Working Up

by Dwayne Phillips

Is this yet another boring meeting or a new opportunity to learn? Is this naive?

I attend meetings. In my former employment, I attended several meetings each day. My current employment has reduced that to several a week.

Most meetings are boring. They are inefficient. They are drudgery. Yuck.

Some meetings are opportunities to learn. Not kidding. They actually provide me an opportunity to walk away knowing more than I did when I walked in.

Boring or opportunity? Perhaps the difference between the two is in my mind. How do I approach meetings? That is all up to me. No one else controls that choice. The content of the meeting is not controlled by me, but my attitude and approach ARE controlled by me.

Perhaps this is naive. Perhaps not. Again, that is my choice.