Entrepreneur and creator Codie Sanchez has an 'intense' approach to meetings. These are her 3 rules.

Codie Sanchez, CEO of Contrarian Thinking, wants to help owners run their businesses without being constantly present.

Bry Penney Entrepreneur Codie Sanchez said she has an "intense" approach to meetings.

To eliminate performative work, she says people can leave meetings at any time.

The founder of Contrarian Thinking talks about that and other topics in her new book.

Entrepreneur and creator Codie Sanchez knows she has a "kind of intense" approach to meetings.

"Meetings should only be for people who need to be in them, because nobody wants more meetings than you need," she said.

"So I'm always asking: Does everybody at this meeting need to be in here?" The ex-Wall Streeter made a name for herself by buying "boring" businesses like laundromats.

She founded the Austin, Texas-based company, Contrarian Thinking, which helps owners buy and build businesses.

Sanchez also has a big social media presence , including 3.3 million Instagram followers, and hosts the No.

14 business podcast on Spotify.

Here are Sanchez's rules for effective meetings at her company.

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People can leave a meeting at any time Sanchez said a "big thing at the company" is that anyone can leave any meeting if they feel they're not supposed to be there.

It's not to be rude, but to maximize efficiency.