I'm self-employed and fairly independent. On most weeks, I spend zero hours in meetings. I'll have a call every now and then, but that's it. I just don't accept

I'm self-employed and fairly independent. On most weeks, I spend zero hours in meetings. I'll have a call every now and then, but that's it. I just don't accept calls without a reason. On the other hand, I do love having coffee or lunch with people, and I'm warming up to the value of networking. Even as an employee, I was very aggressive about cutting down meetings. I'd only send one person to represent the team, and send people back to their desks when their presence was no longer needed. We must have cut meetings by more than half.