When I look at my calendar and see a day full of meetings, I can feel my life slipping away.
Meetings are where productivity goes to die.
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Just quit and enjoy life
So true. Only exceptions are meetings where money changes hands or documents are signed. People tend to actually focus then 😄
And people who enjoy meetings should never be in charge of anything important.
A very "Engineer" perspective if I may be so bold... Meetings are like water -- you need just enough to keep things working, too much and people drown, not enough and things don't move.
I've been in work environments where there aren't enough meetings. Everyone's running around doing their own thing, uncoordinated.
But of course, it's always good to ask the question "could this have been an email?"
Productivity does not come from forced effort, but from a rested mind and an enthusiastic spirit.”
Deep rest (through meditation) is the secret to achieving more with less wear.
"When you're happy, you're more productive. Happiness is not the result of success, it is the cause.
Most of them could be an email instead
Counterpoint: most emails could also be a meeting
Meetings are where people try to democratize decision making because they are not confident enough to just direct or take action.
Etherpad
Scratch them. 15-30 min daily standup, and just a few calls (which is my job anyway). Whenever possible I take the calls outdoors walkimg barefoot in the grass. All the rest, communicate async via some messenger (voice recording best).