Nicholas Bate

A is Attention

Regular followers of this blog and certainly those of you who have attended my workshops will know that I refer a lot to the concept of Attention.

In essence: nothing happens without attention. I enjoyed this article by Linda Stone who discusses "I believe attention is the most powerful tool of the human spirit. We can enhance or augment our attention with practices like meditation or exercise, diffuse it with technologies like e-mail and Blackberries, or alter it with pharmaceuticals. In the end we are fully responsible for how we choose to use this extraordinary tool".

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The A to Z of Excellence

Z is Zen and the Art of Success

The wisdom of success is that true success is just a few simple qualities: time to be, time with and for others, leaving a legacy, simple things done well. A walk..laughter. Success need not be complicated.

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Y is Yin and Yang

Success is so often the power of complementary forces. Without failure, how can you be successful? Without the journey, how can we get to the destination?

Not just masculine, but feminine, too.
Not just certainty, but uncertainty, too.

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X is multiply

Multiply the impact of several aspects. How about giving your health attention, making a clear decision and using the goal seeking formula i.e. A x D x G?

Or F x L x P?

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W is Who ?

Who can help you? Who can help you on your path? Do not be afaid to ask: that's all it takes for many people. And those who say no, often simply mean not now; ask them when is a good time? And what are you asking for? Their wisdom, their tips, their nuggets, their top tips. Stuff which will help you fast-track your own plans.

Go on, who can help? And in return of course, help others.

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V is Vision

Take an A4 piece of paper. Turn it landscape. In the top right-hand corner write today's date+3 years. Now DRAW your vision: how do you want things to be? Just DRAW.

When you have finished, put it somewhere where you will see it every day. And act upon it.

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U is Uncertainty

Will our new business be successful? Nobody knows. Will she accept the request to go to the cinema? Who knows? Will regular exercise help our knee? Not even the doctor absolutely definitely knows! Things are uncertain. We plan to reduce it, but we must accept that looking for 100% assurance could be a blocker to what we are really after.

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T is Today.

Today is a really good time to take an action, to start working on some changes you desire, to create your definitive personal development plan, to....

Today:

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S is Success.

Complete this sentence:
Success for me is...

Now put that somewhere where it is visible to you everyday.

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R is Rainmaker

A Rainmaker is someone who can make it happen. Despite all the challenges, he/she makes it happen. Be a Rainmaker.