Word: quiets
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...Irvine's Mark also thinks improved technology will help, but she points to low-tech solutions as well. Some companies, she notes, give employees DO NOT INTERRUPT screens to put over their cubicles or establish quiet times when it's not permissible to bother a colleague. In some offices, she says, "workers wear colored hats to signify when they do and do not want to be interrupted." Another simple trick, suggests Spira, is to leave more explicit instructions on e-mail "away messages" and answering machines about how and when you prefer to be interrupted...
...once negotiated a book deal in 15 minutes, but the real estate mogul and late-blooming TV star believes in slowing down and focusing when the office gets too frenetic. "I will literally take a breath and allow things to settle a bit," says Trump. He also sets aside quiet time each morning and evening for reading and assessing. During work hours, he may not suffer a foolish apprentice, but the Boss keeps his door open to the troops...
Relaxation techniques like deep breathing are also good for helping athletes quiet the mental chatter long enough for their bodies to perform. "You have to help them realize that 'I have to get out of my own way,'" says Simons. "Relaxing can help them imagine competing, getting in their own groove, feeling it, tasting it, reminding them of that feeling of flow...
...centers that help children with learning difficulties. And in the London suburb of Richmond, Jackie Hindley credits it with helping her 6-year-old son Lawrence. He was a slow developer and hyperactive, Hindley says, with a particular language difficulty: whenever people spoke to him, he would stay quiet for half an hour before coming back with an answer, she says. After several sessions of listening to Mozart, "he's now a very active speaker who responds immediately to whatever is said to him," Hindley says. "He's taken very profound steps forward." By far the most widespread - and most...
Although Coca-Cola soda fountains are a familiar sight in Annenberg and House dining halls at Harvard, the administration and students here have largely been quiet about the company’s alleged human rights and environmental violations. According to Jami Snyder, the communications coordinator for the Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS), HUDS currently has three contracts with Coca-Cola—for bottled soda, fountain syrup, and Odwalla juices, respectively. These contracts only supply HUDS, and do not apply to the other schools of the University, she said. Snyder refused to specify how much HUDS spends on Coke products...