Nicholas Bate

Snowflakes

up real close.

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“By day the hot sun fermented us; and we were dizzied by the beating wind. At night we were stained by dew, and shamed into pettiness by the innumerable silences of stars.” 

T E Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph.

Unlikely 7

1. That if you keep trying. That's keep trying, you can't get exactly what you want. 
2. That if you read a little every day you won't come up with some great ideas.
3. That if you talk and talk and talk and listen and listen and listen and understand and understand and understand you can't repair a broken relationship.
4. That if you slow down, life won't seem so much easier.
5. That if you do what you commit to, you won't win simple accumulative respect.
6. That if you think about what the customer wants and multiply that by what they need you can't come up with a superb concept for a small, self-sustaining business.
7. That if you stop thinking things are unlikely, you can't make them very, very, very much more likely.

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HowToBeMoreIntelligent101, the next 14

1. Just know that are smarter than you were and you can be smarter still.
2. Practise representing data in 2 by 2 matrices and graphs to get to the point.
3. Learn a meditative practice be it Tai Chi or a simple breathing meditation.
4. Eat less c**p. imagine what that corn syrup is doing to those beautifully formed neural pathways of yours.
5. Don't believe the majority of what your teachers told you about your intelligence.
6. Work at a different speed.
7. Do a psychometric such as MBTI to reveal more about your approach to life.
8. Switch off your phone in queues and watch, observe and think.
9. Mountains or Toblerone. Someone was being smart. That was a quest. Yours is a quest is too.
10. Get a set of high quality coloured pencils and use them.
11. Get that MBA off your CV and into action.
12. Use walking to overcome mental blocks.
13. Flick through your notebooks seeking inspiration.
14. Think less about qualifications and more about accelerating your real experience.

The First Fifty.

Deeper Than Seth, Broader Than Tom, Less Scary Than Ferriss

Michael Wade on writing, disaster  and life.

"Every day should begin with a good look at the sky"

Jagged Thoughts for Jagged Times: 73

What could you simplify? What could you jettison? Of what could you let go? All that stuff is causing drag. It's slowing you down, lowering your productivity and stopping you doing your greatest work more quickly.

Simplify.

Build A Better Business: 40

Gather the team. Issue pencils, paper and chosen beverage. Ask the team individually and without conferring to:

1. Write 100 words about the team, its purpose and its effectiveness.
2. Identify the biggest barrier to the highest performance in the team.

then share and discuss. 

It will be revealing.

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Fast-Track

punctuation tips.