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Nine Tips for Running More Productive Meetings<\/a> — which basically boil down to organization <\/em>and discipline<\/em>. Still, a nice checklist to glance at now and again.<\/p>\n

As good as the advice is, the “quals” statement at the bottom, from author Merlin Mann, is worth the price of admission:<\/p>\n

Understand – this is coming from a man who often was compelled to spend the better part of one day a week on a bi-coastal video conference call with two dozen people. Staring. Wishing death. Listening to the CTO opine at length about how exciting it would be to build and sell a national yellow pages app from scratch. If there had been cyanide capsules on the table instead of M&Ms, I don\u2019t think I would have hesitated to indulge. \u201cBoil the ocean\u201d business models and long meetings are the cocktail for making Merlin wish harm upon himself.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If I got a 50% bonus for every hour I sit in a meeting, I’d either be able to retire now, or be frustrated over my inability to add more meetings into my already-busy schedule.<\/p>\n

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