Nicholas Bate

2011: TheYearOfTransformationOneHundred: Ninty

Muck About; Let Off Steam; Be Daft

Sure, put the work in. But what's the point if you are not having fun? Humour, lightheartedness and the ability to laugh at oneself are a sure-fire route to transformation.

2011: TheYearOfTransformationOneHundred: EightyEight

Go To An Art Gallery

Go to an art gallery as soon as you can. Hang out for a while there. You'll get some ideas to help your continuing transformation.

2011: TheYearOfTransformationOneHundred: EightySeven

Recognise The Pattern

Patterns are essential to us. The ability to interpret a facial expression, for example. An optimised route home through the traffic. But patterns lock us in. We decide that something is NOT a helpful approach. Or she would NOT be a good person to have on the team. Transformation requires a constant testing of the patterns in our Life. Which need ditching?

2011: TheYearOfTransformationOneHundred: EightySix

Back To The Path

Enough with reflection, relaxation and on-line searches. Back to hard graft: that's a sure winner when it comes to achieving the change you seek.

2011: TheYearOfTransformationOneHundred: EightyFive

Revise The Plan

The plan is rarely about absolutes. It is more about direction. On the path to the transformation you seek, regulalry adjust the plan as progress is made. Seek and you shall find. Revise and you shall find more deeply.

2011: TheYearOfTransformationOneHundred: EightyFour

Push On Through.

Keep going. keep at it. One more draft. Ten more calls. Another re-working of the spreadsheet. Push through the point of nearly to the point of reality.

2011: TheYearOfTransformationOneHundred: EightyThree

Get Back In The Library

(Possibly for free) you'll get all you need. Wander the shelves. Find inspiration. It's there.

2011: TheYearOfTransformation: EightyOne

Practise

It's a verb. You can only get better, learn about yourself and strengthen your will.

2011: TheYearOfTransformationOneHundred: Eighty

Observe

Observe a little more closely. The answers you need are there.

2011: TheYearOfTransformationOneHundred: SeventyNine

Nobody Said It Was Easy. They really didn't. At times: heartbreaking, simply tiring. Certainly worrying. But the transformation you seek is worth it.