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So it’s really about setting clear boundaries.

Contrary to the Medium post, I schedule each meeting as first thing of the day, so it’s out of the way and doesn’t cockblock deep work I want to do. Even better is no meetings, but sometimes they’re just unavoidable.

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I typically work best in the morning. I have my most productive hour the first hour I work. If I'm able to get flow on my project then it will carry me a couple hours into the day. Once I'm pulled out of my flow or I tire, I find it hard to get back in. This is the time I'd like to spend having conversations and/or meetings, with other people helping to spur my imagination.

I can't always control my schedule to this degree, because I work for others, but it's ideal for me.

I suppose it works this way for "morning people".

I only book external meetings Wednesdays and during lunch. If next Wednesday is full, the meeting goes on to lunch date or the week after. We're a small shop and all of our employees have to do this (noone is only sales, everyone is part of our code base). Works great for us.

Internal meetings are kept short. 30 minutes each morning, 30 minutes after lunch.

I do something similar and try to get all meetings on the same day(s). Of course this doesn't always work given others schedules, but does help because most of the time nothing is so critical it can't wait a few days to be discussed.

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