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Avoiding Meetings as if Your Life Depends On It

Meetings: where productivity goes to minimalist hell and creativity is forced to watch paint dry. Don't be that meeting's worst enemy – read on for the exit strategy.

• Pretend You Have a Phone Call
• Claim a Pounding Headache
• Pretend It's an Emergency (but Not Really)
• It's a Meeting with My Therapist
• It's a Meeting with the CEO (and He's Not Coming)
• Suddenly Remember a Previous Appointment
• Pretend the Thermostat is Broken
• Suddenly Remember the Birth Control Pills Need to Be Refilled
• Pretend the Oven is on Fire