All meetings should be 25 minutes by default with the ability to extend by 15 minutes if necessary.
Each meeting should have a clear agenda that outlines its context, asks, action items, etc.
Meetings should be brief & impactful
Most people spend too much time thinking & drafting an email response.
— Shahed Khan (@_shahedk) February 1, 2021
This results in a "Mark as Unread" to come back to later, or spending 15 minutes to craft the perfect reply.
More words \u2260 a better response.
Be succinct and move on.
Next level tactic when closing a sale, candidate, or investment:
— Erik Torenberg (@eriktorenberg) February 27, 2018
Ask: \u201cWhat needs to be true for you to be all in?\u201d
You'll usually get an explicit answer that you might not get otherwise. It also holds them accountable once the thing they need becomes true.