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Shrink meetings
Limit the number of people in any meeting to eight or fewer, unless the meeting is informational.
Ensure that your meetings result in action items, a timeline for each action item, and one person who is responsible.
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Our inability to focus
Two significant challenges are destroying our ability to focus.
- We are increasingly overwhelmed with distractions from various connected devices.
- We rely excessively on meetings as the default form of interaction with other people at work. Studies ...
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Clean up
Your environment affects your productivity and quality of work. Don't let yourself get distracted by clutter.
To help you stay focused, take the time to clean up your work environment, both physical and digital.
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Organize tasks
A common mistake is to fill your calendar with the wrong tasks.
A meeting can break your day into two pieces, each too small to do anything hard in.
Instead, take advantage of your body's natural rhythms. Focus on complex, creative tasks in the morning and schedule your meetings...
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Preserve buffers
Switching tasks and context is difficult. You cannot be efficient if you run from meeting to meeting. If you want to avoid wasting time, add buffer time between each meeting.
For every 45 - 60 minutes you spend in a meeting, take 15 minutes to process, reflect, and prioritize.
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Practice mindfulness
Our biggest mistake is how we start the day. Instead of checking email on your phone, try a simple mindfulness practice when you wake up.
It can be quietly taking a few deep breaths or meditating for 20 to 30 minutes.
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Things you should keep in mind
...to ensure maximum satisfaction for everyone:
- If certain people are dominating the conversation, make a point of asking others for their ideas.
- At the end of each agenda item, quickly summarize what was said.
- Note items that require further discussions. ...
No frequent meetings
Get rid of regular meetings unless you are dealing with a pressing matter. Once the issue is resolved, the meeting frequency should drop.
Ask yourself how urgent the need behind the meeting is and if you can instead reduce the frequency and communicate via email or group chat.
4 lessons from remote meetings
- Saying "go ahead" when you're overlapping with someone. Going out of your way to let other people speak is a good thing, and so is following up to make sure everyone’s been heard.
- Schedule time for socializing. People should be encouraged to show u...
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