What to do with meeting fatigue? My whole day is packed with meetings and its burning me out. How do people do it for their entire career? I see managers/seniors on calls from early morning to late night, every single day....

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Learn to hit no. They can't be ALL important...

Also, create an hour or two block of time per day as your own work time so ppl don't schedule during those hours

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I do this religiously. I’ll let some meetings be scheduled over my “do not schedule” time, but they’re few and far between. I go 2 weeks out on my calendar to block the time before meetings creep up.

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They day-drink

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Do it like me. I join , mute myself and go to sleep, my juniors send me meeting notes and next steps. I get a good 10 12 hrs of sleep a day

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But I'm the junior :(

Microsoft focus time is key. Allow it to schedule the time Automatically. Say No. focus on the topics that fall under your remit. Allow 10% to be other stuff. Avoid internal kick off meetings

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