I have a friend who tells me from time to time, “Ronnie, you are going to die in a meeting.”
Now I have been in some meetings that I thought I was dying and others that I thought I was
dead! Meetings are a necessity from time to time; however, sometimes they are just part
of the day and seemingly unnecessary.

Yesterday was one of those days when my meetings were all filled with meaning and were
of value to the church and me.  It is a blessing to meet with fellow men of God, charting a
future together from the planning of a service to a conference to launching a new ministry.  When
days like yesterday come around, it reminds me that I am a very blessed man.  Yes, my day was
filled with a whole lot, from study time to a television shoot for the entire family series to a
luncheon meeting with four meetings following.  Yet, the day was productive and the meetings
were a blessing.

Proper leadership usually determine how successful a meeting is. An orderly agenda, a
sense of urgency while conducting the meeting, and an awareness that each meeting while must
be an asset to the whole are all important. One thing I tell my guys often is:  “Every meeting you have, you need to calculate how much money is sitting around the table.  In other words, how much does that meeting cost per minute once you add up the salaries of those people attending?”  That leads you to insure that only the right and needed people are in the meeting and makes you very conscientious
as to the length of the meeting itself.

If you have responsibility in ever leading meetings, perhaps something mentioned today will
encourage you.  Have a great day of meetings.