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Is patience dying? We watch videos at double speed, scroll away after three seconds, get angry when a package is a day late. Is the age of instant gratification destroying our ability to wait as a skill?
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Set the timer (5-30 min), take 20 seconds of prep if you like, start talking. Jot your thoughts onto the sticky-note board.
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