Tip 45 Ah, those back-to-back meetings
There must be something about board rooms and conference rooms that make people gravitate towards them. Is it the mahogany wood, the jelly croissants that are served every morning, the new projector, the cushy leather chairs? Meetings take up a lot of time.
Not that theyre useless, but there are far too many meetings being held. If you take the number of man hours per day that are taken up by meetings, multiply that number by 5 days and then multiply that again by 50 (excluding Christmas and New Year).
Compare that figure to the companys annual generated revenues. If we took half of those man hours and made managers stay at their desks doing their work, imagine how much more revenues can be earned.
Dont doubt it - meetings are a great time to daydream and give in to our distractions. Its a perfectly legitimate excuse not to review last months accounting expenses that are due soon.
Once its completed, you take it off your list.
The Top Ten Reasons I Procrastinate
Its his fault, My mother was like that too, I was forced to do something I didnt want to do.
Tip # 86 Headlines just doing my duty to the country write your congressman a note it doesnt have to be a flawlessly written letter. There are thousands in North America, more across the Pacific, and a whole lot more in Europe and Asia. To my networking club, you say. It works all the time! But spring arrives and no one dares to stay in the garden because its unkempt. |