If I present 12 letters of the alphabet randomly and ask you to quickly memorize them, it will tax your working memory--but if I present them as CNN, FBI, IBM, ABC, the task is easier because the letters are "chunked" in your long-term memory--as long as the acronyms CNN or FBI already have meaning to you.
Listen, I'm at the outer limits of my time and so I'm going to ask you to speak more quickly.
I would ask you to try, informally and quickly, to overcome this uneasiness.
If they respond quickly and ask you questions in return, then they are probably interested, whereas short, delayed answers are signs that the person is uninterested.
"Uh huh... Does your wife ask you to go to church?" she asks, quickly almost before I could answer, "No".
"If someone asked, you would always quickly say, 'No, not me.
I therefore ask that you quickly resume and complete the vote on the Ludford report and the rest of the agenda.
Roger Watson, editor-in-chief, Journal of Advanced Nursing 3) Don't bury your argument like a needle in a haystack If someone asked you on the bus to quickly explain your paper, could you do so in clear, everyday language?
"Dear Brother Adnan, I also asked you in previous letters to quickly write to Karrumi, Abu Omar and their people with decisive, purposeful guidance, because I am worried about the brothers making political gaffes," the author grumbles.
