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canyonwalkerI've been in Phoenix a few days now. Tuesday I felt like all I did was eat. And drink. Oh, and I attended one meeting. 😅
But seriously, it's the let's-have-meetings-about-meetings problem. Tuesday morning we needed to have a meeting to prep for our customer meeting. We'd already had a prep meeting for this last week, but we needed this additional meeting to do final prep for the meeting. 🙄 We met over breakfast because timing.
Tuesday midday we had our customer meeting. It went well. Yay.
After that meeting, of course, we needed to have a debrief meeting. And again, because timing, we met over lunch. I was still half full from a full breakfast. Normally my breakfast is a protein bar or a few pieces of dried meat and cheese. I ordered a sandwich for lunch. When my plate landed on the table I noticed the sandwich was small, 2/3 the size I expected, and... I was glad. I was glad because that's all I really had room for, and I knew if they'd served me a bigger sandwich I would've eaten the whole thing out of habit. 🤢
Tuesday evening we met again over dinner. All of us were so full from two full meals already that we agreed on going to a restaurant with smaller plates available. That was a big shift from our first suggestion of "How about a steakhouse?"! Over dinner we discussed various sales accounts we're working on. The discussion was wide-ranging, so at least it felt like "Let's talk about what's on our minds" versus "Let's have a meeting about the meeting to prep for the meeting."
But seriously, it's the let's-have-meetings-about-meetings problem. Tuesday morning we needed to have a meeting to prep for our customer meeting. We'd already had a prep meeting for this last week, but we needed this additional meeting to do final prep for the meeting. 🙄 We met over breakfast because timing.
Tuesday midday we had our customer meeting. It went well. Yay.
After that meeting, of course, we needed to have a debrief meeting. And again, because timing, we met over lunch. I was still half full from a full breakfast. Normally my breakfast is a protein bar or a few pieces of dried meat and cheese. I ordered a sandwich for lunch. When my plate landed on the table I noticed the sandwich was small, 2/3 the size I expected, and... I was glad. I was glad because that's all I really had room for, and I knew if they'd served me a bigger sandwich I would've eaten the whole thing out of habit. 🤢
Tuesday evening we met again over dinner. All of us were so full from two full meals already that we agreed on going to a restaurant with smaller plates available. That was a big shift from our first suggestion of "How about a steakhouse?"! Over dinner we discussed various sales accounts we're working on. The discussion was wide-ranging, so at least it felt like "Let's talk about what's on our minds" versus "Let's have a meeting about the meeting to prep for the meeting."
