Daily Lessons in Intentional Excellence
Wednesday, April 8, 2026
Do Meetings, By Themselves, Have Any Intrinsic Value?
Useless meetings waste enormous amounts of time and can cost thousands of dollars per hour. Either make a meeting count, or don't have one at all.
If your next meeting doesn't count for anything, count on cancelling it.
Today's TQ Challenge: Make Every Minute Matter.
There are only 1440 minutes in a day. These are the minutes you have to spend on everything you want to get done. There will never be more, no matter how great the desire or need. There can be less when some of these same minutes are wasted on things that produce nothing in return. Time doesn't care how it is used. It moves on regardless of how much progress you make from each passing minute. You can invest your time in important pursuits, achieving desirable personal rewards. Or you can squander the opportunity of a lifetime by wasting the time you have.
"Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it."~ Lou Holtz
Think about it. How well and how often do you actually DO Optimize Factor 9B?
"I make my minutes matter by eliminating time wasters whenever I find them."
A high commitment (9B rated 8 or better) suggests you rarely waste a minute on things of no value to you. You establish clear priorities for how you will use your time every day. This makes it easy to identify those things that keep you from your high-payoff activities. You never take your minutes for granted -- nor squander precious time on things that have little value. When you do find a time waster, you quickly eliminate it. This gives you more time for those activities that you care about the most.
On the other hand...
A lack of commitment suggests you are someone who spends time with little regard to what you get in trade. You rarely consider if you're making the best use of your time. You tend to rate your productivity based on the amount of time spent -- rather than the results accomplished -- and are rarely motivated to initiate time-saving measures. This means you can easily become distracted by even the most casual time-wasting diversions.
What happens when you CHOOSE to do Factor 9B a bit more frequently?
Your time is highly productive because you eliminate everything that isn't. You accumulate performance positives like "Industrious, Focused and Pragmatic" -- immediately moving you towards the results you expect.
What happens when you FAIL to consistently do Factor 9B?
Precious gems of time are wasted with little to show in return. Negatives like "Wasteful, Unmotivated and Lackadaisical" start to take their toll on your performance -- quickly moving you away from the success you want.
Now Ask Yourself This...
Is Factor 9B Causing You Problems?
If you believe this factor is a key performance obstacle -- and that it's preventing you from realizing your personal dreams and goals -- then you need to improve it.
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