Nicholas Bate

Back to School 7. Not just for the Kids.

1. Create your brand new timetable: what you want to do and when you will do it.
2. Decide your reading list.
3. Invest in pens, notebook and a decent reading lamp.
4. Set fresh goals.
5. Be in the room. Not on your phone.
6. Study for expertise. Not just a qualification.
7. Do your Homework.

Then 7

1. Save then spend.
2. Read then watch.
3. Laugh then heal.
4. Write then eat.
5. Meditate then coffee.
6. Nap then focus.
7. Sleep then run.

Sunday Melange 18

1. How to Escape the Bunker.
2. The Writing Primer.
3. How to Start your Very Own Business.
4. plus The Start Up Myths
5. Stay STRONG
6. Crazy Bold Experiments
7. Just say NO to PPT
8. Post Covid Business Essentials.
9. The Marketing Primer.
10. Redundancy
11. Covid-19, 101
12. Hunter-Gatherer 21C
13. Tackling Stress.
14. Manage that career
15. Be Bold 101
16. You still haven’t read Being The Best?!
17. Things They Don’t Teach at Business School
18. the secrets of success

 

1. How to Escape the Bunker.
2. The Writing Primer.
3. How to Start your Very Own Business.
4. plus The Start Up Myths
5. Stay STRONG
6. Crazy Bold Experiments
7. Just say NO to PPT
8. Post Covid Business Essentials.
9. The Marketing Primer.
10. Redundancy
11. Covid-19, 101
12. Hunter-Gatherer 21C
13. Tackling Stress.
14. Manage that career
15. Be Bold 101
16. You still haven’t read Being The Best?!
17. Things They Don’t Teach at Business School
18. the secrets of success

The Tools of Excellence for a Brave New World, 20: The Tent

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.

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

20: The Tent

Pack for a night out. Choose a clear night. Head for an area with low light pollution.  Pitch the tent, make food and observe that night sky. Get a much bigger picture. Sleep well. Hike home.

So often, we just need to change the scale.

Bonus: How to Be Brilliant, the protocol.

The Tools so far:

1: The French Press

2: The Play-list

3: Notebook and pen.

4: The Egg-timer.

5: The Skipping Rope.

6: The Swiss Army Knife

7: A Wall and A Ball.

8: The 3 x 5 card.

9: Home-made Trail Mix

10: Compass.

11: The Wall Planner

12: The T- bar.

13: The Check-list.

14: The Fixie

 

15: The Note/The Photo

 

16: The Steamer.

 

17: The Back of an Envelope

 

18: The Master List

 

19: The Empty Room, the empty page.

 

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.

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

20: The Tent

Pack for a night out. Choose a clear night. Head for an area with low light pollution.  Pitch the tent, make food and observe that night sky. Get a much bigger picture. Sleep well. Hike home.

So often, we just need to change the scale.

Bonus: How to Be Brilliant, the protocol.

The Tools so far:

1: The French Press

2: The Play-list

3: Notebook and pen.

4: The Egg-timer.

5: The Skipping Rope.

6: The Swiss Army Knife

7: A Wall and A Ball.

8: The 3 x 5 card.

9: Home-made Trail Mix

10: Compass.

11: The Wall Planner

12: The T- bar.

13: The Check-list.

14: The Fixie

 

15: The Note/The Photo

 

16: The Steamer.

 

17: The Back of an Envelope

 

18: The Master List

 

19: The Empty Room, the empty page.

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.

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

20: The Tent

Pack for a night out. Choose a clear night. Head for an area with low light pollution.  Pitch the tent, make food and observe that night sky. Get a much bigger picture. Sleep well. Hike home.

So often, we just need to change the scale.

Bonus: How to Be Brilliant, the protocol.

The Tools so far:

1: The French Press

2: The Play-list

3: Notebook and pen.

4: The Egg-timer.

5: The Skipping Rope.

6: The Swiss Army Knife

7: A Wall and A Ball.

8: The 3 x 5 card.

9: Home-made Trail Mix

10: Compass.

11: The Wall Planner

12: The T- bar.

13: The Check-list.

Snails

With Michael Sampson.

Be More Lucky, 14

1. Get up early and while the world sleeps, work on your secret long-term projects.
2. Work hard and smart to get more lucky more quickly.
3. Notice how lucky you already are.
4. Use 360 degree, 3D vision. Luck turns up in the oddest of places. Be ready to 'be lucky'.
5. Note what is working and do more of it.
6. Anything which doesn't work? Squeeze every atom of learning from it.
7. Build a network of cool friends who don't complain, whinge or gossip. They just get on with stuff. Meet with them regularly for mutual support.
8. Keep on track. Use whatever works to keep you focused on the vital few and away from the trivial many. Poster on the wall...
9. Make sure you know what luck is for you.
10. Keep in mind that it can take a long time before long hours of investment pay back with 'loads of luck'. Be prepared: it can then come like a fantastic hot shower after a long, cold hike.
11. Massage your brain for more luck with sleep, good ideas, water and splendid views.
12. Expect more luck. You'll get more luck.
13. Get a 'Luck Rhythm' going by helping others to be more lucky.
14. Luck flows once you start. Now.

Brave New World 48

Help someone today; it’s tough out there.

How to Change the World in a Dozen

1. Realise the only change you can control is that of yourself: so start there. "Be the change you wish to see". Ghandi.
2. Start, start, start. There is never a perfect time, nor situation nor mood. Perfection is so often not needed. Start.
3. (Re-)Decide what is important to you.  Ensure every action you take is aligned with that. Once you do, you can be.
4. Do more with humanity. And less with Control.
5. Become human again. Less e-mail, more looking in their eyes. Even if it is via a Zoom screen.  Less reacting, more choosing. Less cynicism, more appreciating.
6. Forget over-night magic. Changing the world takes a lifetime; it makes your-and many other- lifetimes even better though.
7. Work hard to discover your personal abilities as a 'maker of a better world'. Be it carpenter, teacher, accountant or surfing instructor. Once discovered 'do it to the uppermost' to inspire others.
8. Remember it will be tough, it will be long and there will be sleepless nights of worry. But there is no real other way that is so totally satisfying and rewarding.
9. It is harder than ever to beat entropy: the drive of the universe towards dis-order. Decide today how you will maintain focus on what is important to you, your family, your community, your business...
10. Never give up. Pause by all means. Sleep longer, sure. Glug two glasses of water. But get back on the mat. The world needs you.
11. Spread learning. Share your books. Give books. Write books. "Chase the simplicity the far side of complexity". Oliver Wendell Holmes.
12. See 1. Re-Realise the only change you can control is that of yourself: so start there. "Be the change you wish to see". Ghandi.

Maybe You Own

One of the top secret iPods.

The 25 Tools of Excellence for a Brave New World 25, 19: The Empty Room

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.

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

19:  The Distraction Free Room, the Empty Paper Pad

In a world of distraction, overload and busyness sometimes the essential tool is as close to nothing as possible. Go there and think.

Give it time.

Troubles will be solved.

Bonus: How to Be Brilliant, the protocol.

The Tools so far:

1: The French Press

2: The Play-list

3: Notebook and pen.

4: The Egg-timer.

5: The Skipping Rope.

6: The Swiss Army Knife

7: A Wall and A Ball.

8: The 3 x 5 card.

9: Home-made Trail Mix

10: Compass.

11: The Wall Planner

12: The T- bar.

13: The Check-list.

14: The Fixie

 

15: The Note/The Photo

 

16: The Steamer.

 

17: The Back of an Envelope

 

18: The Master 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.

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

19:  The Distraction Free Room, the Empty Paper Pad

In a world of distraction, overload and busyness sometimes the essential tool is as close to nothing as possible. Go there and think.

Give it time.

Troubles will be solved.

Bonus: How to Be Brilliant, the protocol.

The Tools so far:

1: The French Press

2: The Play-list

3: Notebook and pen.

4: The Egg-timer.

5: The Skipping Rope.

6: The Swiss Army Knife

7: A Wall and A Ball.

8: The 3 x 5 card.

9: Home-made Trail Mix

10: Compass.

11: The Wall Planner

12: The T- bar.

13: The Check-list.