Nicholas Bate

Essentials 101. A Completed List.

91. Go zero sugar, zero complaining, zero excuses.

92. Set budgets for your spending. And stick to them.

93. Observe the moon through a telescope.

94. Listen to the lyrics again of Sinatra, Dylan and The Beatles. They always have the answer.

95. Write a list of what you know for certain.

96. Visit places where there is no concrete, no electricity, no wi-fi. Just as a simple reminder of where you really are and its wonder and power.

97. Write a list of new behaviours, practices and ways of thinking you wish to adopt.

98. Be here now.

99. Do it with passion.

100. Is this an exhaustive list?

101. No. But a great start.

 

Essentials, 1-10, including: save, then spend.

Essentials, 11-20, Including: manage your mood with walks, play-lists (A) and sufficient sleep.

Essentials, 21-30, including: create a Mission Control where you work on your mission.

Essentials, 31-40, including: move: stand, walk, jump, stretch, swing, dance, run, swim, bike...

Essentials, 41-50, including: have fun and laugh a lot.

Essentials, 51-60, including: have a plan, work the plan.

Essentials, 61-70, including: give yourself fresh challenges

Essentials, 71-80, Including: it won't change until you change.

Essentials, 81-90, including: never label yourself.

(A) The play-list guru is Kurt Harden. Here.

 

Essentials 101, 81-90

81. Become a gardener and get close again to Planet Earth and the passage of the seasons.

82. Write something every day to clear the demons and to create something.

83. Bake bread.

84. Set up rituals: you do them daily, they happen automatically. Eg. taking a walk at lunch-time. 

85. Stop blaming the past; the future is awaiting you.

86. Be interested in different views to enhance your own thinking.

87. Sign up for some classes.

88. Never label yourself.

89. Don't let anyone spoil your day.

90. Work on reducing your psychological age (how young you feel) and your biological age (what your key indicators such as BP reveal about your health). Forget your chronological age (as revealed by your birth certificate); it's just a label (see 88). 

Essentials 71-80

71. Get out more.

72. Watch more stand-up.

73. Slow down.

74. Know what's true.

75. It won't change until you change.

76. Keep your promises.

77. Read the classics again.

78. Re-boot sometimes.

79. Love again a real paper map spread out on a table.

80. History is history.

Essentials 101, 61-70

61. Be your own expert.

62. Stretch and mobilise. 

63. Visit Havana, Cuba. 

64. Bicycle more. 

65. Give yourself fresh challenges.

66. Get enough sleep.

67. Wander and wonder.

68. Know the difference: correlation vs. causation.

69. Give up TV. But watch the classics. (C)

70. Read more history.

Essentials, 1-10, including: save, then spend.

Essentials, 11-20, Including: manage your mood with walks, play-lists (B) and sufficient sleep.

Essentials, 21-30, including: create a Mission Control where you work on your mission.

Essentials, 31-40, including: move: stand, walk, jump, stretch, swing, dance, run, swim, bike...

Essentials, 41-50, including: have fun and laugh a lot.

Essentials, 51-60, including: have a plan, work the plan.

(A) Personal Compass explained and coached in Get a Life, here.

(B) The play-list guru is Kurt Harden. Here.

(C) Clive James has the hand-book. 

Essentials 101, 21-30

21. Eat clean, local, simple.

22. Be here now.

23. Invest in decent running shoes. And run.

24. Do less to achieve more.

25. Create a Mission Control where you work on your mission.

26. Plan the next time period at the time period change e.g. at the end of the week, plan next week.

27. Watch the movie Casablanca.

28. Get out to the mountains, the desert, the lakes, the seashore. Often.

29. Be interested and interesting with your kids.

30. Create zones: (1) time for just you (2) time for you and the love of your life 

Essentials, 1-10

Essentials, 11-20

Essentials 101, 11-20

11. Manage your mood with walks, play-lists and sufficient sleep.

12. Stay in touch.

13. Think hunter-gatherer: walk, climb, jump and dance.

14. Encourage others.

15. Learn ancient greek and read Homer in the original.

16. Cook from scratch.

17. Visit more art galleries.

18. Be polite.

19. Be persistent.

20. Know you are on a planet: watch the sun-rise, often.

Essentials 101, 1-10

 

Essentials 101, 1-10

1. Save, then spend.
2. Work on your business, not just in it.
3. Think, then act.
4. Have pen, have paper.
5. Be on time, every time.
6. Build your library.
7. Double-check the SatNav.
8. Do it well.
9. Eat for nutrition, not just calories.
10. Write a thank you note.

Immersion 101

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.

Views 101: 61-70

61. Embedded in the obituary.

62. The stages of the Noble Path are: Right View, Right Thought, Right Speech, Right Behaviour, Right Livelihood, Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration. Buddha.

63. Held by the translator of the work of Virgil.

64. Of The Moon as the month proceeds.

65. Look at life through the wind-screen, not the rear-view mirror. Byrd Baggett

66. Always easier with a map. And a compass.

67. Of Modern Art.

68. At the many cross-roads of life.

69. With binoculars of the eagle's nest.

70. Of a different decade.

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42. Of ink dropped in a beaker of water.

43. Climate change?

44. "There are a dozen views about everything until you know the answer. Then there's never more than one." C. S. Lewis.

45. With your sun glasses on.

46. Through dripping, intense perspiration on your first marathon.

47. On how to be productive in a world of distraction.

48. On the cooking of the perfect steak.

49. Through the lens of the cultural overlay.

50. When reading Homer in the original Greek.

51. On the correct use of the semi-colon.

52. “My father says that there is only one perfect view — the view of the sky straight over our heads, and that all these views on earth are but bungled copies of it.” E. M Forster, A Room with A View.

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