Nicholas Bate

101, Immersion

What are the Secrets of Success? Sometimes you realise that if you just woke up, were intelligent, noticed the moments and were bold, had real grit, stopped thinking about escape hatches, and were resilient, perhaps things would become refreshingly different.After all, the totally tangible truths are simply priceless and remind you that whetever it takes in a Brave New World, there is no conspiracy maybe just simply one doppio espresso too many. After all, you say you want a revolution.  So be a superhero, take some time to pause and consider and realise that life is good. And become truly wealthy by using the life tips. What if you were fearless and knew that you could solve any problem that you had? Reinvent. Be outrageous. Be professional. After all, AreYouSerious as genius often starts with quick wins, certainly avoiding nonsense, taking time to reflect, seeking answers and knowing what is to be done. Set your compass, do it and boost your productivity and hence wellness and hence creativity. Think Beatles, think blue Jeans, less PowerPoint. Write and be different. Grab your freedom and travel. Less marketing, more relaxing. Make that Parallel Universe happen: be more intelligent and let the good news happen with the essentials.

Do What You Want in 2025

The book. The Guide. The Instruction Book.

Instant. Kindle. Read it. 

Catch-up Wednesday

1. 25 Mini Standards.
2. The Writing Primer.
3. Bram, A Spy Story: a story of coming of age, of Queen and country and the origins of Covid-19. “Once you start reading this book, it’s difficult to put down. Initially, you are immersed in the delights of Oxford academia, only to then be exposed to the starkness and brutality of Moscow during the Cold War. Bram, a brilliant Oxford chemist, turns spy whose mission is to save the world from a highly dangerous and ubiquitous threat. This book is characterised by most of the attributes of a good spy story with action, heroic exploits by a larger-than-life protagonist and a strong plot. Well worth a read.”
   
4. How to Start your Very Own Business.
5. Instant Productivity.
6. Seven choices.
7. 22 Essentials.
8. How to Create your Home Office.
9. plus The Start Up Myths
10. Stay STRONG
11. Crazy Bold Experiments
12. Just say NO to PPT
13. The Marketing Primer.
14. Being the Best version of you, the book, back in stock.
15. Redundancy
16. Hunter-Gatherer 21C
17. Tackling Stress.
18. Manage that career
19. Be Bold 101
20. You still haven’t read Being The Best?! 
21. Things They Don’t Teach at Business School
22. the secrets of success
23. Life Tips 101
24. Zen & Art of Cubicle Freedom
25. Carnage At Kodak
26. The Very Best Drugs You Need
27. Billions of Light Years Away In Another Galaxy
28. 22 Routes To Your Non Fiction Book
29. Lists For The Life You Love
30. How To Lessen E-Mail Pain
31. Professionalism 101
32. 21 Ways to Improve your Zoom Conference Call.
33. Productivity Primer
34. 101, redux
35. The Basic Basics

On Writing, 133

1. Write for quantity.
2. Then edit for quality.
3. Write to the stopwatch with zero distractions.
4. Accept no excuses: fingers to keyboard same time, same place; rain or shine.
5. Do the day-job brilliantly so you become invaluable and you can negotiate more time for writing.
6. Write for love of word, sentence and story. Not for fame.
7. When not writing nor doing the day job, read the classics.

Monday is Re-set Day

Accumulative re-sets allow a revolution. 

Your revolution.

Michael Wade

The latest substack.

Do What You Want in 2025

The book. The Guide. The Instruction Book.

Instant. Kindle. Read it today and be ready for the week. 

Go read. 

 

The Greatest Productivity Tips, 140

The things you don’t have time for?

Walking, reading, leisurely conversation, real cooking and just being?

When done regularly will take your productivity to outstanding places.

Scroll less: walk, read and be more.

The Friday Threshold Trap Reminder

There is a point at which the gains of a beneficial process disappear. And fall away rapidly.

• Exercise is good for you. But too much clearly isn't.
• E-mail is efficient (gets stuff done), but over-reliance and an addiction curtails effectiveness (getting the right things done).
• Hot-desking is a total pain on a Monday when you simply end up sitting in a corridor with a lap-top balanced on your knees slowly developing a pain in the neck.
• Zoom calls are easy to book but nobody is 'mentally' there.
• Chasing an ever high standard of living can reduce the quality of your life.
• Lists of values look good in the annual report but cause cynicism in some of your best and most hard-working teams.
• Throwing all marketing communication at social media disguises the lack of an actual strategy.

 Stay alert to the traps set deep in the woods. Stay awake. Stay Hunter-Gatherer 21 Century.

Read This Weekend.

You’d prefer it in easy chunks? Maybe 45 minutes? Varied? Time travel? A whodunnit? A historical adventure?

You’re in luck. You need Love, Life & Legacy, a collection of three short stories.

Ahhhh…you seek something darker? A different time? Conspiracy? A hero set to save the world? The origins of Covid-19. That’ll be Bram, A Spy Story.

Actually you’d prefer the full saga, the hero’s quest! Three arching novels which take you from the south of the UK to a magical Scottish island and then to Europe.  A tale of love, self-realisation and destiny. The Molly Trilogy which starts here. 

All available via kindle, machine or app. Happy reading. De-stress, expand the mind and scroll differently.