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  Paulisasuccess

Thu, Feb 17 10:43 PM

Coulda phoned this in today...

 

Man. Sitting her at my computer, the wavering stack of to-do's given me the stink eye, it's 22 minutes until I have to leave and it just doesn't feel like I should start anything new...'course, it's not like I was exactly Tony Robbins motivation at 230.

For some reason it seems that if I have a meeting any time before 11, it feels like the rest of the day is a wash.

Meetings, by their very nature are about no on getting anything done. People can TALK about getting stuff done, you can learn about HOW to get stuff done, you may even actually have fun. 

But really, it means that there are 10 people (more or less) who are away from their desks, computers and phones (blackberries, etc notwithstanding) and well - not actually doing any work.

Now, the meeting I had today was actually interesting and useful (unlike about 90% of meetings I go to) - yet once it was over I thought a good nap would be in order.

I didn't, of course, but neither can I say I was especially productive.

Part of the problem is road block discouragement. I went out over my lunch hour with a shopping list of what I wanted to give for my wife's b-day (tomorrow).  Two of the things are not available (anywhere in the entire city for God's sake), one of the items was about twice what I thought it was going to cost and the other thing she'll either think is really cool -- or really tacky and I'll have to sleep on the couch.

So..once I came back from my meeting...then shopping all I wanted to do was surf the web and eat potato chips.

I didn't do the latter -- but the former...boy howdy!

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Positive meeting.

It's probably to late for you to read this now but Meetings can be a positive thing.  I look at them a a quick chance for everyone to know what they're supposed to be doing.  Short and sweet.  This is our goal.  Do you know what you're supposed to do to help acheive our goal?  If so, Can you do it?  If not, here's what to do.  You're all doing great, keep up the good work.

If it's not your meeting to hold, it's a good chance to ask about the big picture and get pointed in the right direction.

If you make positive meetings, they become something to look forward to.  I also find that people usually don't know what they're supposed to be doing so it's a good chance to establish that.  Once they know, they're happy to do it.  Everyone gets a sence of accomplishment by checking goals or even specific tasks off of their to do list. The to do list can be prioritized and checked off one task at a time.  get some of the easy ones done first.  Physically check them off the list.  When it's done, break-time.  Race through a list and reward yourself.

Maybe this is a bit much but I used to think meetings were a waste of time but I now find, for the hour it takes to have one, the rest of the week is far more productive.

Good luck friend.