Nicholas Bate

22 Possible Goals for 2018

1. The Year you finally escape the urban jungle and return to your Hunter-Gatherer roots.
2. The year of hiking.
3. The Year of Good Mood Consistently by walking, returning to nature and having great play-lists.
4. The year of cooking. No take-aways, no ready meals. No deliveroo. 
5. The Year you read. Oh man, do you read. Start with some science. And so you become wise.
6. The year where good humour keeps stress, colds and weak economies at bay. 
7. The year you realise success is not a simple correlation with qualifications.
8. The year of sorting out your posture, your breathing and your nutrition in world of chair, pc and no lunch-break.
9. The year you re-gain time.
10. The year you become a gardener, an artist, a writer, a potter, an entrepreneur. 
11. The year you finally get fit.
12. The year you re-realise you can do anything but you can't do everything. And you let go...
13. The year you take 30 minutes to list what is important to you. And then spend time according to what is important. Not what is simply urgent.
14. The year of TLC
15. The year of enough sleep and regular naps.
16. The year you become unstoppable.
17. The year of looking up and walking tall. 
18. The year of, what's my word?
19. The year you tackle the F word.
20. The year of step by step.
21. The year you finally use that note-book.
22. The year you do something about it.

 

Bonus: How to be Brilliant.

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.

Bonus 47: 11 Simple Routes to Excellence

Bonus 48: 11 To Hunt & Gather

Bonus 49: 22 Reasons to be Cheerful

Bonus 50: 11 Tough Realities.

Bonus 51: 22 Things to Let Go Of

 

1. The Year you finally escape the urban jungle and return to your Hunter-Gatherer roots.
2. The year of hiking.
3. The Year of Good Mood Consistently by walking, returning to nature and having great play-lists.
4. The year of cooking. No take-aways, no ready meals. No deliveroo. 
5. The Year you read. Oh man, do you read. Start with some science. And so you become wise.
6. The year where good humour keeps stress, colds and weak economies at bay. 
7. The year you realise success is not a simple correlation with qualifications.
8. The year of sorting out your posture, your breathing and your nutrition in world of chair, pc and no lunch-break.
9. The year you re-gain time.
10. The year you become a gardener, an artist, a writer, a potter, an entrepreneur. 
11. The year you finally get fit.
12. The year you re-realise you can do anything but you can't do everything. And you let go...
13. The year you take 30 minutes to list what is important to you. And then spend time according to what is important. Not what is simply urgent.
14. The year of TLC
15. The year of enough sleep and regular naps.
16. The year you become unstoppable.
17. The year of looking up and walking tall. 
18. The year of, what's my word?
19. The year you tackle the F word.
20. The year of step by step.
21. The year you finally use that note-book.
22. The year you do something about it.

 

Bonus: How to be Brilliant.

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.

Bonus 47: 11 Simple Routes to Excellence

Bonus 48: 11 To Hunt & Gather

Bonus 49: 22 Reasons to be Cheerful

Bonus 50: 11 Tough Realities.

Bonus 51: 22 Things to Let Go Of

1. The Year you finally escape the urban jungle and return to your Hunter-Gatherer roots.
2. The year of hiking.
3. The Year of Good Mood Consistently by walking, returning to nature and having great play-lists.
4. The year of cooking. No take-aways, no ready meals. No deliveroo. 
5. The Year you read. Oh man, do you read. Start with some science. And so you become wise.
6. The year where good humour keeps stress, colds and weak economies at bay. 
7. The year you realise success is not a simple correlation with qualifications.
8. The year of sorting out your posture, your breathing and your nutrition in world of chair, pc and no lunch-break.
9. The year you re-gain time.
10. The year you become a gardener, an artist, a writer, a potter, an entrepreneur. 
11. The year you finally get fit.
12. The year you re-realise you can do anything but you can't do everything. And you let go...
13. The year you take 30 minutes to list what is important to you. And then spend time according to what is important. Not what is simply urgent.
14. The year of TLC
15. The year of enough sleep and regular naps.
16. The year you become unstoppable.
17. The year of looking up and walking tall. 
18. The year of, what's my word?
19. The year you tackle the F word.
20. The year of step by step.
21. The year you finally use that note-book.
22. The year you do something about it.

 

Bonus: How to be Brilliant.

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.

Bonus 47: 11 Simple Routes to Excellence

Bonus 48: 11 To Hunt & Gather

Bonus 49: 22 Reasons to be Cheerful

Bonus 50: 11 Tough Realities.

Bonus 51: 22 Things to Let Go Of

December 2017 Redux 8

1. What We Know About 2018, Complete.
2. Basics: The Perfect Day
3. 22 Things to Let Go Of at Year-End
4. Bullets are Contagious.
5. Jagged Thoughts for Jagged Times
6. 11 Tough Realities
7. Brilliant at the Basics of Business.
8. Why We Love The Beatles

Bonus 1: January 2017 Redux.

Bonus 2: February 2017 Redux

Bonus 3: March 2017 Redux

Bonus 4: April 2017 Redux

Bonus 6: May 2017 Redux

Bonus 7: June 2017 Redux

Bonus 8: July 2017 Redux

Bonus 9: August 2017 Redux 

Bonus 10: September 2017 Redux

Bonus 11: October 2017 Redux

Bonus 12: November 2017 Redux

Bonus 13: The Essential Posts of 2016

Bonus 14: The Essential Posts of 2015

Bonus 15: The Smart Bloggers 

Your Word 2018

Choose a word. Any word. One word. Make it yours. Whiteboard it. Write it every day on your planner, put the word on a handful of 3 by 5 cards and place them in strategic places as an ever-present reminder. Get a personal T-shirt printed with it. Learn it in ten other languages. Grab it now: meditate on it, reflect on it; live it, breathe it and nurture it. For 2018.

1. Travel.
2. Dancer.
3. Reflective.
4. Wise.
5. Play-lists.
6. Discipline.
7. Hiker.
8. Fun.
9. Reader.
10. Authentic.
11. Expert.
12. Happy.
13. Focus.
14. Determined.
15. Swimmer.
16. Care-free.
17. Car free.
18. Cook.
19. Learner.
20. Runner.
21. Poet.
22. Courage.
23. Philanthropist.
24. Science.
25. Planner.
26. Enlightened.
27. Abundance.
28. Scholar.
29. Resourceful.
30. Strategist.
31. Productive.
32. Gymnast.
33. Athlete.
34. Explorer.
35. Curiosity.
36. Youthful.
37. Knitter.
38. Hunter-Gatherer 21C.
39. Notebook.
40. Stamina.
41. Romantic.
42. Creative.
43. Breathing.
44. Gymnast.
45. Facts.
46. Wealth.
47. Brave.
48. Excitement.
49. Forgiving.
50. Baker.
51. Climber (of Trees).
52. Wellness.
53. Student.
54. Earth.
55. The Horizon.
56. Minimalism.
57. Resilient.
58. Now.
59. Entrepreneur.
60. Sensory.
61. Gardener.
62. Humour.
63. Plan.
64. Writer.
65. Primate.
66. Knowing.
67. Sleeper.
68. Linguist.
69. Agile.
70. Painter.
71. Carer.
72. Goal.
73. Individualist.
74. Wealth.
75. Simple.
76. Sky (at night).
77. Intuitive.
78. Brachiation.
79. Saver.
80. Here.
81. Naps.
82. Today.
83. Story-teller.
84. Mover.
85. Health.
86. Practical.
87. Slowly.
88. Cyclist.
89. Grounded.
90. Photographer.
91. Boundless.

Brilliant at the Basics of Business (v2) 100, 32

It's quiet. Your competitors are on vacation, feeling sluggish.

Not you. Do an hour of reviewing list 1-30 (below), create an action list for January 2nd then stop 'work' and enjoy the rest of the day.....

The Book.

The Back-Story

B@BofBiz One talk normally

B@BofBiz Two first impressions

B@BofBiz Three: make price the smallest issue

B@BofBiz Four: your brand reality

B@BofBiz Five: success can destroy you 

B@BofBiz Six if you are serious, then 0825 not 0832

B@BofBiz Seven forget 'closing' techniques

B@BofBiz Eight your business isn't special

B@Bof Biz Nine one 3 x 5 card

B@Bof Biz Ten PPT slides: are they real?

B@Bof Biz Eleven Stop wishing, start selling

B@BofBiz Twelve Don't Walk By

B@BofBiz Thirteen Are you excited about your business?

B@BofBiz Fourteen Quarter to quarter: no limping.

B@BofBiz: Fifteen Agility

B@BofBiz; Sixteen No 'about'

B@BofBiz: Seventeen Train Your People.

B@BofBiz: Eighteen Planning is good. But it isn't reality.

B@BofBiz: Nineteen Everybody Sells

B@BofBiz Twenty Simply Be Better

B@BofBiz Twenty One Watch The Numbers

B@BofBiz Twenty Two Price To Sleep Well

B@BofBiz Twenty Three Now. Only now. Have that coffee.

B@BofBiz Twenty Four Some are just messers. Let them go.

B@BofBiz Twenty Five Don't Wait for luck

B@BofBiz Twenty Six Is The Customer Always Right?

B@BofBiz: Twenty Seven What's with the rivalry, huh?

B@BofBiz: Twenty Eight Do Not Set Price Quickly

B@BofBiz: Twenty Nine Know Where You Make Your Money

B@BofBiz: Thirty Keep it Lean, Mean and Frugal

B@BofBiz: Thirty One: Get Closer

Jagged Thoughts for Jagged Times, 266

You may be on vacation. You may be working. Either way you'll notice that change in 'flow' that occurs between Christmas and New Year. Assuming you are not at your local mall, much is quieter, much is slower. It's a good time for a bit of thinking. Some deeper reflection. 

Especially before being drawn into 'fresh goals' for 2018.

What is Fitness? And Who is Fit?

explained here.

What Patrick Rhone

has been reading. Bang-up-to-date. Plus previous years.

Where is your

old skateboard? Today would be a good day to give it a spin.

Why We Love The Beatles (v2) 29 of 100

The Beatles were always amused by the analysis and over analysis of their work in every aspect. It started with how did their tunes manage to be so beautiful? (try this from William Mann: … but harmonic interest is typical of their quicker songs, too, and one gets the impression that they think simultaneously of harmony and melody, so firmly are the major tonic sevenths and ninths built into their tunes, and the flat submediant key switches, so natural is the Aeolian cadence at the end of Not a Second Time (the chord progression which ends Mahler's Song of the Earth). Those submediant switches from C major into A flat major, and to a lesser extent mediant ones e.g. the octave ascent in the famous I want To Hold Your Hand are a trademark of Lennon-McCartney songs)… continued with discussion of their Scouse wit and lingered on hidden meaning in their lyrics. 

But there is no denying the Beatles were philosophers. Philosophers of love in particular and life in general and that’s why it’s so invaluable to spend  a bit of time with them on life’s rich and tangled journey. Catch them at the right time and they will help you with romantic love (Love Me Do), erotic love (Drive my Car), that affair (Norwegian Wood), reconciliation (We can Work it Out). They'll help you put things in perspective (Let it Be). Realise it will be OK (The long and Winding Road). Manage your past (with Penny Lane or Strawberry Fields).  Empathise with others (She’s Leaving Home). Release your toxic anger (Taxman) or be optimistic (Good Morning, Good Morning). And just be downright silly (Look up My Number).

As The Beatles sorted themselves out, they help us do the same for ourselves. 

Have a Spotify Beatles day; The Beatles are always on our side.

That’s another reason we love The Beatles.

The Back-Story

Reason 1: Story-tellers; 2: Sgt. Pepper; 3: Eternally optimistic; 4: Still cool; 5: George Harrison.; 6: Love Me Do

7: Work Ethic ;8: Synchronicity; 9: The Roof-top Concert; 10: Candlestick Park; 11: Lennon & McCartney

12: I Saw Her Standing There; 13: Liverpool; 14: Black & White; 15: Album Covers; 16: John Lennon

17: Lennon & McCartney; 18: Rock 'n Roll; 19: They Never Made it Easy; 20: Ringo

21: Meditation & Massage; 22: The Back of a Commer Van; 23: George Martin.

24: Simply Different

25: A Time to Think

26: Revolver

27: Yeah, Yeah, Yeah

28: The B Side

The Book.

That Was

October 2017