| FEATURE
The “Things to Avoid” List of Capable People
The decision-making methods that liberates you from spreading yourself too thin
Your life will change once you decide what you’re not going to do
SECTION 1 - The “things to avoid” lists that invite success
Unproductive work wastes both time and energy - Oki Matsumoto, President and CEO, Monex Beans Holdings
Get rid of everything that is unimportant in following your dreams and objectives - Masatoshi Kumagai, CEO & Representative Director, GMO Internet
The superwoman who gets rid of things she can’t do - Yuko Kawamoto, Professor, Waseda Graduate School of Finance, Accounting and Law
COLUMN
The “things to avoid” list of Japan’s three great historic leaders (Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu)
SECTION 2 - How to decide what you’re not going to do
The “less is more” strategy of winning companies
Start by sharpening your skills at determining importance and urgency
Coach yourself to determine what you can’t do and what you won’t do
A quantitative method for determining what you shouldn’t do
INTERVIEW
I make my decisions based on intuition and then add a little extra to my response - YOU, entertainer, actress and singer
SECTION 3 - The magic formulas for putting into practice the “things to avoid”
Learning what should be avoided within the framework of a major corporation - Akihiko Nishiyama, Director, Nishiyama Management Research Institute, Tokyo Gas
Ascertain your legal responsibility - Survey conducted by this magazine on how to say no and make requests without upsetting the other person
How to avoid increasing your workload even further by totally getting rid of wasted efforts
INTERVIEW
It’s arrogant to think that you can do anything if you make an effort - Taichi Yamada, screenwriter and author | 
