Nicholas Bate

David Seah reminds us that..

..appearance does matter

The Neil Armstrong Guide to Productivity

Small steps can lead to giant leaps.

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January 2008: Personal Re-invention: 31 of 31

The back-story:
1. There are some changes you wish to make. This mini series will do its utmost to help you with those changes.
2. You did sign your personal declaration, didn't you?

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Here are three questions for your final three days of your re-invention programme:
Day 29: consider: what are the biggest changes you have achieved? DONE
Day 30: which changes do you still wish to work on? DONE
Day 31: how will you maintain momentum with your quest?

Action: consider today's (day 31) question.

Personal Re-invention January 2008: 30 of 31

The back-story:
1. There are some changes you wish to make. This mini series will do its utmost to help you with those changes.
2. You did sign your personal declaration, didn't you?

30 of 31
Here are three questions for your final three days of your re-invention programme:
Day 29: consider: what are the biggest changes you have achieved? DONE
Day 30: which changes do you still wish to work on?
Day 31: how will you maintain momentum with your quest?

Action: consider today's (day 30) question.

Personal Re-invention: January 2008

The back-story:
1. There are some changes you wish to make. This mini series will do its utmost to help you with those changes.
2. You did sign your personal declaration, didn't you?

29 of 31
Here are three questions for your final three days of your re-invention programme:
Day 29: consider: what are the biggest changes you have achieved?
Day 30: which changes do you still wish to work on?
Day 31: how will you maintain momentum with your quest?

Action: consider today's (day 29) question.

January 2008 Personal Re-invention 28 of 31

The back-story:
1. There are some changes you wish to make. This mini series will do its utmost to help you with those changes.
2. You did sign your personal declaration, didn't you?

28 of 31
You've made considerable progress over the 27 days to date. Let's now do some longer-term work. Take an A4 sheet of paper and turn it landscape. Take a pencil and draw your vision-how you want things to be in around 3 years time. For the moment don't worry about any ifs or buts: just draw.
Now take a look at your picture. What are some actions you could take to ensure that vision happens?Identify:
-one action for this week before the end of January
-one action for February
-one action for 2008
Action: now would be the perfect time to identify those actions.

January Personal Re-Invention 27 of 31

The back-story:
1. There are some changes you wish to make. This mini series will do its utmost to help you with those changes.
2. You did sign your personal declaration, didn't you?

27 of 31
You've made considerable progress over the 27 days to date. Let's now do some longer-term work. Take an A4 sheet of paper and turn it landscape. Take a pencil and draw your vision-how you want things to be in around 3 years time. For the moment don't worry about any ifs or buts: just draw.

We'll return to this tomorrow.

Action: draw!

January 2008 Personal Re-Invention: 26 of 31

The back-story:
1. There are some changes you wish to make. This mini series will do its utmost to help you with those changes.
2. You did sign your personal declaration, didn't you?

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Reflect on progress to date.

January 2008 Personal Re-invention 25 of 31

The back-story:
1. There are some changes you wish to make. This mini series will do its utmost to help you with those changes.
2. You did sign your personal declaration, didn't you?

25 of 31 What distracts you? And what blocks you?
What distracts you e.g. too much TV? What blocks you e.g. lack of support from your partner. Make a list of distractors and blockers.

Take your list and against each one put a remedy.

Action: implement those remedies.

January 2008 Personal Re-Invention 24 of 31

The back-story:
1. There are some changes you wish to make. This mini series will do its utmost to help you with those changes.
2. You did sign your personal declaration, didn't you?

24 of 31 What distracts you? And what blocks you?
What distracts you e.g. too much TV? What blocks you e.g. lack of support from your partner. Make a list of distractors and blockers.

Action: do that now; it'll only take a minute.