Nicholas Bate

How To Be Brilliant (v2) 1-50: 26, Be Patient

Life does not use the simple linear equation: effort in=results out. Sometimes it seems a disproportionate amount of effort is needed to get the results you desire (a book deal). Sometimes, the results you seek take a year or so (getting back to full health). Sometimes the results you want turn up in a bizarre way (the flat you lost to a rival comes back to you. And for speed at a lower price). You will get you want. Be Patient. 

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Cassettes

Your DJ brings you what you need.

Blast from the Past

22 Things They Still Don't Teach You at Business School.

Productivity Reminder 6

Be strong. In a world of craziness where it seems essential to brag about a day of e-mail, conference calls and poor quality coffee...Stop and think. And don't just do things. Do the right things. Set your compass.

TBC

in the meantime...

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Productivity Reminder 5

Basics 7: The Presentation

1. Start/finish to time.
2. Fewer slides. More story to engage.
3. Pace to engage.
4. Change to engage.
5. A clear, stated and achieved goal.
6. A well managed Q & A.
7. Plan the presentation. Deliver it. Learn to make it better in the future.

bonus: love presenting, hate (badly used) powerpoint

Blast from the Past

e-mail reflections.

Power Shower

or shower power?

Productivity Reminder 5

Don't seek nor create a complex system. Deep productivity is simply about what and when.

What you wish to address (more than just what you have to do)

and

When you will do it (which clearly can't be when you 'don't have time'). 

A simple system is needed for both.

TBC

in the meantime...

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Jagged Thoughts for Jagged Times, 423

Don't give up.

Try another way. Give it more time. Take a break. Ask for help. Sharpen the saw. Sip some water. Start afresh on Monday. Read a book on the subject. 

But, don't give up.

You, Only Better

handy primer.