Nicholas Bate

StrategiesForSuccessFifty: ThirtyThree: Ready For Anything

How ready can you be? With consideration and judicious use of the other strategies, ready for anything. That's a nice place to be.

StrategiesForSuccessFifty: ThirtyTwo: Point Of View

We live in a malleable universe. What You See Is What You Get. Competitor gaining market share? Or chance to improve your marketing? Best salesperson leaves? Or reminder that leadership needs to be improved? Sometimes stuff happens. Sometimes things just are. But the way we look at them, sometimes just a subtle shift of our point of view, can make the whole thing more manageable and the likelihood of success improved.

StrategiesForSuccessFifty: ThirtyOne: More Music

Music changes mood. It lifts it when it is low. It calms when you are stressed. It draws reflection when you are running and need to be walking. It's never been easier to have your entire music collection with you whenever you need it. On the road. In the study. And at the gym. Music-the right music, at the right time accelerates success. Re-invigorate that iPod.

StrategiesForSuccessFifty: The Initial Thirty

1. Clarity
2. Resilience
3. Focus
4. Decision
5. Action
6. Learn Fast and Deep
7. Back to Zero
8. Eliminate Distractors
9. Now
10. Knowledge
11. The Forward View
12. Jolt The Brain
13. Work Hard
14. Start
15. Wake Up
16. Basics First
17. Write It Down
18. Friends
19. Perspective
20. Pace
21. The Long Game
22. Follow up
23. Switch Off
24. Getting Better All The time
25. Re-Boot
26. Move On
27. Add One, Drop One
28. Momentum Through Immersion
29. Easy Does It
30. Wake Up

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StrategiesForSuccessFifty: Thirty, Wake Up

Sure you're out from under the duvet. Sure the first herbal tea is drunk. And the news scanned. But are you awake? Routine can get stuff done. Routine can be reassuring. But routine can sure dull. Our critical thinking wanes. Our creativity palls. Life seems ordinary.

Wake up. Break the routines. Stretch the comfort zone. See the marvels of daily life afresh. Re-register that life is spectacular. Wake up.

StrategiesForSuccessFifty: TwentyNine, Easy Does It

Focus is good. No, it's essential. So too resilience. But we have to be careful with intensity. That ability to super focus may appear to get things done. But are we missing the obvious solution? And maybe more fundamentally are we neglecting our health? Or other aspects of the business? Easy Does It. Know when to take a break. When to laugh at oneself. When to switch it all off and go see a movie. When to stop texting and drop her a real love letter (even though you live with her). Easy Does It.

StrategiesForSuccessFifty: TwentyEight, Momentum Through Immersion

What do we do when we stall? Pause and re-consider is good advice. But sometimes that doesn't help; we have the data but we don't know how to interpret it. Or what to make of our conclusions. Sometimes it is best to immerse ourselves in the subject for a while, knowing-even relishing- that we may have taken the wrong path. As out of that immersion, suddenly we will kick-start back into proper progress, we will gain momentum even if it is to now be sure we need to adopt a different tactic. Immersion will always create momentum.

StrategiesForSuccessFifty: TwentySeven, Add One, Drop One.

Why do some of our best intentions-our hard considered resolutions, even-sometimes fail? Many reasons of course. But one good way of enhancing the likelihood of success is avoiding over-load. The tendency is to add the new resolution(s) to all that we are already doing. Don't do it. Before you take on archery, the novel, a losing weight program, drop something else. Otherwise you are not battling with learning archery but an over-full schedule which no amount of positive-thinking can overcome.

StrategiesForSuccessFifty: TwentySix, Move On

Life is full of 'ought to' and 'should have'. We mess it up. They mess it up. What could have been, what might have been. Learning from such events is invaluable. Reflecting on alternate approaches in the future is wise. But being stalled by endless re-runs of such scenarios cannot be helpful. Some might need help from a professional. But most of the time: move on. The slate can be wiped clean. New images, colours and dreams can be created.

StrategiesForSuccessFifty: TheFirstTwentyFive

1. Clarity
2. Resilience
3. Focus
4. Decision
5. Action
6. Learn Fast and Deep
7. Back to Zero
8. Eliminate Distractors
9. Now
10. Knowledge
11. The Forward View
12. Jolt The Brain
13. Work Hard
14. Start
15. Wake Up
16. Basics First
17. Write It Down
18. Friends
19. Perspective
20. Pace
21. The Long Game
22. Follow up
23. Switch Off
24. Getting Better All The time
25. Re-Boot

The detail here.