Back to back meetings limitations

I have my week booked in advance. Today is Wednesday and I have no free slots till next Tuesday. Actually I have something like a free slot that is one hour processing time blocked daily. My next actions are mainly meetings. Of course I have @Computer actions but I either do them at the blocked processing time if time left, or book them in my calendar if that's very important. Then just imagine me calling somebody to agree a meeting for the next week. In this hectic non-GTD world they sometimes forget about that when this week passed :) What do you think is a better approach in this situation:

1. Call them to make a meeting for the next week anyway (do NAs);

2. Do not make any meetings later then the day after today (skip NAs);

3. Any other ideas?

BTW the second approach means that if I don't do any meetings myself they would be made anyway by other people like partners, customers ect... Please advice!
 
You could schedule more and longer appointments for working at your computer. I agree with TesTeq about charging more for meeting time, as well.
 
Borisoff;65739 said:
Any other ideas?

  • Ask yourself why I need to meet?
  • Delegate?
  • Give a value to each meeting referring to your goals? I mean to choose what's more convenient for you
  • Monthly forecast? This month could happen...so...
  • Anticipate or cancel depending on a certain list of criteria?
  • Hire someone?
 
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