[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?

[soxfan866]

I'd say there's evidence that his vocabulary is limited considering that he only reads directly out of the book! I've gone through almost ten highlighters between FAR and AUD because of him. Granted they were used ones that I found around my house, but still. When I started AUD I was praying for Olinto. Then I found out it was Gearty for all 6 chapters. First thing I did was go out and buy new highlighters. Bring back Olinto!

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[soxfan866]

I'd say there's evidence that his vocabulary is limited considering that he only reads directly out of the book! I've gone through almost ten highlighters between FAR and AUD because of him. Granted they were used ones that I found around my house, but still. When I started AUD I was praying for Olinto. Then I found out it was Gearty for all 6 chapters. First thing I did was go out and buy new highlighters. Bring back Olinto!

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[Anonymous]

Hahahah Olinto making it rain?

Do these guys really do a new Becker CPA video lecture every year? That video looks pretty old

[Anonymous]

Hahahah Olinto making it rain?

Do these guys really do a new Becker CPA video lecture every year? That video looks pretty old

[GreenMonkey]

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.

Olinto is light years better.

REG- 91
AUD- 97
BEC- 91
FAR- May

[GreenMonkey]

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.

Olinto is light years better.

REG- 91
AUD- 97
BEC- 91
FAR- May

[GreenMonkey]

I take that back because I feel bad. Geraty is worthless for my method of learning. It might work well for others.

REG- 91
AUD- 97
BEC- 91
FAR- May

[GreenMonkey]

I take that back because I feel bad. Geraty is worthless for my method of learning. It might work well for others.

REG- 91
AUD- 97
BEC- 91
FAR- May

[Anonymous]

Please! Anchor word!? Gearty's “again” is a verbal tic pure and simple. It's his version of “umm” (which most of us probably wish he would use instead). How about the fact that he also mispronounces about half the words with more than two syllables? Another clever pedagogical tool, perhaps? Gearty knows accounting, but he's a crappy speaker and shouldn't be in front of a camera.

[Anonymous]

Please! Anchor word!? Gearty's “again” is a verbal tic pure and simple. It's his version of “umm” (which most of us probably wish he would use instead). How about the fact that he also mispronounces about half the words with more than two syllables? Another clever pedagogical tool, perhaps? Gearty knows accounting, but he's a crappy speaker and shouldn't be in front of a camera.

[Anonymous]

I like the theory, but I'm guessing its just a crutch phrase. I wish he didn't say again as much, but I just don't let it bother me. I actually like the highlighting- though I prefer Olinto as a lecture, I like Tim's highlighting. Plus, Tim in the editor-in-chief of all these books, so he's contributing to every lecture, not just the ones he reads. I'm happy to learn from either of them!

[Anonymous]

I like the theory, but I'm guessing its just a crutch phrase. I wish he didn't say again as much, but I just don't let it bother me. I actually like the highlighting- though I prefer Olinto as a lecture, I like Tim's highlighting. Plus, Tim in the editor-in-chief of all these books, so he's contributing to every lecture, not just the ones he reads. I'm happy to learn from either of them!

[Jobless2CPA]

it's his anchor word telling you to take the test again and buy his books again for 2013

[Jobless2CPA]

it's his anchor word telling you to take the test again and buy his books again for 2013

[neika822]

I guess it's just me, but I really don't mind Tim Gearty. However, from now on, I will become irritated with his use of ‘again' since I'll notice it… haha.

R - *77*(02/'13)-Becker & NINJA
A - 71('11); *87*(04/'13)-Becker & NINJA
F - *76*(08/'13)-Becker & NINJA - "server upgrade" survivor
B - 60('11); *82*(10/'13) -Becker & NINA

DONE, DONE, AND DONE.

CPA in Massachusetts; issued 01/24/14

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