Nicholas Bate

Brave New World 33

We’re into Stage 3.

The World: The Same, but Different.

Successful businesses will align with that model with agility which remains the definitive Brave New World differentiator. Agility is not just coping with change, it’s managing change for the client who is bewildered, exhausted and frankly sometimes scared. 

 

Wednesday Melange 14

1. How to Escape the Bunker.
2. Stay STRONG
3. Just say NO to PPT
4. Who are the rogues?
5. Post Covid Business Essentials.
6. Redundancy
7. Covid-19, 101
8. Hunter-Gatherer 21C
9. Manage that career
10. Be Bold 101
11. Lock-down goals.
12. You still haven’t read You, Only Better?
13. The Rules of Life, free PDF
14. 22 Things They Don’t Teach at Business School, free

The Tools of Excellence for a Brave New World, 4: The Egg-timer.

Man is a generalist. No harm in that: he/she is remarkable at adapting and to enhance this process has created a batch of tools which allows him/her to perform to the highest levels. In a Brave New World where planet Earth undergoes several adjustments in the way we act and think, ensure such tools are all easily accessible in your portfolio.

4: The Egg-timer.

It’s analog, it’s aesthetically pleasing and it gets you focused. Get one with a running time of about 45 minutes. As you commence work, invert the timer. Work and occasionally look up and observe the running sand. Only change mode-different task, cup of tea, short walk, check mail-once the sand has run through. Just you, the task and your running mate, the flow of sand. Find focus and zen-like concentration. 

Get the tools to be brilliant in a Brave New World.

Bonus: How to Be Brilliant, the protocol.

The Tools so far:

1: The French Press

2: The Play-list

3: The Notebook & pen.

4: The Egg-timer.

It’s analog, it’s aesthetically pleasing and it gets you focused. Get one with a running time of about 45 minutes. As you commence work, invert the timer. Work and occasionally look up and observe the running sand. Only change mode-different task, cup of tea, short walk, check mail-once the sand has run through. Just you, the task and your running mate, the flow of sand. Find focus and zen-like concentration. 

Get the tools to be brilliant in a Brave New World.

Bonus: How to Be Brilliant, the protocol.

The Tools so far:

1: The French Press

2: The Play-list

3: The Notebook & pen.

Kurt Harden

Public service music.

Don’t miss a post. 

Execupundit

Straight to your door.

Fresh thinking.

Daily.

Be there.

Start-Up Rule 2 of 7: You Don’t Necessarily Need Perfect Content. But You Do Need Brilliant Attitude.

In a post-Covid world, maybe the time has come to go out on your own. Keep it simple initially: just you, no start-up capital and a desire to be beholden to nobody. Except you, of course.

Rule 2: You Don’t Necessarily Need Perfect Content. But You Do Need Brilliant Attitude.

Your window-cleaning business may not have the latest ladders, your pop-up cafe has a 4th hand espresso machine and your consultancy has a very ordinary site.

But

....your window cleaning business is the nicest, the politest, the most responsive for 250km in every direction. Your pop-up café is open at 0515 outside the railway station to serve the first commuters with a smile, wit and endless cheerfulness. Your consultancy listens; it responds; it documents value. And it achieves results.

Resources

1. Selling without Tears, free PDF.
2. Instant MBA, Amazon.
3. The Rules of Life, free PDF
4. Be Bold, Amazon.
5. JFDI, free book.  Choose your version LHS of blog.
6. Brilliant at the Basics of Business, Amazon.
7. 22 Things They Don’t Teach at Business School, free

And of course, Rule 1.

Start-Up Rule 1 of 7: It Doesn’t Need To Be Cool.

In a post-Covid world, maybe the time has come to go out on your own. Keep it simple initially: just you, no start-up capital and a desire to be beholden to nobody. Except you, of course.

Rule 1: Your Business Doesn’t Need to Be Cool.

It simply needs to meet a need, delight the customer and be profitable.

Stop searching for cool. Start with something you can launch and make a success of. 

Resources

1. Selling without Tears, free PDF.
2. Instant MBA, Amazon.
3. The Rules of Life, free PDF
4. Be Bold, Amazon.
5. JFDI, free book.  Choose your version LHS of blog.
6. Brilliant at the Basics of Business, Amazon.
7. 22 Things They Don’t Teach at Business School, free

The Tools of Excellence for a Brave New World, 3: Notebook & Pen

Man is a generalist. No harm in that: he/she is remarkable at adapting and to enhance this process has created a batch of tools which allows him/her to perform to the highest levels. In a Brave New World where planet Earth undergoes several adjustments in the way we act and think, ensure such tools are all easily accessible in your portfolio.

3: The Notebook & Pen

Paper and ink. There it is: no power needed, discrete, ultimately flexible. On a kitchen table, on the beach, back-backing in the Western Isles. The tool which allows you to plan, record, create, schedule, sketch and resolve challenges in a Brave New World. Never be without the pair.

Which? A5 is perfect for portability. Ensure quality paper. And perhaps hard-back to extend the life. 

Get the tools to be brilliant in a Brave New World.

Bonus: How to Be Brilliant, the protocol.

The Tools so far:

1: The French Press

2: The Play-list

Productivity 70

Need more time?

For exercise, the book, yourself?

It’ll be buried in the entropic fusion of (Netflix x Social Media).

The Tools of Excellence for a Brave New World, 2: The Play-List

Man is a generalist. No harm in that: he/she is remarkable at adapting and to enhance this process has created a batch of tools which allows him/her to perform to the highest levels. In a Brave New World where planet Earth undergoes several adjustments in the way we act and think, ensure such tools are all easily accessible in your portfolio.

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

2: The Play-list

Music: the instant mood changer and enhancer. You need to write, to cook, to lift weight, to relax? Music will help. In Covid-19 world of uncertainty, music grounds and reassures new boosts the mood you need.

Start with this one.  Beatles, Beach Boys, Bennet, Berigan, Bass and a whole lot more. 

Get the tools to do a great job.