Nicholas Bate

Not A 7

(1) productivity is not a list; it's a way of thinking (2) love is not a Valentine's card; it's a hand held tight on a blustery Cornish beach (3) cooking is a not a recipe; it's a state of flow (4) marketing is not a model; it's an insightful breakthrough (5) travel is not a postcard; it's a brain expander (6) wealth is not a roll of dollars; it's a love of life (7) Friday is not another day in the schedule; it's a day to be full on awake.

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Old/New Seven

(1) Friend: trusted and trusting companion in life/digital connection (2) CV: summary of experience/you-the-brand brochure (3) Stress: engineering term for bridges/poorly made mocha (4) Chocolate: luxury/necessity (5) Phone: method of connection when too far to walk/mission control (6) Coffee: black or white?/weighted decision matrix (7) MBA: soft skills for engineers/differentiation in economic doldrums.

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StrategiesForSuccess: ThirtyNine: Balance

Without play, even the best work can dull. Without physical work, the most pleasing mental challenges can become annoying. Without a team, leadership can be whole lot less fun. Success needs balance. Without balance, passion becomes addiction, goals become selfish and time a tyranny. Step back, centre oneself and balance once more.

7 Breaths

is right here.

The Seven Greatest Barriers To Your Greatest Work (1)

The top-level back-story:

(1) Worrying about what other people think (2) The distraction of trivia and melodrama (3) The desire for perfection (4) Simply not being bold enough (5) Not having a pen (6) Believing things should be fair (7) Copying rather than innovating.

Your greatest work is what makes you tick. It's what brings you your greatest rewards in every sense. When not doing it you feel you are missing something and feel dulled. And frighteningly it can take you an awful long time to find out what it is and how you do it. Clues come from:

(1) Stopping worrying what people think. Worrying about what people think is useful in that it respects social norms, maintains common courtesies and lubricates the easy flow of communication. The downside is that it means the real break-throughs can be missed. Whether it is finally ditching the slide-deck approach in the management briefing, suggesting prices are doubled or going free-lance some of your greatest work will only manifest when you stop worrying what people think.

TBC...

What is it about electronic messages that causes people to abandon common sense?

with the blogger you need. Daily. Michael Wade.

On Snowflakes

here.

HT: Bobulate

 

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