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    Listen-Only Mode 🎧
    Alexander Bant
    • Apr 28, 2021
    • 2 min

    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...
    Nike's 10 Value 👟
    Alexander Bant
    • Apr 18, 2021
    • 1 min

    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...
    Unlearning 🎓
    Alexander Bant
    • Mar 23, 2021
    • 2 min

    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
    Alexander Bant
    • Mar 15, 2021
    • 2 min

    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
    Alexander Bant
    • Feb 16, 2021
    • 1 min

    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....
    Not Discussing List
    Alexander Bant
    • Feb 16, 2021
    • 2 min

    Not Discussing List

    In Not Doing List we look at how using #NDLs can help teams win back time together and reallocate those hours into more import work. The...
    Say no without using "I" "my" "me" "you"
    Alexander Bant
    • Feb 16, 2021
    • 3 min

    Say no without using "I" "my" "me" "you"

    Peter Drucker invented the concept known as management by objectives (MBOs) and has been described as “the founder of modern management.”...
    Saying "No" to Your Boss
    Alexander Bant
    • Jan 5, 2021
    • 3 min

    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...
    Playing Tetris With Your Calendar = 22%+ More Productivity
    Alexander Bant
    • Dec 23, 2020
    • 1 min

    Playing Tetris With Your Calendar = 22%+ More Productivity

    To help win back more of your #168hours for important work in 2021, try these tricks heading into the new year: Stack meetings...
    6 Questions to Zero-Base Your 2021 Calendar
    Alexander Bant
    • Dec 23, 2020
    • 2 min

    6 Questions to Zero-Base Your 2021 Calendar

    Before you shut down and sign off for the year, take some time to zero-base your 2021 calendar. What does zero-basing mean? Let me...
    Flip Your Competitive Paranoia
    Alexander Bant
    • Dec 6, 2020
    • 2 min

    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
    Alexander Bant
    • Dec 5, 2020
    • 3 min

    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
    Alexander Bant
    • Nov 30, 2020
    • 3 min

    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
    Alexander Bant
    • Nov 22, 2020
    • 2 min

    No Agenda, No Meeting

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