How To Stay Awake In Meetings
Do you keep falling asleep in meetings and seminars? What about those long and boring conference calls?
Here's a way to change all of that!.
1. Before your next meeting, seminar, or conference call, print this grid and
bring it with you to the meeting.
|
Synergy |
Revisit |
Benchmark |
Fast track |
Touch base |
|
Strategic fit |
Expeditious |
Value-added |
Result-driven |
Mindset |
|
Core competencies |
To tell you the truth |
Proactive |
Empowerment |
Client focus(ed) |
|
Best practice |
24/7 |
Win-win |
Knowledge base |
Leverage |
|
Bottom line |
Out of the loop |
Think outside the box |
At the end of the day |
Game plan |
3. Check off the appropriate block when you hear one of
those words or phrases.
4. When you get five blocks horizontally,
vertically, or diagonally, stand up and shout
"BULL!"
Actual testimonials from satisfied "BS
Bingo" players:
~ "I had been in the meeting for
only five minutes when I won." – Adam W., Atlanta
~ "My attention span at meetings
has improved dramatically."- David T.,
Florida
~ "What a gas! Meetings will
never be the same for me after my first
win."- Dan J., New York City
~ "The atmosphere was tense in
the last process meeting as 14 of us waited for the fifth box." - Ben G.,
Denver
~ "The speaker was stunned as eight
of us screamed 'BULL!' for the third time
in two hours."-Bob Q., Indianapolis
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