First things first: Whenever possible, science says don’t have so many meetings.

Here’s why:

So yeah: Stop having so many meetings. (Besides: A full calendar—especially a calendar full of meetings—is never a proxy for productivity.)

But what if you really need to have a meeting? How can you make that meeting as focused and productive as possible? Borrow a move from Oprah Winfrey’s leadership tool kit.

Brendon Burchard, the author of High Performance Habits: How Extraordinary People Become That Way, says

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