Nicholas Bate

Essentials 101, 11-20

11. Manage your mood with walks, play-lists and sufficient sleep.

12. Stay in touch.

13. Think hunter-gatherer: walk, climb, jump and dance.

14. Encourage others.

15. Learn ancient greek and read Homer in the original.

16. Cook from scratch.

17. Visit more art galleries.

18. Be polite.

19. Be persistent.

20. Know you are on a planet: watch the sun-rise, often.

Essentials 101, 1-10

 

Has Pressfield Made It?

Read on...

Essentials 101, 1-10

1. Save, then spend.
2. Work on your business, not just in it.
3. Think, then act.
4. Have pen, have paper.
5. Be on time, every time.
6. Build your library.
7. Double-check the SatNav.
8. Do it well.
9. Eat for nutrition, not just calories.
10. Write a thank you note.

That Debate

forget the structure...

That UK National Drink...

tea.

Jagged Thoughts for Jagged Times, 201

What if you did know what to do?  What if you did know the answer? Did know which option to take....

You do. Your heart and gut will tell you. Just slow down enough to tune into their wisdom. The pivot table is only one dimension of a life lived long, wide and deep.

Reality More 7

1. Conversations
2. Mountains
3. Hugs
4. Forests
5. Family meals
6. Night skys
7. Walks, hand-in-hand.

 

• Live Wild More 7
• Free More 7
• Remember More 7
• Money More 7
• Create More (1) 7
• Create More (2) 7
• Colour More 7
• Wise More 7
• Hand Ball More 7
• Finish More 7
• Search More 7
• Say More 7
• Music More 7
• Help More 7
• Radical More 7
• Notice More 7
• Consider More 7
• Cook More 7
• Play More 7
• Tough it out More 7
• Listen More 7
• Connect More
• Forget More, 7
• Be More (1) 7
• Be More (2) 7
• Feel More 7
• Use More 7
• Productivity, More 7
• Think More, 7
• Walk More 7
• Read More, 7 
• Write More, 7
• Know More, 7

PLUS: You, Only Better

The Long Con

Ask any reformed con artist and they'll tell you it doesn't take too much to fool busy, distracted people. Don a black T-shirt on which you have had 'security' printed and you can wander places perhaps you shouldn't. Carry a clip-board and you can ask some intrusive questions. Of course in reality there is no genuine substance behind the T-shirt nor the clip-board. Nor the smart suit, the accent or the charm.

Big Business is full of Long Con Props: the PPT slide-deck, the PDF of company values and those self-generating busy, busy conference calls. Don't be conned. Stay alert. It's more than your wallet which is at risk.

Jagged Thoughts for Jagged Times, 200

Who'd play you in the movie of your life? Crazy question. You've got that role. You are starring you in the movie of your life. No, the actor is not a problem. But you might want to have a word with the script writer.

Saturdays in 100

Saturdays are for clearing sleep debt, last mowing of the lawn for the autumn, catching up on laundry, playing with the kids, talking to the kids, updating the playlists, cooking, reading, loving and just being. Saturdays offer time for a consolidated list of dreams, wishes and goals; a time to write a real letter and time for 500 words of the novel. Saturdays are meant for being outside, for kicking a ball, for climbing a tree, for reading a real map to navigate the terrain. They are perfect days for the long cook, the long conversation and the long nap.