How to escape the GAB-MASTER office

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As the equivalent in the workplace of a shooting by car, a talkative can materialize at your door with a long contale on the t-ball league of his son and zapping your productivity. A technique for the definition of this well intentional delay is to establish yourself as a man of action.

"If you are always sent by e-mailing, writing, walking and doing things, the aura of the occupation brings only occupied people who occupy you, and others will tremble in fear," says tactician business Seth Godin, author ofWe are all weird: the rise of tribes and the end of normal.

If you are an im-on-a-mission - Goy Vibe does not work, Guy Kawasaki, author ofThe art of social media, advises to use guilt. For example, let's say, "I would like to talk, but I'm on the deadline. Can we talk to lunch or after work?" This establishes an image of good guys / compassionate coworker and prevents the negotiator from being offended. (You never know when you need an ally.)

If he always enjoys, John Hoover, PhD, author ofHow to work for an idiot, opts to establish limits. When the charoggerer appears and asks: "Do you have a minute?" Say: "No, I have 3 minutes to catch up before I have to go back to this project." Invite the talkative talk. Nod and be attentive for the 3 minutes. 1 minute, look at your watch. 2 minutes, look at your watch again. It reminds the tank that time is short. 3 minutes, standing. Thank you the negotiator to stop and do not sit until the talk is out of your office.

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