Nicholas Bate

Escape

Into a book.

A novel of a different world.

An explanation of something new.

Escape from the busyness for a while. 

Relaxation

It’s sometimes hard to achieve. A state where there is no ‘pull’ to task nor notification awaiting nor anxiety skulking.

It needs practice (the noun).

So, practise (the verb).

Put it down, let it go and be here now.

Wednesday 36

1. 25 Mini Standards.
2. The Writing Primer.
3. Meet Molly is now out. A love story. A parable. A good read.
   
4. How to Start your Very Own Business.
5. Instant Productivity.
6. Seven choices.
7. 22 Essentials.
8. How to Create your Home Office.
9. plus The Start Up Myths
10. Stay STRONG
11. Crazy Bold Experiments
12. Just say NO to PPT
13. The Marketing Primer.
14. You, Only Better, the book. 
15. Redundancy
16. Hunter-Gatherer 21C
17. Tackling Stress.
18. Manage that career
19. Be Bold 101
20. You still haven’t read Being The Best?! 
21. Things They Don’t Teach at Business School
22. the secrets of success
23. Life Tips 101
24. Zen & Art of Cubicle Freedom
25. Carnage At Kodak
26. The Very Best Drugs You Need
27. Billions of Light Years Away In Another Galaxy
28. 22 Routes To Your Non Fiction Book
29. Lists For The Life You Love
30. How To Lessen E-Mail Pain
31. Professionalism 101
32. 21 Ways to Improve your Zoom Conference Call.
33. Productivity Primer
34. 101, redux
35. The Basic Basics.
36. Not a single one made the NYT best-seller list. 

Always more in Being the Best and Meet Molly. 

The Most Powerful Productivity Tips, 25

The more investment (making things easier tomorrow/next week/next month/next year) activities you squeeze into your day, the easier things become.

Always more in Being the Best and Meet Molly. 

Monday. Don’t Worry; Be Happy. Eleven.

1. You're on Planet Earth, consistently voted The Greatest Planet in The Known Universe. With special mention for its mountains, sea-shores and range of primates. 
2. Sometimes you feel you have none. Sometimes few. Sometimes limited. But you always have choices; fresh air and a walk will reveal the options.
3. You have unreleased potential: physically, mentally and spiritually. 
4. The word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. Carl Jung
5. A plan will save money. An idea will create money.
6. Do not expect fresh, good ideas from politicians. They are too busy media juggling and trying to remove skeletons from cupboards. Power is now with the citizen as it was always meant to be.
7. Allow your body plenty of TLC. Allow yourself to feel good: energy, strength, focus.
8. Turn off 24 by 7 news. 
9. Reduce screens, interrupts and overload. Subtract.
10. Add. The classics. Slow-cooked autumn casseroles. Free-wheeling conversations. Long, long hugs. Fresh play-lists. Hikes in the mountains.
11. Don't worry. Be happy.

Always more in Being the Best and Meet Molly. 

On Writing, 55

Perspective is often needed to decide whether what you have produced this morning/afternoon/evening is any good.

For the moment: just write. 

Always Helpful, 157

What do you believe?

Beliefs drive behaviours drive results.

Christmas, 7

1. Keep it simple. Reduce lists 'to do', events to attend, expectations of perfection.
2. Grab the opportunity.  To forget work, have conversation, eat real food.
3. Walk. It's more than locomotion: it’s being who you really are.
4. Return to Dickens and the choirs.
5. Wake up early and grab the moon with your coffee.
6. The perfect gift? Your time, your attention, your thought.
7. Whatever your beliefs. Slow down and notice the magic of planet earth and the delights of a mind-expanding universe.

Thursday 36

1. 25 Mini Standards.
2. The Writing Primer.
3. Meet Molly is now out. A love story. A parable. A good read.
   
4. How to Start your Very Own Business.
5. Instant Productivity.
6. Seven choices.
7. 22 Essentials.
8. How to Create your Home Office.
9. plus The Start Up Myths
10. Stay STRONG
11. Crazy Bold Experiments
12. Just say NO to PPT
13. The Marketing Primer.
14. You, Only Better, the book. 
15. Redundancy
16. Hunter-Gatherer 21C
17. Tackling Stress.
18. Manage that career
19. Be Bold 101
20. You still haven’t read Being The Best?! 
21. Things They Don’t Teach at Business School
22. the secrets of success
23. Life Tips 101
24. Zen & Art of Cubicle Freedom
25. Carnage At Kodak
26. The Very Best Drugs You Need
27. Billions of Light Years Away In Another Galaxy
28. 22 Routes To Your Non Fiction Book
29. Lists For The Life You Love
30. How To Lessen E-Mail Pain
31. Professionalism 101
32. 21 Ways to Improve your Zoom Conference Call.
33. Productivity Primer
34. 101, redux
35. The Basic Basics.
36. Not a single one made the NYT best-seller list. 

Always more in Being the Best and Meet Molly. 

On Stress, 9

1. You have to break the cycle somewhere, of being too stressed to handle the stress.
2. The easiest one is the walk. Just walk. No aim, no analysis. Just seek the grounding rhythm of the walk.
3. Make it a regular, recurring feature of your day. It will soothe. It will put things in proportion.
4. Now identify every damn stressor. Every one. From the commute, to your boss, to the leaking roof, to...
5. Much stress is being out of control.
6. Split the list into two: what you can control (your time to bed for more sleep) and what you can't (fuel prices).
7. Accept those you can't control: waste no more emotional energy on them. Manage them, plan for them. But accept them. 
8. Prioritise those you can control. Number 1 being the one which would reduce most stress if solved.
9. Take one per week and solve it by asking for help, learning a skill, being persistent……

Always more in Being the Best and Meet Molly.