Meetings are a great trap. Soon you find yourself trying to get ag

Meetings are a great trap. Soon you find yourself trying to get agreement and then the people who disagree come to think they have a right to be persuaded. However, they are indispensable when you dont want to do anything. – John Kenneth Galbraith

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