Listen-Only Mode 🎧
Sharing some advice this week that Mark Cuban received at age 22, which changed his career trajectory forever. He got direct feedback...
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Alexander Bant
Apr 18, 20211 min read
Nike's 10 Value 👟
Nike was founded on ten business values that allowed the leadership team to rapidly build a world-leading brand. Included in these values...
Alexander Bant
Apr 11, 20212 min read
Track Your Lost Time
How do you end your typical workday? For most professionals it's a combination of clearing out the last few emails, knocking out final to...
Alexander Bant
Mar 23, 20212 min read
Unlearning 🎓
Learning is the acquisition of knowledge or skills through experience, study, or being taught. It’s something we all strive to spend more...
Alexander Bant
Feb 21, 20212 min read
Your "Yes" Story
You earn the right to say no, when your boss and other leaders trust that you are saying yes to the right things and spending time on...
Alexander Bant
Feb 16, 20211 min read
Solve Harder Problems
There is an Elon Musk quote that I can't stop thinking about and it is at the center of what Not Doing List is all about. Check it out....
Alexander Bant
Jan 10, 20213 min read
Rule of 10: Switching from "Yes" to "No"
I’ve been presenting the concepts from Not Doing List to a few audiences in advance of the book launching this spring. Last week, someone...
Alexander Bant
Jan 5, 20213 min read
Saying "No" to Your Boss
After you make a Not Doing List, fear will quickly set in. Fear that you can't actually skip, dodge, delete, or not do the things on your...
Alexander Bant
Dec 24, 20203 min read
Find Time for Your 2021 Resolutions
We are about to turn the page into next year. That is a signal for most people to get busy listing out resolutions. However, according to...
Alexander Bant
Dec 6, 20202 min read
Flip Your Competitive Paranoia
Former Intel CEO Andrew Grove famously liked to remind his employees: “Only the paranoid survive. Paranoia, when properly deployed, can...
Alexander Bant
Dec 5, 20203 min read
Proactively Slim Down Your 2021 Objectives
Most management teams are gearing up to set 2021 objectives. That means now is the time for you to play Chief "Simplification" Officer....
Alexander Bant
Nov 30, 20203 min read
Reward the Five "No" Behaviors
My book NOT DOING LIST helps leaders focus and use their #168hours more productively. This blog post is about rewarding the #NDL...
Alexander Bant
Nov 26, 20202 min read
Use a "Ridiculous Reschedule"
We still sit through way too many meetings that we know are a complete waste of our time. They don't have an agenda, they don't have a...
Alexander Bant
Nov 26, 20202 min read
Hey Siri, remind me to NOT
In Not Doing List, I show readers how to get harder, more important work done by starting each week with a list of what you will delete,...
Alexander Bant
Nov 22, 20202 min read
No Agenda, No Meeting
Learn about 3 questions you should ask before agreeing to any meeting.
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