Anne Robinson Quotes

Meetings don't have to be endless to be eternal.

I never accepted the premise that meetings themselves were bad.

Meetings with no goal, also known as 'coffee shop' meetings, can be huge time wasters if you're not efficient with them. 'Always know why you're meeting, and make sure it's important - try to keep them to 30 minutes, max.

Meetings are usually terrible, but they shouldn't be.

Most meetings are too long, too dull, too unproductive - and too much a part of corporate life to be abandoned.

I find most meetings are a waste of time, because they are so ill-prepared and there's little opportunity for true synergy in producing better solutions than what anyone originally thought of. So I work hard to only attend those meetings that have strategic importance and miss all kinds of other seemingly urgent meetings.

I don't have a tolerance for long meetings. I generally expect to get things over with quickly.

I don't like to spend time in endless meetings talking about stuff that isn't going to get anything done. I have meetings, but they're short, prompt and to the point.

The central purpose of a chairman should be to ensure that the shortest possible time should elapse between the beginning of any meeting and its end.

Meetings should have as few people as possible, but all the right people.

Don't equate activity with efficiency. You are paying your key people to see the big picture. Don't let them get bogged down in a lot of meaningless meetings and paper shuffling. Announce a Friday afternoon off once in a while. Cancel a Monday morning meeting or two. Tell the cast of characters you'd like them to spend the amount of time normally spent preparing for attending the meeting at their desks, simply thinking about an original idea.

Our meetings are held to discuss many problems which would never arise if we held fewer meetings.

Whoever invented the meeting must have had Hollywood in mind. I think they should consider giving Oscars for meetings: Best Meeting of the Year, Best Supporting Meeting, Best Meeting Based on Material from Another Meeting.

Write as well as you can and finish what you start.

The less you talk, the more time you have for the essential things.

Most people simply don't view going to meetings as doing work.

Focus not on doing less or doing more but on doing what you value.

Never waste a minute thinking about people you don't like.

I mean time management is a big factor in my life. I'm a very organized person. You can only do one thing at a time, so that's the main way I do everything. When I'm with my kids, I'm with my kids. When I'm directing a movie, I'm directing a movie. When I'm making Magic Mike, I'm making Magic Mike. So you just really have to fragment and focus.

Make everyday as productive as the day before you go on vacation.

Every day, do something that is truly important in moving you toward your goals. You must choose to invest your time in the important steps. When you take charge of your time, you take charge of your life. How you spend your time reflects your priorities.

If I were to let my life be taken over by what is urgent, I might very well never get around to what is essential.

Focusing is about saying No.

I'll be very busy, which is all I need.

Anything I do today, I regard as urgent.