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How many times have you heard someone say, "I'd really love this job if I didn't have all of these meetings!"

The topic of time management came up during an appointment with a client who was struggling to "get it all done." Her average workweek tops 70 hours. She reluctantly admitted that she never eats lunch and only uses two of her five weeks of vacation. A quick evaluation of her typical week revealed that 40 percent of her time was allocated to recurring scheduled meetings. With that insight, I then asked her to:

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