My old boss told me last week to stop saying yes to every meeting invite, and it made me count how many hours I lose

Susan Wells · 2026-09-30T12:05:02.79727+00:00

I grabbed coffee last week with my old boss Dana, who ran our team back in 2019, and she asked me how many hours a week I sit in meetings that could have been a two line email. I counted 11 hours in one week, which is almost a whole day gone. How do you all push back on invites without looking like the person who never shows up?

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