Nicholas Bate

The New, 1: Pension

Love your work passionately: Get good at it. Charge for it sensibly.

Multiply that by 

Stay super fit and well.

(Why retire after all? The purpose of work is.....purpose.)

Matthew Lang

software, life and bikes.

Eclectic & Light

& brain flexing. You need it.

Mmmm

The meeting started late. Many who had confirmed attendance had not showed. The mood was low-it being a Monday-with an eye to grabbing the last of the coffee and the final pastry. Heads were lowered as panic e-mails of the morning were batted back and forth. Objectives were lacking and twenty minutes in the Head of Sales erupted into a rant about 'underperformance', 'what the f**k were the account managers doing?' and 'why did he constantly have to chase for the simplest of results?' 

The meeting finished very late, the room was left littered with empty paper cups and plates and somebody had -in their hurry to depart-dislodged the neat sign on the wall.

Company Values:

Act with Integrity
Respect others 
Act with Passion 

The New

neighbourhood.

Your Great Escape 7

It may be a while since you have seen The Great Escape. Perhaps you have never seen it. 

There are some useful learnings:

1. You have a duty to escape (from the cubicle).
2. Three plans (Tom, Dick and Harry) are better than one.
3. Planning an escape is not just for the end goal. It is a motivator in itself.
4. Stay fit.
5. You will occasionally suffer from panic attacks. Get back to the surface and fresh air and a clear horizon.
6. Be patient. The quick fix plan invariably leads right back to a similar job in a similar culture. Or the cooler.
7. The right theme tune for your endeavour is essential.

March Redux 23

1. In The Future
2. The 25 Essential Tools of Excellence
3. Take Off....
4. It had been the toughest of weeks...
5. F r i d a y
6. FRESH ideas.
7. Don't Give Up
8. ...strive to be brilliant.
9. Grey of Shades
10. Be greater than the cookie
11. Immersion 101
12. Essential Zones
13. Better Storytelling in your Presentations.
14. Every PPT slide costs 500
15. They Are Not Free
16. Spring: a state of mind
17. Jagged Thoughts for Jagged Times
18. You, Only Better
19. Build a Better Business
20. You Have Been Nudged
21. Stay Grounded, Stay Real
22. What Would A Hunter-Gatherer 21C do?
23. E-mail essentials

Bonus 1: January 2015 Redux

Bonus 3: February 2015 Redux

Bonus 4: Those All-time Popular Posts 

Bonus 5: The Complete Posts of 2013.

Bonus 6: The Complete Posts of 2014

Bonus 7: You, Only Better

Bonus 8: Be Bold,  the movie.

Bonus 9: The Smart Bloggers

100 Word Story

It had been the toughest of weeks: too much travel, not enough sleep; too much fuel, not enough nutrition; too many board-rooms, not enough human jungle.  She finally put away her laptop, the final insistent e-mails answered and added freshly boiled water to her black tea. She stepped outside.

The garden was quiet at this time: the dawn promised to be rapidly warm with the most red of colours. The street slept after the unleashed revelries and slammed car doors of a Friday night.

Who could believe sitting still and sitting quiet for a short while might be so healing?

The Origins of That

Flat White coffee.

Which Records

would you never sell?