[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?

[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

[tough_kitty]

To OP, that concept works if you repeat something other than “again”!

More like:

– “Whose statements are those?”

– …………

FAR: 81 (May 2013)
BEC: 81 (July 2013)
REG: 83 (August 2013)
AUD: 82 (November 2013)
California CPA since 1/30/14

[tough_kitty]

To OP, that concept works if you repeat something other than “again”!

More like:

– “Whose statements are those?”

– …………

FAR: 81 (May 2013)
BEC: 81 (July 2013)
REG: 83 (August 2013)
AUD: 82 (November 2013)
California CPA since 1/30/14

[zieba]

THIS!!!!

“Gearty is worthless. I don't need to be told what to highlight. Plus, he covers in detail really easy concepts and skips those that actually seem challenging.”

and this, of course:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puu2eCQvvWw

AUD - 75*, 88 done 5/14! (*exp)
BEC - 74 , 77
REG - 65 , 76 (10 point combooo!!)
FAR - 69 , 75

Dr: perseverance
Dr: intelligence
Dr: luck
. Cr: . advisory score

[zieba]

THIS!!!!

“Gearty is worthless. I don't need to be told what to highlight. Plus, he covers in detail really easy concepts and skips those that actually seem challenging.”

and this, of course:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puu2eCQvvWw

AUD - 75*, 88 done 5/14! (*exp)
BEC - 74 , 77
REG - 65 , 76 (10 point combooo!!)
FAR - 69 , 75

Dr: perseverance
Dr: intelligence
Dr: luck
. Cr: . advisory score

[MarathonRunner1]

Zieba,

Hilarious! Thanks for sharing.

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

[MarathonRunner1]

Zieba,

Hilarious! Thanks for sharing.

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

[smeech8000]

Olinto-isms:

– “Nevertheless” (not to the extent of Gearty's “again”, but yeah)

– “Back to the notes”

– “Stretch run”

– “Top of the next page”

– “Question number teeewwww” (#2)

– Jersey Shore references

– Gearty's girliness (pink dresses) / general disregard for Gearty's life (saving Tim from drowning, etc.)

Olinto >>>> Gearty

I do like the fact that Gearty has more explanation segments (i.e. the “video” parts). Olinto has fewer but they tend to be pure gold when you get 'em.

B 92
A 99
R 90
F 92

Becker Self-Study

OH CPA since 2/18/14

[smeech8000]

Olinto-isms:

– “Nevertheless” (not to the extent of Gearty's “again”, but yeah)

– “Back to the notes”

– “Stretch run”

– “Top of the next page”

– “Question number teeewwww” (#2)

– Jersey Shore references

– Gearty's girliness (pink dresses) / general disregard for Gearty's life (saving Tim from drowning, etc.)

Olinto >>>> Gearty

I do like the fact that Gearty has more explanation segments (i.e. the “video” parts). Olinto has fewer but they tend to be pure gold when you get 'em.

B 92
A 99
R 90
F 92

Becker Self-Study

OH CPA since 2/18/14

[smeech8000]

OH, and they need to do a CPA beat for AUD… although it would exclusively be Gearty. Still good stuff.

HOOTERS!

B 92
A 99
R 90
F 92

Becker Self-Study

OH CPA since 2/18/14

[smeech8000]

OH, and they need to do a CPA beat for AUD… although it would exclusively be Gearty. Still good stuff.

HOOTERS!

B 92
A 99
R 90
F 92

Becker Self-Study

OH CPA since 2/18/14

[Kenada]

When I started AUD and had to go through the lectures with Tim, I got so bored out of my mind with this Again and Highlight this.

That teaching style is not for me and paying 3000 dollars just to be taught things like that wasn't for me. Happy I switched to Rogers.

FAR 05/27/14; 786/110 - Done !

[Kenada]

When I started AUD and had to go through the lectures with Tim, I got so bored out of my mind with this Again and Highlight this.

That teaching style is not for me and paying 3000 dollars just to be taught things like that wasn't for me. Happy I switched to Rogers.

FAR 05/27/14; 786/110 - Done !

[I'm, Ron Burgundy?]

Oh man, this is horrible. I'm currently about to finish A-3 and I'm getting so frustrated with this guy. It would be easier if I just highlighted the parts of the book he doesn't want me to highlight.

I am doing NINJA and writing down what he wants us to highlight. It's taking me 3 hours to get through 10 pages. At this rate, it will be Xmas by the time I'm done with the remaining 3 lectures.

Oh, and highlighting does no good. Give some real world examples. Oh, I forgot, it's Auditing and examples would be more boring than reading the book and listening to this guy.

Thank god for tax work.

"If you're going through hell, keep going"
- Winston Churchill

"I've missed over 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost over 300 games. 26 times I've been trusted to take the game winning shot, and missed. I've failed, over and over and over again in my life. And that is why, I succeed."
- Michael Jordan

BEC: (54), (72), 80 (losing credit on 02/02/15 - nervous)
AUD: 78
REG: (74), 91
FAR: (71)

[I'm, Ron Burgundy?]

Oh man, this is horrible. I'm currently about to finish A-3 and I'm getting so frustrated with this guy. It would be easier if I just highlighted the parts of the book he doesn't want me to highlight.

I am doing NINJA and writing down what he wants us to highlight. It's taking me 3 hours to get through 10 pages. At this rate, it will be Xmas by the time I'm done with the remaining 3 lectures.

Oh, and highlighting does no good. Give some real world examples. Oh, I forgot, it's Auditing and examples would be more boring than reading the book and listening to this guy.

Thank god for tax work.

"If you're going through hell, keep going"
- Winston Churchill

"I've missed over 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost over 300 games. 26 times I've been trusted to take the game winning shot, and missed. I've failed, over and over and over again in my life. And that is why, I succeed."
- Michael Jordan

BEC: (54), (72), 80 (losing credit on 02/02/15 - nervous)
AUD: 78
REG: (74), 91
FAR: (71)

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