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The 3 Secrets That Will Make You the Smartest Person in Any Meeting
And you don’t need to say much of anything at all.
A huge portion of our professional life is spent in meetings. You would think people would know how to conduct themselves, but evidence proves otherwise.
You know as well as I do that meetings are often a waste of time. Not that the content is bad, but that many meetings are rendered ineffective because of bad meeting people.
Here are three actionable steps that will make you a good meeting person:
- Pay attention
- Take notes
- Don’t say much
The second and third-order effects are that you will be considered the smartest person in the room, and your coworkers will fall in love with you.
Pay attention
Watch watchers, laptop readers, and phone scrollers drive me insane during meetings. If you have something better to do, then go do it.
Close your laptop and turn your phone face down, check these during breaks or after the meeting.
Look at the person speaking, and listen to what is being said.
