Learning | Not Doing List

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...

Unlearning 🎓

Learning is the acquisition of knowledge or skills through experience, study, or being taught. It’s something we all strive to spend more...

Focus = Not Doing

Focus. How many times a week do you hear someone say this word? It could be you, your colleagues, your customers, and your boss. "Focus...

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....

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...

Flip Your Competitive Paranoia

Former Intel CEO Andrew Grove famously liked to remind his employees: “Only the paranoid survive. Paranoia, when properly deployed, can...

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....

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...

No Agenda, No Meeting

Learn about 3 questions you should ask before agreeing to any meeting.