I bring my work book and carry on working. I can design code and work out logical problems. Nobody ever notices. If I run out of work I can plan parties or holidays - written in code, of course. | |
| Feb 1, 2019 at 8:12 | comment | added | Pavel | Not only will taking notes help concentrate, it may help a great deal in remembering things from the meeting as well. Whenever I had to learn something boring during my studies (I would zone out reading just like the OP in his meetings), what I did was to write down everything I wanted to remember, repeatedly. Usually two to three repetitions were sufficient for a whole tiring examination, with the first iteration having most impact. | |
| Jan 31, 2019 at 22:15 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Jan 31, 2019 at 14:36 | history | answered | Old_Lamplighter | CC BY-SA 4.0 |