Nicholas Bate

The True Dawn of The Robot

1. From bank tellers to car plant workers and now office workers, The True Dawn of The Robot is here.
2. The good news: you'll never need to hoover your floor yourself ever again.
3. The bad news: they have arrived. And they are smart and they are good and they don't want things to be 'interesting'.
4. What is the purpose of work? Purpose. We need work.
5. Today's notebook exercise: where will my job be in 5 years time?
6. Note how e-mail easily gained mastery when we were looking the other way. And they are just memes generated by robots. 
7. Stay alert: switch off, look up and don't sit down for too long. And become awesome. 

Bonus: You, Only Better.

Going Freelance 7

1. You need to be different not cheap.
2. You need to be responsive not big.
3. You need to love it not (necessarily) earn a lot of money.
4. You need to price for profit not just to make a sale.
5. You need to invest in (1) your business (2) your day-to-day health (3) your team, not just hope it'll be OK.
6. You need to observe what's changing in (1) your customers (2) your markets (3) technology, especially The True Dawn of the Robot.
7. You need to be able to explain the benefits of your free-lance enterprise on the back of a used DL envelope.

Bonus 1: How To Be Brilliant

Bonus 2: The Brilliant at Business 100

Bonus 3: Your Planned Start-Up 7

Small Wins, 18

18: Be on time. Every time.

Small Win 1: Take the stairs instead of the elevator.

Small Win 2: Read four pages of a classic novel every day.

Small Win 3: Have a Day of Rest.

Small Win 4: Keep your key personal goals visible. To you. Always.

Small Win 5: Accept graciously when the universe out-manoeuvres you. 

Small Win 6: Make every other beverage a drink of water, pure and simple. 

Small Win 7: Take a moment to walk barefoot on planet earth, every day. Yes, even when it's chilly. 

Small Win 8: Thank your barista, tip generously and wish them a lovely break.

Small Win 9: Par-cook the potatoes today for more effective roasting, tomorrow.

Small Win 10: Write with real paper and pen and post thank-you notes to the grand-parents.

Small Win 11: No more cake until February. Seriously.

Small Win 12: Take it one day at a time. 

Small Win 13: Re-boot a New Year's Resolution today. It's the doing not the date that is critical. 

Small Win 14: Have some fun. But don't spend any money.

Small Win 15: Eat a portion of green vegetables every day. Rain or shine.

Small Win 16: Find a piece of real, relevant news today.

Small Win 17: Don't read about the weather. Go experience it.

The Less Of in 2017, Eleven.

1. Less of The Sedentary Animal. Move: stand, walk, run, dance. We are still Hunter-Gatherers and always will be. Just in a 21C Urban Jungle with a cubicle as the hostile environment and e-mail as the predator.
2. Less of The Need for 100% Approval. Not everyone will like you. But you can ensure the majority will respect you.
3. Less of The Sheep Mentality. Hey, you don't need to be a bad wolf; you just need to follow the crowd a little less. What do they really know?
4. Less of TV & Media Addiction & Brainwashing. Switch it off. It's repetitive, it lacks analysis and 78% of if it is false anyway. 
5. Less of The Crap Diet. More real, more local and more self-cooked.
6. Less of The Reactivity Mindset. Plan it-Do it-Review it. Work ON your business, not just IN it. 
7. Less  of Hanging Out with The Wrong Tribe. Spend time with those who are resourceful, creative and supportive.
8. Less of Digital Overload. Read and digest.
9. Less of Too much Inside. Daily: remind yourself you are on Planet Earth, consistently voted the greatest planet in the known universe. Get outside: experience the weather.
10. Less of Big Bad Labels. Nope, you haven't 'failed at keeping fit', you simply 'haven't found what will work for you, yet'. Keep trying. 
11. Less of 'I Don't Have Time'. Of course you don't...make better choices. Deep Productivity, The Seminar. (Last Call)

Bonus 1: Hunter-Gatherer 21 Century, Two Score & Ten

Bonus 2: 22 Things to do on Planet Earth

Bonus 3: 22 Ways to Feel Better, More of the Time.

Bonus 4: 22 Things They Still Don't Teach You at Business School

Bonus 5: 22 Stupid Things Large Organisations Do

Bonus 6: Slow 22

Bonus 7: 22 Reasons Your 2017 is Going To Be Awesome.

Bonus 8: The Fundamental Problems with Powerpoint. Still. 22

Bonus 9: 22 Ways to be an Awesome Conference Speaker

Bonus 10: Love Presenting Hate (Badly Used) PowerPoint

Bonus 11: The 22 Fundamental Errors Large Organisations Still Make.

Bonus 12: Brilliant at the Basics of Business

Bonus 13: Routes to Less Stress 22

Bonus 14: That Other F Word

Bonus 15: What's Wrong with The Typical Corporate Selling Machine, 11

Bonus 16: 22 Reasons 79% of any Workforce is Woefully Unproductive

Bonus 17: 22 Ways To Create a Small, Simple, Start-Up.

Bonus 18: 22 Ways to Get Better at Anything

Bonus 19: 22 Routes to Becoming Unstoppable.

Bonus 20: Re-boot 22

Bonus 21: 22 Ways to Better Results at the Gym

Bonus 22: 11 Ways to Fix that Presentation

Bonus 23: 22 Things to do on Vacation

Bonus 24: 11 Things to do in September

Bonus 25: 22 Things to do at Work

Bonus 26: 22 Ways to Reduce Stress

Bonus 27: 22 Things to Learn

Bonus 28: 22 Pretty Straightforward Productivity Boosters

Bonus 29: The 22 Steps to Getting What You Want in 2017

Bonus 30: The 22 Reasons Earth wins 'best planet ever, anywhere' award 2016.

The Doppelganger Project

where's yours living?

How to Make your Fort

out of old newspapers.

Mmmm

Beautifully Cold

Small Wins, 17

17: Don't read about the weather. Go experience it.

Small Win 1: Take the stairs instead of the elevator.

Small Win 2: Read four pages of a classic novel every day.

Small Win 3: Have a Day of Rest.

Small Win 4: Keep your key personal goals visible. To you. Always.

Small Win 5: Accept graciously when the universe out-manoeuvres you. 

Small Win 6: Make every other beverage a drink of water, pure and simple. 

Small Win 7: Take a moment to walk barefoot on planet earth, every day. Yes, even when it's chilly. 

Small Win 8: Thank your barista, tip generously and wish them a lovely break.

Small Win 9: Par-cook the potatoes today for more effective roasting, tomorrow.

Small Win 10: Write with real paper and pen and post thank-you notes to the grand-parents.

Small Win 11: No more cake until February. Seriously.

Small Win 12: Take it one day at a time. 

Small Win 13: Re-boot a New Year's Resolution today. It's the doing not the date that is critical. 

Small Win 14: Have some fun. But don't spend any money.

Small Win 15: Eat a portion of green vegetables every day. Rain or shine.

Small Win 16: Find a piece of real, relevant news today.

Your Planned Start-Up 7

1. You don't need fancy offices, a fancy address nor lots of parking. Serious clients don't have time to come to you.
2. You do need a spreadsheet that tells the truth about when you will become profitable. Find some real data for your spreadsheet.
3. You don't need a cool logo, by-line nor a layered, complicated website. You just need to be awesome. 
4. You do need a plan. Stop talking about changing the world and write the plan.
5. You don't need a Nespresso machine.  You do need a French press and to support your local coffee roastery. They are a start-up like you.
6. You really, really, really do need that plan. Now would be a good time to write it.
7. You definitely don't want to be cheap. You need to make money, not just sales.

Bonus 1: How To Be Brilliant

Bonus 2: The Brilliant at Business 100