Being my own boss means that meetings here are pretty efficient. “Let’s do this and that,” I say. And immediately agree with myself.
However, I spent the whole of Tuesday in meetings and I expect to spend most of today in meetings. Preparing for them took most of the weekend and dealing with the resulting action items took most of yesterday.
So two days of meetings. Two days of preparation and follow up.
Most people with ‘real jobs’ seem to spend most of their time in meetings. I ask myself how anyone ever gets anything done.
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We have a regular meeting to discuss and agree when we can take time out of our meetings schedules to do some much needed work stuff.
Having long ago forgotten what real work is due to the high volume of meetings scheduled, I find it reassuring that 99% of todays managers are paddling the same canoe as I am!
[Note to Self: arrange meeting to agree to meet to disengage from large canoe crew and go kayaking]
While you attend meetings somebody else does the ‘dirty’ work! That’s the way things get done. Or, you spend endless hours in the office.