11 Simple Routes to Excellence

1. Do a better job without being told.
2. Do a better job without needing immediate approval.
3. Get the small stuff correct: be on time, be courteous and value alternative viewpoints.
4. Take notes in meetings, during business conversations and your own reflections. Reduce to actions and capture on your master list.
5. Keep your in-box as a data source not a compass.
6. Stay focused: 8/8/8. Of work, of sleep, of fun.
7. Prioritise by pay-off not urgency nor bullying nor ease.
8. Eat for nutrition, sleep for restoration, dance to celebrate.
9. Think in narrative; act with lists.
10. Never forget you got a place on Planet Earth, consistently voted the greatest planet in the known universe: coffee, sun-sets and rock 'n roll. 
11. Start now.

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, 

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; Bonus 31: The Less of Eleven

Bonus 32: 11 Ways Any Company Can Really Impress The (Potential) Customer; Bonus 33: 22 Ways To Build Your personal Brand

Bonus 34: 11 Things To Write in your New Moleskine Notebook; Bonus 35: 11 Ways to Better Quality Sleep; Bonus 36: 11 Ways to get a Fresh Idea

Bonus 37: 22 High Value (but just 10 minute) activities; Bonus 38: 11 Helpful Contrasts; Bonus 39: 22 Essentials for Thriving in the 21C Urban Jungle.

Bonus 40: 22 Healing Activities in A World of the Electron

Bonus 41: 22 Words; Bonus 42: 11 Reasons for Stories; Bonus 43: 22 Things Which Help You When You Are Down

Bonus 44: Hunter-Gatherer 21C, A Day in The Life

Bonus 45: 22 Reasons to Run

Bonus 46: 11 Decisions for a World of Craziness.