7 Ways to Survive a Boring Meeting

1. Take notes on what the meeting would cover if it were worthwhile.
2. Listen for the most productive item mentioned and then see if that can be turned into something meaningful.
3. Listen for what is not being said.
4. Ask yourself what Theodore Roosevelt, Margaret Thatcher or Abraham Lincoln would do and act accordingly.
5. Decide on the minimal amount of time you have to be there before leaving.
6. Excuse yourself to take a call and then don't return.
7. Don't attend in the first place.