停止參加那麼多會議

如果你整天都在開會，你能夠完成任何一件工作嗎？你做不到。但是與其發牢騷，不如多想想哪一個會議你確實必須參加。在你答應接受會議邀請前，問問自己：“如果這個會議必須開一整天，這個會議是否能夠改期？”如果你的答案是“No”，那麼，你應該拒絕這個會議，而選擇參加不需要那麼長時間的其他會議。

1. 要求會議議程。要求會議通知者你需要一份會議議程表，以便你能夠請他將你的意見轉發給會議主持人。也就是說，你去逼迫他提供出一份會議議程表。
2. 派授權代表。請你的部門中的某人出席會議，代表你的部門的觀點去做溝通。
3. 要求會議記錄。如果會議中有將人發表重要的資訊，而你只能坐著聽，要求在會後得到一份會議記錄。

Stop attending so many meetings

If you have meetings all day, can you finish any work? You can't. But instead of complaining, think about which meeting you really have to attend. Before you agree to accept the invitation, ask yourself, "If this meeting has to be held all day, can it be rescheduled?" If your answer is "No", then you should reject the meeting and choose to attend other meetings that don't require that long.

1. Request the agenda of the meeting. Ask the meeting announcer you need a meeting agenda so that you can ask him to forward your comments to the chairman. That is to say, you force him to provide a meeting agenda.
2. Appoint authorized representatives. Ask someone in your department to attend the meeting and communicate on behalf of your department.
3. Require minutes of the meeting. If someone in the meeting delivers important information and you can only sit and listen, ask for a minutes after the meeting.