Go to your calendar and delete every meeting you have. Wait for a week. What happened? I don’t know what will happen to you. To me, nothing happened. Okay, something happened. But it was nothing bad… Or nothing serious…   What happened was that I no longer had meetings on my calendar. Easy. It’s not rocket science, right? And what was the result of not having meetings? Well, simple math: 1 Event = 1T 10 Events = 10T If 1T equals a certain period of time, 10T are many periods of time. Let’s imagine that 1T is equivalent to 1 hour. Using simple math (and with the help of a calculator): 10T are 10 weekly hours. 10 hours a week means spending 25% of your weekly hours in meetings. How many weekly meetings do you have? Yes, the average is 12. Hint: How Much Time Do We Spend in Meetings? As I like to say, it is scientifically proven (by whom, no one knows) that if you’re a middle manager, the answer is likely to be about 35% of your time, and if you’re in upper management, it can be a whopping 50%. Time is a matter of importance. However, … Continue reading Meetings? No, thanks.