“Why a leader should focus on developing solid time management skills” with Blade Taylor and Len Giancola

Len Giancola
Nov 7 · 11 min read

Focus on developing solid time management skills. Running a business requires you to be good at time-management. Learning to say “no” to things can be difficult early on, especially if you don’t have a lot of grit yet. By setting a goal for yourself to become a great manager of your calendar, you will be forced to say “no” to the things you don’t want to waste your time with. In high school, I used to say “yesto every opportunity that came my way and it resulted in me becoming very overwhelmed at times. The stress of saying “yes” to every opportunity taught me a valuable lesson and helped me understand just how important no really was, which has helped me focus my time and energy more efficiently.

I had the pleasure of interviewing Blade Taylor. Blade is a 22-year-old entrepreneur in Virginia, has helped hundreds of inventors and companies develop and test new product concepts with his company 3DXtremes. With the help of his partner Bryce Cahoon and the 3DXtremes team, Blade has been able to build an extremely efficient and systematic process for helping creators turn their napkin-sketch concepts into real products that are ready to go to market. Blade has focused on ensuring that 3DXtremes remains a one-stop-shop for inventors and organizations that have a new product concept in mind and are looking for help in developing and testing their idea. His focus on using new technology to drive their digital and physical product development process has resulted in their customers saving more time and money. Blade’s entrepreneurial mindset has painted a large picture for what 3DXtremes can become over the next few years and the impact they can have in the market by helping individuals successfully bring their innovative product ideas to life. If you or someone you know has a new product idea and would like to learn more about how Blade and his team can help you bring that idea to life, feel free to visit the 3DXtremes website at www.3dxtremes.com.


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Leadership Lessons from Authorities in Business, Film, Sports and Tech. Authority Mag is devoted primarily to sharing interesting feature interviews of people who are authorities in their industry. We use interviews to draw out stories that are both empowering and actionable.

Len Giancola

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Founding Partner of MJ.com

Authority Magazine

Leadership Lessons from Authorities in Business, Film, Sports and Tech. Authority Mag is devoted primarily to sharing interesting feature interviews of people who are authorities in their industry. We use interviews to draw out stories that are both empowering and actionable.

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