Sometimes it's not what you do — it's what you don't do. In this episode, Jeff Matlow unpacks omission bias: that false belief that inaction is safer than action, even when it is just as damaging.

Here are a few tidbits you'll learn in this episode:

✅ How omission bias appears in your life

✅ How avoiding decisions will erode your leadership

✅ What great leaders do when fear of mistakes creeps in

Doing nothing is still a choice. Make sure it's the right one.

🎧 Go on, hit play and stop letting inaction call the shots.


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Show Notes

[00:00] Introduction

[01:50] Big Promotion at Work

[03:45] The Morality Of Omission Bias

[05:16] The Bias In Your Life

[06:39] The Downside Of Omission Bias

[07:32] The Leadership Lesson In Omission

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