I’m in a meeting right now.  Right now!  Want to know what it’s about?

Here’s some as-fast-as-I-can transcription:

1. The blog
2. Their user does their job to do their job better
3. Nobody in our market is actually talking
4. Messaging from the top down
5. I send an email to look at the product
6. Look at the product
7. I’m not gonna go and look at the product

See? Meetings are awesome!

Other meetings I’ve been in have been about things like:

1. How’s the weather in your city?
2. What was the weather in your city like last week?
3. What is the weather in your city supposed to be like next week?
4. What is a good time for another meeting?

See, a meeting is any time you talk to someone and it’s on your calendar.  If you don’t have it on your calendar, it’s not a meeting, it’s just talking.  Talking doesn’t get anything done.  Meetings get things done.  Meetings take up time on your calendar and exchange that time for productivity.

Every meeting should have a purpose.  For instance, you might have too many meetings on your calendar, and you want to figure out how to have fewer meetings.  You might call a meeting with everyone in your office to talk about how there shouldn’t be so many meetings.  If you have this meeting, make sure that you spend the first few minutes explaining how much time you’re wasting in meetings, to make sure that everyone understands the purpose of the meeting and how it relates to the title of the meeting that you created on their calendars.

You might be thinking, with all this efficiency, how will I spend all my newly acquired free time? What if I’m lonely? Well, that’s a business tip for another day.