A quick Google search yields a plethora of alarming statistics related to the cost of unproductive meetings. A few stats:

• There are approximately 55 million meetings daily and at least half do not accomplish much (Forbes, 2019)

An important part of leadership is to pause and take breaks (as I mentioned in THIS Pause blog post). Sometimes those breaks are mental breaks to recoup and recover. Other times, they should be clarity breaks where you take a step back and focus on your business or your life. It’s a chance to clear your mind of the thousand questions and thoughts flying around and get them down on paper.