They all have one thing in common and that is they need to be LIMITED.
This limiting of time spent in these areas creates discipline…..discipline creates the need for a start and a finish, it creates the opportunity to build expectations, and most importantly it creates a space that lets you focus on a specific issue with a potential specific outcome.
Sure you can have wheel spinning time, blue sky time….whatever you want to call it. But again, focus it and discipline it then move on. And expect the same of others to ensure that they understand that they are in control of what they do and how they do it…..and what they should expect from it.