STOP Wasting Your Time

I think you can get more done and earn more money by simply avoiding this one thing. There's a reason Elon Musk has a strict no meeting rule at Tesla and SpaceX. If somebody needs to talk, they pick up the phone. Period. And that's backed by data. This Harvard Business Review study is fascinating. He found that executives spend 23 hours a week in meetings. So here's my advice. The next time someone invites you to a meeting, ask yourself can this be solved with a quick call? Challenge yourself for one week. Try replacing every non essential meeting like that your boss isn't mandating with a 10 minute phone call. Or better yet, send a quick text and then do a phone call to confirm if you actually ever read this book, which is a must. This is one of the biggest lessons in the book. The less meetings you have in your life, the better. Not only will you save time, but you'll also leave space in your day for all the stuff that actually matters.