#1 — this habit, if followed, essentially puts you at the mercy of other people’s time management systems. If they are effective, then the meeting will happen. If not, then it will never happen.

In some cases, the person will refuse to play along, and simply say “you call me instead.”

If someone is fine with fallout of this habit i.e. missed appointments, then fine… they can implement this habit freely.

However, they shouldn’t fool themselves that this is a more effective habit than that of scheduling their own appointments,

What appears to be a minimalist habit actually is one that creates all sorts all problems.

You: “Call me when I should start working on my taxes”

IRS Agent: “No we won’t…. But we will let you know when you owe us the taxes, penalties and interest related to not paying.”

But the principle seems to be sound — it might be languaged as “schedule the minimum number of appointments with other people as you need.” That could be expanded to mean “schedule the minimum number of activities that you need to be productive,” which is essentially what #2 is saying.

Most of us always wish to have more time in our hands so that we can accomplish more things, not only for work related things but also for personal matters.

Some of us want more time in order to deal with more work related matters to meet the deadline in finishing the deal or any such related stuff.

Dan,
Time Management