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Make it easy to follow what and how you are doing things.
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### Be calm.
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Resist pressure from the *rest of your team*.
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Stay calm even in then.
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Stay calm even when you feel pressure from the *rest of your team* for being too slow.
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Tell them to slow down with their commands.
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Tell them to give you space and freedom to act and breath.
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### Be attentive.
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Listen closely what the *rest of the team* discuss.
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Be ready to support them anytime.
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Don't distract yourself with email, twitter or instagram.
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Don't distract yourself with email, Twitter or Slack.
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### Be disciplined.
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Rotation is key to the success of working together.
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Make sure to hand over to the next typist on time.
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Don't go for the famous last words of "let me finish this real quick".
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## How to act in the rest of the team
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### Be intentional.
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Communicate the intent.
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Be clear about the why to the typist.
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Accept the freedom of the typist.
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Before giving advice, make sure the typist is open for it.
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A typical example is when the typist is doing a refactoring manually and you know how to do this with IDE functions only.
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Tell the typist you have a suggestion on doing this differently, and ask them if they would like to know it - but be prepared to accept a no as an answer.
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### Be equal.
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### Be inclusive.
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Make sure that you don't dominate the *rest of the team*.
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If you realize you're talking too much, you might be leading by giving command over command.
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Think about switching to *lead with questions* instead.
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Asking questions will automatically reduce your talking time and opens space for others to join in and share their solution approaches.
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### Be kind.
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Don't be evil.
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### Be emphatic.
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Make sure everybody in video call is okay.
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