[mypetmeatball]

I see on here quite a bit that people are annoyed with Tim Gearty’s repeated use of the word “again”. The funny thing is that I barely noticed until other people mentioned it — now I can’t get it out of my head!

Yes it’s annoying and people think he just has speaking issues, but maybe it’s by design. In psychology and neuro-linguistic programming there is a concept called “anchoring”:

Quote:

How does NLP anchoring work? (

Ever heard of Russian physiologist & psychologist Ivan Pavlov? He is most well known for his findings on human and animal conditioning. While doing a research on dogs’ digestion, he discovered this phenomenon. When it came to meal time, Pavlov would use bells to call his dogs to the food. After repeating this numerous times, he found that even without any food, the dogs would salivate from hearing the sound of the bell.

By doing so, Pavlov associated the ringing sound of the bell to food. And the numerous repetitions have conditioned the dogs to respond to the ringing bell just like how they respond to food.

This is how NLP anchoring works. By conditioning responses to unique NLP anchors, we are able to deliberately get into specific states just by triggering the unique NLP anchor. Just like Pavlov’s dogs.

So NLP anchors are really a stimulus for us to get into whatever states we want. Similarly as Pavlov uses the ringing bell sound to act as a stimulus, with NLP anchoring, we can set certain anchors to act as the stimulus to certain states. And after many repetitions, the association between the NLP anchor and the state will be conditioned.

[…]

Number of repetitions – Naturally the more repetitions you make, the more conditioned the anchor becomes. So make sure you do enough repetitions to make it conditioned.

(Learn NLP anchoring techniques,wwww.self-improvement-mentor.com)

I can’t help but wonder. He comes off as a really bright guy; I find it hard to believe that it’s because his vocabulary is limited. Thoughts?

[g.rosen]

Oh, this is no hypothesis. I have even developed some theories about Gearty and time travel which might further substantiate my previous post. I will be able to share more with you after I take FAR tomorrow and have a few beers.

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[g.rosen]

Oh, this is no hypothesis. I have even developed some theories about Gearty and time travel which might further substantiate my previous post. I will be able to share more with you after I take FAR tomorrow and have a few beers.

✓ AUD: (02/12/13) 71 | (05/31/13) 80
✓ REG: (05/13/13) 75
✓ BEC: (08/06/13) 80 - Unwilling participant in the "Server Upgrade" debacle
✓ FAR: (08/31/13) 65 | (12/06/13) 75 - Beat the Cali Education Requirement
✓ PETH: (12/25/13) 86 | (12/26/13) 92
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[MarathonRunner1]

@ grosen,

I was actually responding to the original poster. However, I look forward to hearing your Gearty theories. By the way, good luck on FAR tomorrow. The clock is ticking for many of us California candidates!

AUD: 94 (Nov. 2013)
FAR: 76 (Oct. 2013)
BEC: 79 (Nov. 2012)
REG: 84 (Dec. 2013) It's Mile 26.2, and we finished. Blood, sweat and tears, passion, perseverance, and never giving up, we did it!

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[MarathonRunner1]

@ grosen,

I was actually responding to the original poster. However, I look forward to hearing your Gearty theories. By the way, good luck on FAR tomorrow. The clock is ticking for many of us California candidates!

AUD: 94 (Nov. 2013)
FAR: 76 (Oct. 2013)
BEC: 79 (Nov. 2012)
REG: 84 (Dec. 2013) It's Mile 26.2, and we finished. Blood, sweat and tears, passion, perseverance, and never giving up, we did it!

California Candidate

[g.rosen]

Thanks, Marathon. Since you were referring to the OP, I'll expect you to be in my corner when I begin to share some of my lesser developed theories about the future and how it affects Gearty's oratory style, how Olinto might actually be a space alien, etc. Gotta get back to pounding out ridiculous amounts of FAR without ever finishing as much as I would like before test day.

✓ AUD: (02/12/13) 71 | (05/31/13) 80
✓ REG: (05/13/13) 75
✓ BEC: (08/06/13) 80 - Unwilling participant in the "Server Upgrade" debacle
✓ FAR: (08/31/13) 65 | (12/06/13) 75 - Beat the Cali Education Requirement
✓ PETH: (12/25/13) 86 | (12/26/13) 92
✓ CA CPA: (02/13/14)

[g.rosen]

Thanks, Marathon. Since you were referring to the OP, I'll expect you to be in my corner when I begin to share some of my lesser developed theories about the future and how it affects Gearty's oratory style, how Olinto might actually be a space alien, etc. Gotta get back to pounding out ridiculous amounts of FAR without ever finishing as much as I would like before test day.

✓ AUD: (02/12/13) 71 | (05/31/13) 80
✓ REG: (05/13/13) 75
✓ BEC: (08/06/13) 80 - Unwilling participant in the "Server Upgrade" debacle
✓ FAR: (08/31/13) 65 | (12/06/13) 75 - Beat the Cali Education Requirement
✓ PETH: (12/25/13) 86 | (12/26/13) 92
✓ CA CPA: (02/13/14)

[Amay]

I cannot stand Gearty's “agains”!!!

BEC: 73, 81
AUD: 85
FAR: 71, 77
REG: 74, 75...finally DONE! 😀

*This is my 2nd attempt at the CPA exam. For all of you who have failed this exam many times, given up on it, or taken a break like me, remember that it is still possible to finish what you started...failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently 🙂

[Amay]

I cannot stand Gearty's “agains”!!!

BEC: 73, 81
AUD: 85
FAR: 71, 77
REG: 74, 75...finally DONE! 😀

*This is my 2nd attempt at the CPA exam. For all of you who have failed this exam many times, given up on it, or taken a break like me, remember that it is still possible to finish what you started...failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently 🙂

[Zaq]

Gearty

– “Again.”

Olinto

– “Top of the next page!… you can read that on your own.”

– “BAYBEE.”

– “This is your date for Saturday night.”

I think the funniest part of the Becker lectures is when Tim Gearty pops up in the middle of your lecture in that way-too-big brown business suit. Gets me everytime.

FAR: 50, 76!
REG: 74... (ouch baby, very ouch), 76!
AUD: 65, 91!?
BEC: 80! Aaaand doneskies!

May 2012 to August 2013. Can't believe it's over.

[Zaq]

Gearty

– “Again.”

Olinto

– “Top of the next page!… you can read that on your own.”

– “BAYBEE.”

– “This is your date for Saturday night.”

I think the funniest part of the Becker lectures is when Tim Gearty pops up in the middle of your lecture in that way-too-big brown business suit. Gets me everytime.

FAR: 50, 76!
REG: 74... (ouch baby, very ouch), 76!
AUD: 65, 91!?
BEC: 80! Aaaand doneskies!

May 2012 to August 2013. Can't believe it's over.

[peetree]

OMG that oversized suit Tim has on cracks me up as well.

FAR 02/21/13 - 95
REG 07/02/13 - 87
AUD 08/02/13 - 94
BEC 08/30/13 - 85
Ethics Exam - 90

Illinois candidate awaiting his license

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[peetree]

OMG that oversized suit Tim has on cracks me up as well.

FAR 02/21/13 - 95
REG 07/02/13 - 87
AUD 08/02/13 - 94
BEC 08/30/13 - 85
Ethics Exam - 90

Illinois candidate awaiting his license

Used Becker Self Study | Ninja Audio | Becker Flash Cards | Ninja Notes | Wiley Test Bank

[Anonymous]

Wow, I don't think I ever noticed the suit. His ‘agains' drove me nuts, especially for particularly difficult chapters where I was already frustrated, but never really noticed the suit. Makes me wonder if I should view the videos again just to see what you guys are talking about…. then again, I think I can live my life not knowing about the suit. 🙂

[Anonymous]

Wow, I don't think I ever noticed the suit. His ‘agains' drove me nuts, especially for particularly difficult chapters where I was already frustrated, but never really noticed the suit. Makes me wonder if I should view the videos again just to see what you guys are talking about…. then again, I think I can live my life not knowing about the suit. 🙂

[MarathonRunner1]

It seems that the lengthier the lecture, the more frequent Gearty says “again.” For instance, by the end of the 2 and a half hour R3 Corporate Tax lecture, Gearty is saying “again” a few times a sentence. It's almost as if he is one of those electronic robots that is suddenly going to self-destruct as it repeats “again..again…again..again.”

Someone (who has already passed the exams) should edit a video of him saying “again” over and over again and upload to youtube. That would be quite entertaining.

AUD: 94 (Nov. 2013)
FAR: 76 (Oct. 2013)
BEC: 79 (Nov. 2012)
REG: 84 (Dec. 2013) It's Mile 26.2, and we finished. Blood, sweat and tears, passion, perseverance, and never giving up, we did it!

California Candidate

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