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Avoid meetings, they are often a waste of time from "summary" of ReWork by David Heinemeier Hansson,Jason Fried
Meetings are toxic. They're usually about words and abstract concepts, not real things. People get together and start discussing things. You know what happens next? Decisions. But even more commonly, indecision. It's a lack of clarity that kills productivity. You can't have a meeting unless someone is remote. Meetings procreate. They spawn more meetings. Meeting are a form of small talk. They're a way for people to avoid responsibility. When the going gets tough, the tough get going. They don't have time to sit around and have meetings. When you're holding a meeting, you're making a decision. You're deciding what's important and what's not. And most of the time, meetings are what's not important. They're what people do when they don't want to actually work. The real problem with meetings is that they're just so easy to call. A meeting is the 30-minute time slot you saw open and you threw on your calendar. A meeting is what you do instead of actually working. You don't have to think hard about meetings. They're a default. B...
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