I don’t like meetings. There. I said it out loud. Or it feels that way given that I am posting this on social media.

(Big sigh.) And yet I do see the value in SOME meetings. I just wish there were fewer meetings and that they were effective.

I read a statistic recently that the number of minutes we spend in meetings has increased over the last year. I believe it.

What I have also experienced is fewer phone calls now than I did last year and certainly less calls than I had ten years ago. More often I receive emails or other forms of written communication.

I have a general rule. It is that once we go back and forth three times in an email or text, just use the phone to call me. I don’t like lots of back and forth in written communication.

Here’s something you can try this week.

Instead of scheduling a meeting with someone, pick up the phone and call them. Have the conversation or leave a message if they don’t answer. See if that reduces your time spent in meetings.

A phone call also makes you unique and memorable.

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