The following is a short book preview contributed by the Ohio State University Leadership Center.
Meetings Matter: Powerful Strategies for Remarkable Conversations
Paul Axtell, Corvallis, OR: Jackson Creek Press (2015)
Each person, each conversation, and each moment are what really matters.
This is perhaps the most powerful perspective for shaping a positive experience in many aspects of life and work. You may be familiar with Tolstoy’s story The Three Questions, part of his collection of What Men Live By:
- Where is the most important place?
- What is the most important time?
- Who is the most important person?
The answers are, of course:
- Right here.
- Right now.
- The person you’re with.
The point is to give your full attention to whatever you are doing and to whomever you are with right now – to remind yourself that this moment matters because it’s where you are. Remind yourself to be mindful.
Meetings Matter is available from the OSU Leadership Center.
Learn how the Ohio State University Leadership Center is inspiring others to take a leadership role that empowers the world at the OSU Leadership Center website.
