Nicholas Bate:

Brilliant at the Basics of Business (v2) 100, 48 Don't Mess About

Pay people properly.

Fast-Track with The Book

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

B@BofBIz: Thirty Two: Stay Alert

B@BofBiz: Thirty Three: Get skilful

B@BofBiz: Thirty Four: What would you do differently?

B@BofBiz: Thirty Five: What are you reading?

B@BofBiz: Thirty Six: Plan-Do-Review

B@BofBiz: ThirtySeven: Not Just KPIs

B@BofBiz: ThirtyEight: Not Just Job Title

B@BofBiz: ThirtyNine: Don't Love Every Customer

B@BofBiz: Forty: Respect the Relationship

B@BofBiz: FortyOne: Get to the Airport Early

B@BofBiz: FortyTwo: Write Better Notes.

B@BofBiz: FortyThree: Pure Gold for Performance Improvement.

B@BofBiz: FortyFour: Get On With It

B@BofBiz: FortyFive: Have A Plan

B@BofBiz: FortySix: Make it Easy

B@BofBiz: FortySeven: Give it a Go

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Basics 7: Medicine Beyond Drugs

Movement and mobility: move, stand, walk, hike, dance, climb, carry...
Time out and digital interrupt free: evenings, week-ends, conversations...
Love and listening: from someone who cares for you...
Change and reflection: to stimulate and refresh...
Books and writing: ideas in, ideas out; an ever-refreshing you...
Vegetables: of every colour in the spectrum...
Proactive mindset: what have I done today to boost my wellness?

Setting Your Personal Compass

Handy Free Stuff

Daily Protocol 7

The Joy of Walking

Getting Your Novel Started

How To Tidy up The Flat

How to Get Better at Writing

How To Be Happy

How to s l o w down time.

The Joy of Chocolate

Things Which Help When You Are Stuck

Running 7; Meetings 7; Strategic Marketing 7; Leadership 7

Wellness 7; Coffee 7; Creativity 7; Confidence 7; Presenting 7;

Fast, Wholesome Cookery 7; Fitness 7; Productivity 7

Sales 7; Negotiation 7; E-Mail 7; Making a Decision 7

Writing 7; Career 7; Simple Meditation 7

Mindset 7; International Travel 7; Fitness on the Road 7

Parenting 7; Reading 7 ; Food Shopping 7

Brainstorming 7; Fitness at the Office 7

Strategic Planning 7; The Job Hunt 7; English Weather 7

Project Management 7; Personal Effectiveness 7

Re-Boot 7; Personal Resilience 7; Back to Work 7

Faster Reading with no Loss of Comprehension 7

Autumn 7; Saturday 7; Better Writing 7

Getting Stuff Done 7; Being Indispensable 7

Christmas 7

Things That Heal 7

The Perfect Day 7

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The 25 Essential Tools of Excellence (v2), 15: The Flight Deck

Man is a generalist. No harm in that: he/she is remarkably adept at adapting and to enhance this process has created a batch of tools which allows him/her to perform to the highest levels.

When push comes to shove, what are the essential Tools of Excellence?

15: The Flight Deck

Who'd want to be on a long flight with a team who didn't have access to a decent flight deck? Who couldn't instantly know how far they had to go on this section of the journey and which direction they had to take? And what needed to be done next for a successful mission?

Create a Flight-Deck: a corner which is yours. It has your notebooks and pens. Music is instantly available, to any mood. A compass spins as a reminder. The wall planner gives you overview. The stop watch is ready for those high intensity bursts of productivity. In a top drawer the Swiss Army Knife is at hand. Just a couple of metres away is the trail mix and a bit further in the workshop a skipping rope and wall & ball are poised.

Be the best pilot you can: build and/or update your flight-deck now.

The Excellence Kit-Bag so far:

1: The Wall and A Ball

2: The Play List

3: The Back of an Envelope

4: Perfect Coffee

5: The Stop Watch

6: The Skipping Rope

7: Trail-Mix

8: The Treasured Note/Photo

9: The Swiss Army Knife

10: The Compass