Nicholas Bate

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On Gratitude

If you cook and you like garlic you'll know that you need to add more to 'notice' it.  The smell of fresh bread wafting through a supermarket which is so delicious on first entry soon gets 'forgotten'. The speed of a microwave, the ease of e-mail on the go from a phone, a decent salary from a good firm. These too become the new norm.

The point? It doesn't take long for us to forget how lucky we are.

Take a moment. And a pencil and paper. Write a list of things for which to be grateful. Do not dwell on changes you would like nor imperfections. Simply-for once-notice what is pretty damn good. For most of us, in this corner of the world, it's a great list.

Keep it on your desk and re-write every week from memory. You'll feel better. You'll feel happier. You'll have gratitude.

I Am 7

1. unique
2. growing
3. thinking
4. creating
5. loving
6. starting
7. unstoppable

Price Is What You Pay,

value is what you get. Warren Buffett.

How Do You Identify A High Priority Task?

"It's Done". Merlin Mann

Do The Opposite Of The Many 7

1. Fewer PPT slides
2. Less waffle
3. Shorter sessions
4. No late starts
5. Fewer coffee breaks
6. No distractions from time-wasters
7. Clear actions at the end

And notice how people love your presentations...

Thoughtful Thursday 7

1. Slow down
2. Consider a little
3. Reflect some more
4. What's happening?
5. Where are you heading?
6. Smell the roses
7. Thoughtful Thursday.

Making It Happen 7

1. Explicit not implicit
2. Brain friendly not brain tricky
3. In your face not in the drawer
4. Really want not ought to want
5. Time easy not time demanding
6. Step by step not lurch by lurch
7. Focused not distracted.

Talent 7

1. Give it a go
2. Give it a whirl
3. You're talented...
4. We all are
5. The REAL challenge?
6. Letting it out. Getting it out.
7. Give it a go; give it a whirl.

Being There and BEING There 7

1. Was he playing ball in the park with his son? Or was he worrying about the PowerPoints to be created?
2. Was he creating a cool marketing brief? Or was he wishing he were home?
3. Was he pumping iron at the gym? Or was he wishing he were still in bed?
4. Was he enjoying supper with his mother? Or was he worrying about work tomorrow?
5. Was he listening to his girlfriend's worries? Or thinking the football starts soon?
6. Was he doing a great submission for his distance-learning MBA? Or face-booking his dis-like of study?
7. Was he ever where he was?