If a call or meeting is meaningless, kill the damn thing

Dump out of the bullshit.

Last week I had a call scheduled for one hour. At the four-minute mark, it was obvious it was going nowhere and would go nowhere. Thought maybe I'd make some money from it, but not everything always works. So I thanked the guy for his time and dumped out. Later. 

I just got 56 minutes back to work on other stuff, get lunch, read something, workout, etc. 

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