Are you one of those who defend gatherings or those who try to limit it as much as possible? Jeff Bezos belongs to the second group, and also has very clear rules for it.

The Amazon founder strove to limit the number of meetings he attended. And when you do have to attend, you want to make it as efficient as possible.

To do this, follow simple rules: he doesn’t host or attend meetings if two pizzas aren’t enough to feed an entire group.

Actually, it has nothing to do with pizza. And like most things involving the founder of Amazon, it has to do with money. Bezos’ time is preciousand he knows how extravagant large gatherings can be, both to him and to anyone he meets.

The two pizza rule seems to have originally stemmed from the idea that no team should be larger than the number of people who can adequately feed themselves on two large pizzas, a recurring idea in the business world. This idea isn’t that old, but the concept still applies perfectly to meetings.

Bezos believes that if a meeting takes ten people from their jobs for an hour, What is the potential loss for the company if we calculate your salary during that time?

Make decisions quickly, Bezos philosophy

This rule ties in with another rule he follows for making decisions: “If I make, say, three good decisions a day, that’s enough,” says Bezos, “and they have to be of the highest quality you can make and fast.”

Bezos believes that the key to sustaining an innovative business is taking “high-speed, high-quality decisions.”

In his 2015 letter to Amazon shareholders, Bezos wrote about the importance of speed and “agile” in making Amazon “a great company that is also an engine of discovery.” While he concedes that some decisions are “irreversible or nearly irreversible”, the majority – in his view – are not.