Re: ADDer's Susceptible to “snow jobs?'

[billd]

>>For one on one conversations (and if your a visual learner) you can email them with, “it was great talking with you today. I just wanted to clarify what we needed done and when…”(then list what you remember and they can respond with any crucial details you might have missed. <<

VERY handy tip – and when I REMEMBER to do so, find it helpful – a side effect is that you actually go back and write it down, the effect of “meeting twice” – you reinforce it in your mind. If you simply leave, then it’s more likely to leave your head, but if you “practice” what was said by emailing shortly after, you are more likely to keep it up there.

It’s like learning something in a class – if you walk away and don’t use it for 6 months, it’s probably gone. But if you leave the class and can immediately use what you learned, it will stick with you.

This is an interesting topic – and thanks much for the clarification. As typical, I take things literally, so automatically figured “on purpose”, they WANTED to decieve me……….. I’m a VERY VERY literal person. If you don’t mean something, don’t say it! HA.

OTOH – I’m the security administrator where I work – and one duty is to keep folks safe from phishing, spam, scams, etc. I can recognize most such things, but now and then I’m not so sure. HOWEVER, we have a manager who has several college degrees who came to us one day and was wondering how to collect the Eurpoean lottery she’d just won when they drew here email address for the contest………… and our lawyer came in all concerned that her direct deposit didn’t go through and was all ready to click the link in the email she’d gotten. WOW, that latter was SO obvious with the grammatical errors, and it was SO not-business-like.

So I guess when I miss something that’s a bit more complex I don’t feel so badly!

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