Do you keep falling asleep in staff meetings?
What about those long and boring conference calls?
Here's a way to change all of that:
1. Before (or during) your next meeting, seminar, or conference call, prepare your "Bulls**t Bingo" card by drawing a square -- I find that 5" x 5" is a good size -- and dividing it into columns --five across and five down. That will give you 25 1-inch blocks.
2. Write one of the following words/phrases in each block:
• Synergy
• Strategic fit
• Core competencies
• Out of the box
• Bottom line
• Revisit
• Take that off-line
• 24/7
• Out of the loop
• Benchmark
• Value-added
• Proactive
• Win-win
• Think outside the box
• Fast track
• Result-driven
• Empower (or empowerment)
• Knowledge base
• At the end of the day
• Touch base
• Mindset
• Client focus(ed)
• Ballpark
• Game plan
• Leverage
• Cascade
• Sequential or sequentially
3. Check off the appropriate block when you hear one of those words/phrases.
4. When you get five blocks horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, stand up and shout "BULLS**T!"
Testimonials from satisfied "Bulls**t Bingo" players:
"I had been in the meeting for only five minutes when I won."
- Jack W., Boston
"My attention span at meetings has improved dramatically."
- David D., Florida
"What a gas! Meetings will never be the same for me after my first win."
- Bill R., New York City
“The atmosphere was tense in the last process meeting as 14 of us waited for the fifth box."
- Ben G., Denver
"The speaker was stunned as eight of us screamed "BULLS**T!" for the third time in two hours."
- Harry A, Chantilly
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