如何在无聊会议中假装全神贯注

20160811ou 一中两外锵锵三人行 今日话题： 如何在无聊会议中假装全神贯注 Lincoln: Now we’ve all been in those meetings at work. You don’t understand why you’re there, they won’t end. Its late, you’re sleepy, you’re hungry, you’re all of the above. How do we get through them You You. Yoyo: A latest report says that you’re facial expression might help get you through. The skill has been made popular my columnist Lucy Callaway. You should be looking exasperated but poised, superior but never rude. You should look powerful but not dishonest. You need to nod in general. Lincoln: What was the phrase you used? Michael: You need to be exasperated but poised. I think you need to be ready. You need to be on the front foot. On the front of the chair leaning forward looking like: “come on guys, what are you doing”. Lincoln: Are you frowning a lot? Michael: I think you kind of furrow the brow. Lincoln: I think we all have kind of perfected it. Everyone has their own specific things that they do. I’m a bag fan of the scratching of the chin. Yoyo: That’s a good one. Lincoln: What’s another one that you use? Michael: A bit of nodding. Nodding and a bit of eyebrow. Lincoln: What else do we have You You? Yoyo: Usually you can pick up your pen and pretend that you are taking notes. Lincoln: Yeah as an employee that is a skill that you need to develop. Because not every meeting that you make it to (in your head at least) needs to happen. Michael: Interestingly in terms of big no-nos…You should never smile in a meeting. It seems sycophantic, Lincoln: Also don’t smile. Don’t be a smiling person at a meeting. It’s weird. Stop doing that. You have to learn those skills, and You You is the one teaching us. Yoyo: If there is any kind of emergency and you get asked [to talk] by the speaker. Just remember, repeat the last thing that the speaker said. Only very very slowly. Michael: That’s a good one. Lincoln: If you know that the meeting, is terrible or that it is going to be bad, surely there has got to be a way to just avoid it altogether. Yoyo: Pick up your phone and say “It’s an emergency I’m so sorry”, and then just walk away slowly. Michael: Or pick up the phone, pretend you’ve received a message and then just run out and shout “Oh my god!” Lincoln: That’s a good one! Just start crying uncontrollably if you can manage that, people usually just give you the benefit of the doubt.