I’m doing some work related training. It’s a woman reading out a lecture in a monotone accompanied by millions of powerpoint slides which are either meaningless box diagrams or screenshots.

I simply cannot listen to it, no matter how hard I try.

You need to ringfence the unicorn, this will allow you to eliminate the wrong thinking and move forward with positive force.

ask loads of questions and challenge every answer.

I go on a number of courses where we are given a copy of the power point on the screen and then the trainer reads it out. They could save loads of money on the venue and just e-mail it out so we could read it ourselves.

I find almost everything connected with office work to be utterly tedious.

The last time I attended such a horror fest.
I selected a seat in the auditorium, behind a pillar.
Some 20 mins later I promptly set to sleeping.

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I have long since refused to go on any training courses – utter waste of time, you can just figure it all out from a book….

I’m leaving work very early for a ride and get in some sneaky training so i can beat your ass in our TT showdown 😛

ask loads of questions and challenge every answer.

Normally I do that (to make myself interested and to solidify what I’m hearing) but this is online videos. Not even with a person, just a monotone voice and the slides.

I also prefer to do it myself from the reference materials, but this is what’s recognised by work. There is some practical at the end, if I survive the videos.

so i can beat your ass in our TT showdown

That’s some fighting talk… I’m coming around to the idea that Molly might have the determination to take the crown…

I find almost everything connected with office work to be utterly tedious.

Good posting! 🙂

“I also prefer to do it myself from the reference materials”

Is this a nice way of saying your having a danger ****?

The Gettysburg Powerpoint Presentation
11/19/1863

http://norvig.com/Gettysburg/