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How to decline invitations to meetings you want to avoid

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Release Date: 09/09/2024

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You are invited to a meeting but would rather not attend. How can you smoothly escape it? In episode No. 607 of Done!, you will learn three ideas on how to avoid the worst meetings. about meetings, emails and texts. What tricks do you have for declining meetings that you believe would be a waste of time? . Maybe you have a clever trick that allows you to skip the meeting and still contribute with what only you can. Do you know to get responses faster to your emails? These episodes are also available as a weekly newsletter to your email. If you rather read than listen (or both!), David...

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