Nicholas Bate

Monday

Danger zones.

Daily Routine 7

1. Take it day by day.
2. Appreciate all there is to appreciate; and there is plenty.
3. Do what you can.
4. Have a plan...
5. And thus a list...
6. And thus an action...
7. And start.

Always more detail in Being the Best.

Saturday Walking 7

1. Walk tall.
2. Walk free: no phone, no plan, no concern.
3. Walk in all weathers.
4. Walk barefoot whenever the surface allows it.
5. Walk by default and leave the car at home.
6. Walk every day.
7. Walk.

Leave The Cave, 7

1. To get perspective.
2. To exercise those amazing limbs which yearn movement in three dimensions, appropriate resistance and mobility. Walk and brachiate from a few trees.
3. To look long rather than just short.
4. To wander. And wonder.
5. To build resilience vs. weather. Wind, rain, cold and no Starbucks for miles.
6. To get closer to that which heals: an amazing planet full of rocks, oceans, bugs and animals which are sometimes hard to believe.
7. To be the true Hunter-Gatherer 21C you really are.

 

1. To get perspective.
2. To exercise those amazing limbs which yearn movement in three dimensions, appropriate resistance and mobility. Walk and brachiate from a few trees.
3. To look long rather than just short.
4. To wander. And wonder.
5. To build resilience vs. weather. Wind, rain, cold and no Starbucks for miles.
6. To get closer to that which heals: an amazing planet full of rocks, oceans, bugs and animals which are sometimes hard to believe.
7. To be the true Hunter-Gatherer 21C you really are.

Brilliant at the Basics, 20

1. Have a plan. For the day, for the week, for the month. The universe will handle any bigger picture.
2. Spend time every day in nature. Planet Earth? How could you miss a moment relishing its staggering beauty.
3. Make your own coffee. It's cheaper, it's better and (the making) it's therapeutic.
4. Make your own bread. See 3, except it's not cheaper.
5. Always have two books on the go: one a classic novel, the other a new non-fiction.
6. Manage your moods. Boost the good ones. Let go of the poor ones.
7. Write every day in your journal. Stop resisting, you'll find it helpful.
8. Make the digital interrupt a still useful but much, much smaller part of your life. See 1 and 2 and 4.
9. Save, then spend.
10. Get resilient. Run, climb trees and lift logs.
11. Don't do complaining; it'll only spoil your day and lose you the best of friends.
12. Slow down to the speed of thought.
13. Become happy through mastery rather than stuff.  The latter can be lost; the former only gets stronger.
14. Go hiking.
15. Cook from scratch.
16. Be polite, punctual and persistent. And search for other useful Ps.
17. Be more.
18. Help others who are less fortunate.
19. Create helpful routines: sleep, walking, the journal and times to read.
20. Take it one day at a time.

The Most Powerful Productivity Tips, 51

Cull that list which directs your time.

You can do anything but you can’t do everything.

Kurt Harden

Is right here. 

Commentary. Music. Food. Outrage. Humour. 

David Seah

Has productivity tools. David specialises in the form.

Managing a Business in a Crazy World,18

However brilliant and cool your marketing, most businesses need to sell.

Marketing (creating opportunities) and selling (closing those opportunities) are different.

Here’s a handy free PDF which gives guidance to the latter.