Comments on: 5 Little Secrets to Making Your Meetings More Enjoyable http://www.workhappynow.com/2008/05/5-little-secrets-to-making-your-meetings-more-enjoyable/ You must by happy to do great work. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:23:22 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: The Work Happy Guy http://www.workhappynow.com/2008/05/5-little-secrets-to-making-your-meetings-more-enjoyable/comment-page-1/#comment-306 The Work Happy Guy Thu, 08 May 2008 02:41:03 +0000 http://www.workhappynow.com/2008/05/07/5-little-secrets-to-making-your-meetings-more-enjoyable/#comment-306 Hey Chris, that bugs me too. Sometimes they know what they're doing too. I just want to take them out back and...uh...never mind. I guess I better reread some of my emotional work tools. Harness my inner Buddha. Hey Chris, that bugs me too. Sometimes they know what they’re doing too. I just want to take them out back and…uh…never mind. I guess I better reread some of my emotional work tools. Harness my inner Buddha.

]]> By: chris http://www.workhappynow.com/2008/05/5-little-secrets-to-making-your-meetings-more-enjoyable/comment-page-1/#comment-305 chris Thu, 08 May 2008 02:05:28 +0000 http://www.workhappynow.com/2008/05/07/5-little-secrets-to-making-your-meetings-more-enjoyable/#comment-305 I get really annoyed when people bring up issues that they know it cannot be solved in an hour. <em>chris's last blog post..<a href='http://watdawat.com/2008/05/07/manners/' rel="nofollow">Manners</a></em> I get really annoyed when people bring up issues that they know it cannot be solved in an hour.

chris’s last blog post..Manners

]]> By: The Work Happy Guy http://www.workhappynow.com/2008/05/5-little-secrets-to-making-your-meetings-more-enjoyable/comment-page-1/#comment-299 The Work Happy Guy Wed, 07 May 2008 12:41:42 +0000 http://www.workhappynow.com/2008/05/07/5-little-secrets-to-making-your-meetings-more-enjoyable/#comment-299 If I had five dollars for every meeting that had someone talking for the sake of talking, I'd be rich. They like to drag the meeting on because they want to feel important. The best way to deal with people like them is not to feed their ego. Let them talk, but stay quiet until they stop. If you are running the meeting then cut them off and move the meeting in a new direction. If I had five dollars for every meeting that had someone talking for the sake of talking, I’d be rich. They like to drag the meeting on because they want to feel important. The best way to deal with people like them is not to feed their ego. Let them talk, but stay quiet until they stop. If you are running the meeting then cut them off and move the meeting in a new direction.

]]> By: The Daily Minder http://www.workhappynow.com/2008/05/5-little-secrets-to-making-your-meetings-more-enjoyable/comment-page-1/#comment-290 The Daily Minder Wed, 07 May 2008 07:24:35 +0000 http://www.workhappynow.com/2008/05/07/5-little-secrets-to-making-your-meetings-more-enjoyable/#comment-290 Thanks for the link. I think my biggest peeve about meetings is that people like to talk for the sake of talking. I often get the feeling they don't really want to be there either but feel like they should just talk anyway so they look productive. Good post. The Daily Minder <em>The Daily Minder's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheDailyMind/~3/284483951/' rel="nofollow">Career Change: How Do You Know When to Change Jobs?</a></em> Thanks for the link. I think my biggest peeve about meetings is that people like to talk for the sake of talking. I often get the feeling they don’t really want to be there either but feel like they should just talk anyway so they look productive.

Good post.

The Daily Minder

The Daily Minder’s last blog post..Career Change: How Do You Know When to Change Jobs?

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