Stephen Robbins here. Welcome to the Get It Done guys, quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

Today's topic is how to schedule meetings with many people quickly. You'll find out how even an

introvert can travel to another city and reconnect with everyone they know without feeling rushed

or pressured.

Relationships make the world go round.

Now, it's true if we all turned backwards and ran in the opposite direction at the same time,

we might be able to make the world slow down and stop.

But if we don't do that, relationships will keep making the world go round.

Whenever I travel to another city, I deepen my relationships with the people who live there. It's not easy, because I can't just plan a big party and invite

everyone. You see, I am an introvert. We're a persecuted minority who can be very social,

but people wear us out, and we need time alone to recharge. We like one-on-one

conversation where we can affect where the conversation goes and how quickly. Otherwise, we swoon,

like at parties. At parties, we get overwhelmed and head to the bathroom, but all we do there is

breathe, relax, and recover. The extroverts listening to this

are shaking their heads in amazement. Like introverts do what? The introverts, on the other hand,

are all thinking, you mean there are others? I'm not alone. Extroverts do small talk well.

Introverts like personal topics. Extroverts say, nice to meet you, what do you do for work? I, an introvert, say, nice to meet you,

what do you do for work? Does it make you feel like life is devoid of meaning and you're

just living a gray, dead-end existence in a soul-sucking cubicle job where you

subjugate your humanity in favor of surface-level conformity, I don't get invited

back very much. So, I invite myself. I invited myself to New York to meet my publisher,

editor, and several old and new friends, 19 people in two days, and no small talk, just

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