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Today's tip is that following up after a meeting is a distinct task from attending the meeting.

You need to schedule time for following up if it's going to get done.

From studying time logs, I know that so many knowledge workers spend the bulk of their days in meetings.

It is easy to wind up going from meeting to meeting like middle schoolers changing classes.

You go to your two o'clock, your three o'clock, your four o'clock.

Without thinking through the implications and next steps from any of it.

This is problematic because for a meeting to be worthwhile,

it needs to have an impact on the world outside the meeting.

That means that most participants will need to do something afterwards to make sure the meeting

has achieved its purpose. The only way to make sure this happens is to schedule time for it.

Otherwise, you won't follow up in a timely fashion or you might forget

until the next meeting. There are two general ways to do this following up.

One option is to schedule 15 minutes or so after each meeting as a follow-up block.

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