Don't Be Robbed in Your Next Meeting

What if someone asks to borrow your checkbook? And then the person says, "By the way, could you sign the checks before handing it over?"

Absurd, right?

And yet, people freely sign over huge chunks of their lives by agreeing to attend pointless meetings.

Here are five things to ask about before agreeing to attend.

1) Goals

What are the goals for the meeting? Why are you holding this meeting? What do you want to have when you finish?

If you receive a vague answer, such as,