25 Ways To Make Your Life Easier Within A Week or Two

1. Have a plan. We humans like clarity; having a plan helps achieve that. Having a plan does not mean over-working; it simply means that which is important to you is much more likely to happen.
2. Take a daily walk. Being organic, fragile creatures we need daily restoration. A walk is perfect.
3. Read something, anything inspiring at lunch-time. Anytime is good, but often by lunch-time we need a re-focus on what it’s all about.
4. Stay human. Observe the reptiles inhabiting the offices and shops near you. Humans have some higher attributes such as empathy, creativity and sheer drive. Use them.
5. Connect with people when in conversation. They are not a ‘human resource’.
6. Talk plenty about what is working, but notice what isn’t and act upon it.
7. Act as a leader would in any situation, whether or not you have an appropriate title.
8. Anticipate what is going to happen. You can get remarkably good at it. Boy, does it make things easier.
9. Follow-through. Having done an action, make a diary note to follow-up.
10. Get good at looking at cost and investment not just now but longer term: it’ll change your perspective of meetings, for example. A rubbish meeting just seems painful for 1h, but when you realise what it is doing to the product launch, it could bring down your company.
11. Forget ought and should, get real. All kinds of things ought to get done and people should know better. But they wont. Have a plan B. And C. Until you no longer have to work with them.
12. Start drawing, sketching and writing.  It’ll develop your acuity, your ability to notice the stuff others miss which makes their life harder.
13. Re-realise that not everything worthwhile has to have a price nor cost.
14. Hang out with those who are the same path as you.
15. Create a DIY MBA (whether or not you have a 'real' MBA) and start reading.
16. Get enough sleep.
17. Try more days ‘unplugged’. You, brain, pencil and paper.
18. Ask more question, more explicit questions. Ask until they hesitate: at that point you have hit the depths of their knowledge: are you reassured. Or not?
19. Zone your time. Work time. You time. You + partner time. You + kids time. Stick to it.
20. Laugh a lot. And sometimes cry a bit.
21. Those thing that are really irritating you? Don’t fix them once, fix them properly for the long-term.
22. Find out how your SatNav really works.
23. Notice the feed-back your body is giving you and act. Deep fatigue isn’t just deep fatigue; it’s your body calling for rest.
24. Decide to make these the norm.
25. Start now.