Nicholas Bate

How To Be Brilliant (v2) 1-100: 48, Tomorrow

Have a plan. With a plan you will save time, save money and reduce stress. Draw a vertical line for the working day and allocate actions against time. Match tough tasks to your better times. Allow buffer time. Take a lunch break. Have a plan for working day tomorrow.

The primer is here.

Blast from the Past

Things They Still Don't Teach You at Business School.

100 Words

In this crazy world, It’s easy to feel one is running all the time. It’s easy to feel bizarreness is the cause. In fact the feeling has two arrows; the feeling of being hounded by that which is urgent. Get rid of the urgency: get on top of things, negotiate with stressed-out managers and clients and create some systems at home. The other arrow is forever chasing something. Have a walk, perhaps a deeper conversation and decide: enough is enough. We simply do not need more stuff. Breathe, smell the roses and no longer be thinking where did 2019 go?

Productivity Reminder 27

The purpose of the list is to filter and focus. The list is that to which you give attention. If it's not on the list you say no, politely. The list drives you the proactive wolf rather than the hang-back sheep.

It therefore makes sense to spend just a little more time validating what gets on the list. The list is not a long notebook, it's not a jotter. The list is your flight-deck.

Decide your compass. Decide your goals. And hence what gets on the daily list.

More help on the compass, here.

Blast from the Past

Life Tips 101.

With 1.5 million packages a day,

the internet brings chaos to NYC streets.

For Successful vs. Very Successful,

for a guide to your elevator pitch and how to respond to those who complain about your books.

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is now delivery.

Mondays

Not a date. An attitude.

How To Be Brilliant (v2) 1-100: 47, Physics

Newton's Third Law of Motion says: 'to every action there is an equal and opposite reaction'.

The commercial world is much the same. To get the results out, you need to put the work in. The only thing is, unlike in the school lab, the reaction to your stimulus can be delayed. Marketing activity may take months to build sales. 

The primer is here.