Nicholas Bate

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Start moving. Break the paralysis.

There’s now a lot of data out there.

Re-imagine your business.

Re-invent your career.

Get momentum and fresh perspectives on your side. 

Start moving.

In a 24 by 7 by COVID-19 world

Take a real day off.

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Stay agile.

Physically and mentally.

Phase 1 was ‘The Bunker’

Phase 2 is ‘The Roller-coaster’

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COVID-19, 101, 91-101

91. Covid-19, the virus, definitely causes malaise.

92. Covid-19, the news environment, definitely causes anxiety.

93. That’s a heady mix.

94. Look after yourself. You know: nature, nutritious food, stacks of sleep....Multiplied by minimise the screens and Zoom which to excess just cause Zombie Brain.

95. Manage effectively what you can by 30 minutes daily planning and reflecting.

96. Accept what you can’t control. But learn from it.

97. There’s no need to stay positive. 

98. But do stay resilient.

99. Re-imagine your business for a Brave New World.

100. Re-imagine you for a New World of Work.

101. Don’t wait. Nobody has the answers. But you have the oooommmmppphhh.

TBC

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Basics 7: The New Permanent Home Office

1. At first it seemed temporary and fun.
2. Now it’s clear it’s serious and long-term.
3. Check: writing surface and screen both at correct height. Local, directional lighting is, er, brilliant.
4. Visible: (perhaps on DIY black-board wall): goals, timelines and reminders of work practices.
5. Accessible: paper, pens, chargers, headset, water, egg-timer (see 7)
6. Distant: snacks, coffee and rest of house-hold.
7. Work: 45 minutes sprint with egg-timer (a real one is powerful). 5 minute stretch and water. Repeat. Then 15 minute walk outside. Cycle that routine through day plus 45 minute (in the garden or park if possible) lunch-break.

Apparently

we do not understand logarithmic graphs.

COVID-19, 101, 81-90

81.

The world is ill-prepared to respond to a severe influenza pandemic or to any similarly global, sustained and threatening public-health emergency.

WHO, International Health Regulations Review Committee (2011)

82. What are you ill-prepared for?

83. Fix it.

84. Re-set your personal compass.

85. Get ahead of hind-sight.

86. Think career. Think of the pivots you’ll need to make in your career because of COVID accelerating high-tech over high-touch, the attractions of the robot and the new vulnerability of humans.

87. Think finance. Remember your financial adviser is only your adviser. Become your own expert. Get the facts. Spread your portfolio.

88. Think wildness. Which is more than wellness which is more than fitness. You are a hunter gatherer stuck in the worst of terrains: concrete, screens and little that is real nor fresh. Get wild again. 

89. Think relationships. Friends not just contacts. Listeners not just likers. Encouragers above all.

90. More here.

TBC

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Bonus: Being the Best

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What went wrong?

Too many electrons in the wrong places.