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Productive Meetings: Two Cents and Two Sentences
January 3, 2006 on 10:49 pm | In Gems, Islam, Islamic Work| By Ilm Seeker
To optimize your meetings and keep them clear, concise, and on-topic, follow the following two rules as much as possible:
Two Cents: Keep your two cents out of it. Nobody wants to hear your opinion anyway, and spewing one opinion denies other opinions their right. When you compound personal opinion with rebuttal with re-rebuttal, your main topic quickly derails. (Never tolerate deviations from this rule.)
Two Sentences: When you speak, limit your dialogue to two sentences max. Power comes with being concise. This forces you to think about your statements before you say them, and prevents you from getting far off topic whenever you choose to speak. (Ignore occasional deviations from this rule.)
If everyone in your meeting understands, agrees, and follows these rules, bi ithnillah (by the permission of Allah), you'll find your productivity increases almost exponentially.
Wallahu 'alim.
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Asslamu ‘alaykum wa’rahmatullahi wa’barkatuhu
here’s are some quotes i read from http://www.lessonsoftheday.blogspot.com that might go with the topic in hand:
“Even the person who thinks twice before they speak is often sorry they said it. A clever person thinks of a witty retort in time to say it, but a cleverer person thinks of it in time not to say it.”
“Fools think they need no advice, but the wise listen to others. To exist is to change; to change is to mature; to mature is to create oneself endlessly.”
“All that you achieve and all that you fail to achieve is the direct result of your own thoughts.”
“The biggest mistake you can make is to be always right. Wise people sometimes change their mind–fools never do.”
“Never look down on someone unless you are helping them up. You can’t expect people to look eye to eye with you if you are looking down on them.”
“No one gives their opinion with more zeal than an ignorant person. The person who knows it all, has a lot to learn.”
Fee ImanAllah and jazka’Allah khair
Comment by Anonymous — January 8, 2006 #
Asslamu ‘alaykum wa’rahmatullahi wa’barakatuhu
forgot to mention a saying by Ali (ra)
When words are in your mouth you control them, but once they come out they control u.
Comment by Anonymous — January 8, 2006 #
Jazakullahu khayr for sharing.
On advice: All of the khulafa rashideen (four righteous khalifas) made shura (consultation) often. And they were among the most knowledgable people. Wallahu ‘alim.
Comment by Ilm Seeker — January 8, 2006 #