Nicholas Bate

Life=Decisions

November Redux 24

1. Still the world's best operating system.
2. Sometimes Seven
3. Think inside,
4. outside and
5. beyond the box.
6. Creativity Poised
7. Immersion 101
8. Wake Up; Get Real; Take Action
9. I am an e-holic
10. How To Get a Breakthrough
11. The Ink Blot
12. Time Management for those who want to go home on time.
13. By Seven
14. Instant Business Speak: The RDF
15. Yes Seven
16. Are you serious?
17. Cubicle to Freedom
18. Marble & Ink
19. The Shapes We Love
20. Sales and Presentation Tips
21. Back of an Envelope
22. Same Old
23. Few Seven
24. Mmmm

Bonus 1: January Redux

Bonus 2: February Redux

Bonus 3: March Redux

Bonus 4: April Redux

Bonus 5: May Redux

Bonus 6: June Redux

Bonus 7: July Redux

Bonus 8: August Redux

Bonus 9: September Redux

Bonus 10: October Redux

Seven Power Marketing Words

1. IF we were bolder we might succeed;
2. And we might consider working with a competitor;
3. But surprise is essential;
4. Or we could change tack totally;
5. Beneath superficial meeting conversation is the breakthrough we seek;
6. Behind cynicism is fear of the unknown;
7. Beyond the horizon: that's where we need to consider.

The E-holic 12 step programme

1. I hate e-mail but I am addicted.
2. I resent it but I still check it.
3. It drives me mad but I won't switch it off.
4. I brag about the amount I get but I don't set up filters, blockers and batch process.
5. I send e-mail at every opportunity.
6. I check e-mail at every opportunity.
7. I give my (real) e-mail address away freely.
8. I still haven't sorted out my filing categories.
9. My in-box is similar to the night after a rave. But I didn't even get the pleasure of attending.
10. I have a genuine fear that if e-mail were banished overnight because it were revealed to cause climate change I am not sure what I would do all day.
11. I taught my toddler how to check my e-mail on my Blackberry while I switch dishes in the microwave.
12. I hate e-mail but I am addicted.

 

Potential

Cubicle to Freedom 5

The back story:

Cubicle to Freedom 1

Cubicle to Freedom 2

Cubicle to Freedom 3

Cubicle to Freedom 4

Our Manifesto

Zen and the Art of Cubicle Freedom: print and place at eye level in cubicle.

1. I am not my cubicle.
2. My cubicle may limit me physically but it cannot do so mentally.
3. Every day I will work on my cubicle escape plan.
4. My plan requires an idea. I can find one.
5. My plan requires courage. I can build such courage.
6. My plan requires action. I am committed to such.
7. I am not my cubicle.

And how do we get courage (5)?

By getting good at something. Really good. Rock star good. It doesn't really matter whether it is making bread, making music, parenting, football or archery. Or writing or drawing or thinking or sewing or knitting or cooking. Or leading. Or selling. But no longer playing. No longer amateur. No longer a kid. Growing up and excelling. Once we have that brilliance at something it gives us courage to step into an area where we know we need to learn. But with courage we can learn fast. Very fast indeed. By waking up. By getting real. By taking action.

That's how we get courage. For stage 5. Of our cubicle escape plan.

Maybe You Need

your own plank.

Marble & Ink

Have You Read Them? Do. Before The Week Is Out.

From Cubicle To Freedom, 4

The back story:

Cubicle to Freedom 1

Cubicle to Freedom 2

Cubicle to Freedom 3

Our Manifesto

Zen and the Art of Cubicle Freedom: print and place at eye level in cubicle.

1. I am not my cubicle.
2. My cubicle may limit me physically but it cannot do so mentally.
3. Every day I will work on my cubicle escape plan.
4. My plan requires an idea. I can find one.
5. My plan requires courage. I can build such courage.
6. My plan requires action. I am committed to such.
7. I am not my cubicle.

And how do we get that breakthrough idea (4)?

By believing in ourselves. By dreaming. But not by hallucinating. By giving ourselves permission to take a break every day and think. To write like we have never written before until the hand aches or the typing fingers are blistered. To enhance clearer thinking by gulping fresh air, looking up and staring at a star studded sky and realising it all started out there somewhere. To reduce hallucination by reducing drastically corn syrup laden sodas, meetings which revolve around the choice of which donut/doughnut and bags of chips/crisps on the passenger seat as we hurtle up the highway/motorway to a meeting. By realising that the idea is within us struggling to get out like a creature in the first Alien film. By realising we will either have no rest until we get on that quest or we will have to give up and become so dulled that we will be only able to create excitement in our life by waiting for Skyfall 2. By waking up. By getting real. By taking action.

That's how we get our idea. For stage 4. Of our cubicle escape plane.