# The Psychology Behind Meeting Overload

<https://hbr.org/2021/11/the-psychology-behind-meeting-overload>

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## What Jamie wrote

Some of these are obvious and I see them (and probably practice some of them) on a regular basis. However, I hadn't considered something like FOMO, the fear of missing out, and how that could impact meetings. The six concepts here are:

1. Meeting FOMO
2. Selfish Urgency
3. Meetings as Commitment Devices
4. The Mere Urgency Effect
5. Meeting Amnesia
6. Pluralistic Ignorance

A good read if all you get from it is a way to identify certain meeting patterns or intentions.

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