Make Use of Your Time at Obligatory Meetings

Published: Mar 31, 2004

Application

There are some meetings you can't avoid. This doesn't mean you have to waste the entire meeting time.

Since it's rude and counter productive to read materials unrelated to the meeting topics, you can give the impression you are taking notes on meeting content while you compose notes on other matters. This works best if you have poor handwriting because as Uncle Max Says, "it's hard to read 'ritin that's 'ritten rotten."

Marginal notes scribbled on a meeting handout is a good subterfuge. They could relate to the meeting topic and be a report you intend to complete later. Or notes on one margin could relate to an entirely different project. For instance, notes in the left margin relate to your report on this meeting while notes in the right margin relate to another topic. Further, notes on the reverse side could relate to a third project. If you're feeling guilty, you can participate in the meeting's discussions by referring to your notes in the left margin. It's even probable you will appear to have caught the key ingredients of a convoluted discussion better than the other participants.

Think of the fun you can have with these and other covert actions. You have even draw a little cartoon that depicts, "the spy who infiltrated the inner circle."

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Outcomes

Potentially wasted time becomes productive time.
You could even enjoy the odd meeting.
With concentration a meeting could become your "Quite Time."

Make Use of Your Time at Obligatory Meetings

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