SurprisingButTrueSixteen

1. Working hard to create a different business will save loads of heartache compared to trying to create a cheaper business.
2. Create a productivity breakthrough by drawing a vertical time-line on a blank sheet of paper: this represents your working-day. Break every hour into three 'shifts' of twenty minutes; so if you are working from 0800 to 1800 you have ten times three or 30 'shifts'. Block out any meetings and any breaks. Now schedule tasks (have to do/want to do) into shifts. You'll be amazed at how much more you will get done.
3. A sharpened pencil, a piece of paper and a chair with a view are all you need to get creative again.
4. The best Italian words are scusi, pizza, espresso doppio, grazie. In that order.
5. Getting 'stuff lean' again will revolutionise how you feel. Empty the briefcase, clear the desk and reduce the number of anything into your Life.
6. Listen, really listen to the language patterns in The Sopranos. Notice how easy it is to create a valid reality from our own bull**it.
7. You can get to grips with The Four Noble Truths. Or you can ditch the TV, corn syrup, e-mail after supper and the phrase 'when I was your age'. Both options are remarkably powerful. One is a little more accessible.
8. A juicer and consequently real fresh juice, daily, easily will drive a desire to become more healthy more quickly than almost any other routine.
9. School and college no longer do education. They do exams. You have to do education. Read more books.
   
10. People say no because most people give up at that point. Not you, though.
11. Making money is a whole lot easier when you realise it's not just about making money it's also about (1) saving money and also about (2) not spending money. 
12. Perhaps. Perhaps not. That's what trying is about.
13. 92% of Beatles songs are about love, possibility and innovation. Maybe that's why we like them so much.
14. Walk the corridors of your business and ask people what they are working on at the moment. Prepared to be shocked.
15. Re-watch the Moon Landing. Listen to Churchill's wartime speeches. Watch your kid's game. Chat with your friendly local barista. Remind yourself daily of humans at their best and carry it with you wherever you go. Notice the change in you and others.
16. Change isn't something to talk about. It is something to do.