Time Management for Professionals

My Schedule Sucks And There’s NOTHING I Can Do About It

By Demir & Carey Bentley · November 25, 2023 · 1 min read

My Schedule Sucks And Theres NOTHING I Can Do About It

One of the most common pushbacks I hear from clients when we go to optimize their schedule is:

“My schedule is the way it is because of all of the meetings and requests for my time. It sucks — but there’s nothing I can do about it!”

And gang, a little tough love here…

Odds are, you can reduce the amount of time you spend in meetings.

Yes — you! Reading this, thinking it yourself “there’s literally no way.”

Some of my clients have been able to cut back as much as 90%!

And even if you swear UP and DOWN that you can’t cut your meetings back… Rearranging your calendar to cut back on cognitive switching will do you wonders.

I talk about how to do that in today’s brand new YouTube video:

>> Click here to watch “My Schedule Sucks And There's NOTHING I Can Do About It” (4 min) <<

Let me know in the comments: Do you spend too much time in meetings? 👀

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