Cutting Down Meeting Time like a Pro
It feels good to free up your calendar
Everyone hates meetings.
But they don’t hate them enough to actively remove them from the calendar. Once you become a senior dev, a leader, or a manger, the number of meetings starts creeping up.
I learned this the hard way so you don’t have to.
Here are some tips I use to cut down my meeting time.
🧠 The Right Mindset: A Meeting is an Output, Not an Outcome
All meetings are optional. They’re just one way to achieve a result.
Don’t assume any meeting is a must.
At the end of the day, your performance is not measured by how many meetings you have joined. It’s measured by how much impact you have made.
I’ve heard people proudly say things like, “I joined so many meetings today!” Stop thinking like that. If your workplace rewards “output” instead of outcomes, there will be more and more meetings. And those meetings are only there for wasting your time.
Some meetings are necessary, but most meetings are not. Start measuring the outcome of a meeting, not how much time you spent in it.