Do you keep falling asleep in meetings and seminars?

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 yourself by drawing a square. I find that 5"x5" is a good size. Divide the card into columns- five across and five down. That will give you 25 one-inch blocks.

2 Write in each square one of the following words/phrases:

basically

core competencies

best practice

bottom line

revisit

team player

to tell you the truth(or the truth is)

24/7

out of the loop

benchmark

value added

proactive

win-win

think outside the box

essentially

"hit the nail on the head"

"having said that"

management tool

at the end of the day

touch base

ball park figure

client focus(ed)

paradigm

"i'm like"

leverage

3 Check off the appropriate block when you hear one of the words/phrases.

4 When you get five block horizontally, vertically or diagonally, stand up and shout "BULLSHIT!"

Testimonials from satisfied "Bullshit Bingo" players:

"I had only been in the meeting for five minutes when I won" Adam W, Atlanta

"My attention span at meetings has improved dramatically" David T, Orlando

"What a gas! meetings will never be the same for me after my first win" dan J, 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 "BULLSHIT!" for the third time in two hours" Richard C, Chicago