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Steal These Thoughts | 3ML | 3 Tools To Avoid Pointless Meetings
The 3-Minute Lesson: 3 Tools To Avoid Pointless Meetings
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The 3-Minute Lesson
Look, time is our most precious resource.It is non-renenwable. So, you should do everything possible to protect it. Do you know the biggest enemy of your time? MEETINGS. Yes, meetings - I said it.The working world has trained us to believe that meetings = productivity.This is BS!As a society, we've taken something useful (at one point) and turned it into an ego-driven event to make ourselves feel relevant.Let's fight the good fight and reclaim our time from pointless meetings.
The only meeting toolkit you'll ever need
Here are the best tools to do just that 👇1/ Harvard's Meeting Cost CalculatorThose Harvard folks are pretty smart. So, who better to turn to when in our time of need? This meeting calculator speaks in the language that everyone understands - money.Use this tool to calculate the average cost for your meeting. Both in time and money.
2/ The "Why do you need this meeting?" Decision TreeIf you put in a meeting with me, be prepared for judgement with this decision tree.I've kept this in my 'managing-self' toolkit for the last decade courtesy of the folks at Atlassian.
3/ The "could this have been a DM or email" frameworkMost meetings should never have been meetings.DM's and emails are here to save us, folks. Plus, sending videos, voice recordings, or emojis has never been easier to get your point across.This framework from Grammarly (btw, thanks for making my writing better 😉) is the minimalist tool you need to show wherever you do your work.Also, feel free to shamelessly pollute your team's Slack channel with this as a reminder.
Ok, folks. Steal these and reclaim your time.Make meetings count. Your time is finite!
Me after I reject your ego-driven meeting request
If you're curious, here's two ways I can help you 👇
1/ My L&D toolkit stack with 20 free tools.2/ My How To Win In The Careerverse playbook where you can access the tools, tactics and frameworks to design a kick-ass career.
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