Nicholas Bate

Pencil + Paper Fitness

You need:
1. sheet of paper (the back of a used envelope would be perfect);
2. a pencil.

Take any exercise. A short jog. Some press-ups. Skipping.
Do some, but stop while you still feel comfortable, even if that is just one press-up or three minutes jogging.
Write down what you did. Decide a modest percentage improvement you will aim for tomorrow. Write it down.
Do it tomorrow.
Continue the process.
You will get fitter.
You will get fit. You just need some paper and a pencil.

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Pencil+Paper

Technology is great. But sometimes it just makes things too complicated. Experiment with getting back to basics, by just using paper and pencil.

Pencil+Paper Marketing
Answer Kotler's 4Ps.
What's our product? What's our way of promoting? What's our pricing strategy? What's the place (channel) we use?
Pencil+Paper Love
Take a sheet of paper. Cover it with xxxxs. Put under his/her windscreen wiper on their parked car.
Pencil+Paper Profitability Boost
In our product mix, which are our most profitable items? Take a calculator-what would be the effect on the bottom line if we increased the price by 5%? And how many sales would we lose? Worth doing? You decide.

Paper + Pencil

Technology is great. But sometimes it just makes things too complicated. Experiment with getting back to basics, by just using paper and pencil.

Paper + Pencil 3: Personal Financial Planning

You need a pad of paper. You need a pencil. Use it to:
1.write down when you want to retire (even if partly)
2.write down what you believe you will need as an income when that happens
3.write down what your current worth is (assets-liabilities) and what it will be when you retire
4.is the result from (3) enough to fulfil (1)? If so: well done
5.if no, how can you (1) close the gap (2) re-set expectations (3) bit of (1)+(2)
6. open the diary and set a date for the first bit of work on this.

Paper + Pencil Time Management is here

Paper + Pencil Selling is here

Paper + Pencil

Technology is great. But sometimes it just makes things too complicated. Experiment with getting back to basics, by just using paper and pencil.

Paper + Pencil 2: Time Management
You need a pad of paper. You need a pencil. Use it to:
1.write down what you have to do
2.write down what you want to do
3.break down anything in 1 and/or 2 which is longer than a 20 minute time-slice
4.open your diary and place 1 and/or 2 and/or 3 on a page in your diary when you will do it.

Paper + Pencil 1: Selling, here.

Paper+Pencil 1

Technology is great. But sometimes it just makes things too complicated. Experiment with getting back to basics, by just using paper and pencil.

Paper + Pencil 1: Selling
You need a pad of paper. You need a pencil. Use it to:
1.find out what the prospect wants: write it down.
2.influence what the prospect wants: illustrate points on your pad.
3.agree an action plan for the next stage: write it down and review it with the client.