How to Stay Awake in Boring Meetings

Do you keep falling asleep in meetings and seminars? What about those long and boring conference calls? Here’s a way to change all of that.

1. Before (or during) the next meeting, seminar, or conference call, prepare yourself by drawing a square. I find that 5″ x 5″ is a good size. Divide the card into columns-five across and five down. That will give you 25 one-inch blocks.

2. Write one of the following words/phrases in each block at random:

- Synergy
- Strategic fit
- Core competencies
- Best practice
- Bottom line
- Revisit
- Expeditious
- To tell you the truth (or The truth is)
- 24/7
- Out of the loop
- Benchmark
- Value-added
- Proactive
- Win-win
- Think outside the box
- Fast track
- Results-driven
- Knowledge base
- At the end of the day
- Touch base
- Mindset
- Client focus(ed)
- Paradigm
- Game plan
- Leverage

3. Now, check off the appropriate block when you hear one of those words/phrases durring the meeting.

4. When you get five blocks horizontally, vertically, or diagonally stand up and shout “BULLSHIT!”

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