9 Habits You Need to Stop Now
Farnam Street stashed this in Interesting
Rather than read all of these self-help books full of things you should start doing to be more productive, it’s often better to look at what you should stop doing that gets in the way of productivity.
http://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2014/06/9-habits-you-need-to-stop-now/
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3. Do not agree to meetings or calls with no clear agenda or end time.
This is a personal favorite of mine.
Tim says:
If the desired outcome is defined clearly with a stated objective and agenda listing topics/questions to cover, no meeting or call should last more than 30 minutes. Request them in advance so you “can best prepare and make good use of the time together.”
If the agenda is not clear, force people to make it clear. It’s easy to call a meeting, especially in large organizations. The person who wouldn’t otherwise be entrusted to spend $100 of the company’s money can easily call a meeting with 10 people and spend more than the $100 in time. Making the agenda clear and specific inserts friction into the process. Not only will meetings generally be better and shorter, there will also be fewer of them.
5:57 AM Jun 23 2014