I often get grouchy at meetings. Often meetings are held for the sake of themselves. Sometimes you have meetings where you have a good purpose, but they don't lead to anything. You have all been on these pointless meetings. In these meetings you do not know what to say and often it is the same for everyone. Everyone tries to say wise things, but it's like trampling water, instead of getting somewhere You sit there and everyone talks about the problem instead of the solution. Do you listen to what people say you hear: Unspecified noun ("We" - Who we? "Help" - What help?) Unspecified verbs ("engages us" - in what way? How?) Generalizations (all, nobody, always, never) Rules (must, can not) Comparisons (better than, worse than) The participants repeat the same thing over and over again This is a symptom that the discussion does not solve the concrete problem. What we have to do is look for alternative methods to tackle the problem inst...