Nicholas Bate

BraveNewWorld101

1. Where did it come from?
2. This Brave New World…
3. of ambiguity,
4. uncertainty,
5. and doubt.
6. And that, put in the Director sententiously, that is the secret of happiness ….. All conditioning aims at that: making people like their inescapable social destiny. Aldous Huxley: Brave New World.
7. Things had seemed so settled.
8. There had seemed to be rules:
9. study hard;
10. work hard;
11. play the game;
12. retire early
13. and travel the world.
14. But it’s all now topsy-turvy…
15. What once was true,
16. reliable
17. and dependable.
18. Simply:
19. is no longer.
20. This Brave New World.
21. Not exactly Huxley’s by any means
22. (Which was of course originally Shakespeare’s:
23. O, wonder!
 How many goodly creatures are there here!
 How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world,
 That has such people in't!

24.  (V, i) The Tempest.)
25. In fact;
26. in reality,
27. it is simply the old world
28. once again.
29. The one where:
30. you’re on your own.
31. Find a creek.
32. A bit of land.
33. Stake a claim.
34. Build a farm.
35. Raise a family.
36. 100% down to you.
37. In sickness.
38. And in health.
39. BUT WAIT!
40. It is a l i t t l e easier.
41. The guarantees are gone, for sure.
42. But the opportunies do still lurk…
43. We just need to get real. Once more.
44. No longer are we given (were we ever, in reality?) a guarantee.
45. They-the opportunities-have to be grabbed and grown.
46. We need to get real, grow up and realise:
47. Real Education in a Brave New World
48. Question the basics: why do I need a degree?
49. Why do I need an MBA?
50. The correct answer is not: ‘because everybody else does it’
51. If you do them: do them brilliantly.
52. Then add the two magic ingredients:
53. (1) real work experience gained at any and all opportunities.
54. (2) great mental attitude.
55. The latter two are priceless.
56. They enable a future employer to distinguish you: the friendly wolf
57. from the crowd, the flock of sheep.
58. Real Money in a Brave New World
59. Question the basics: who can I depend on to manage and look after my money?
60. The answer is: a resounding silence.
61. So: create your own plan:
62. break the time=money model.
63. And create value=money.
64. And hence you can increase your value (and hence money flow) disproportionally to the time you exert.
65. Real Happiness in a Brave New World.
66. Happiness cannot be dependent on stuff alone.
67. Otherwise-as has happened-when stuff is taken away….
68. we become miserable. Scared. Anxious.
69. No:
70. real happiness is not stuff, but relationships, health, time…
71. Real Wellness in a Brave New World.
72. Gym work is for the very few. 
73. For most of us we want:
74. mental health to give us personal resilience in tricky times
75. and personal energy to get the right stuff done, easily.
76. Give them simple attention and they happen. But in a Blackberry world, distraction and distortion easily happen.
77. Real Pension in a Brave New World.
78. keep your earning power by building your value. As a knowledge worker there is no reason at all why this should not continue to fund you well into traditional ‘old age’.
79. keep your earning power by maintaining physical wellness and mental wellness partly–ironically-by continuing to work at what you love.
80. Then apart from an emergency fund, the big ‘pension pot’ becomes much less of an issue.
81. Real Career in a Brave New World.
82. The thread: what do you offer people? What is the thread that has run though your career to date?
83. What are the core skills you need to support that?
84. Be flexible. Build in flexibility as nobody has a clue what the world of work will be like in 5 years time and yet there is one thing of which we can be sure: soft skills will be in more demand than ever as everything else is chipped.
85. Think portfolio: a mixed career,  not dependent upon one employer. The stats suggest that employer will go down at some stage; it’s just a matter of time.
86. Think value to generate money, not time.
87. Real Attitude in a Brave New World.
88. Nothing is a given.
89. It wasn’t meant to be easy.
90. But who wants it easy anyway?
91. Chase challenge, not comfort.
92. Real World. Real Brave New World.
93. Nothing is a given. But everything is a possibility.
94. Nothing is a guarantee. But anything can be tried.
95. All is up for grabs. Go for it.
96. For those who get it, really get it.
97. It’s not a formula. It is a mindset.
98. A belief in oneself.
99. But I don’t want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin. The Savage in chapter 17 of Brave New World by Huxley.
100. Welcome to:
101.  the Real Brave New World.

Conspiracy101

1. Aliens didn’t build Stonehenge;
   
2. Man did land on the Moon;
   
3. Beatle Sir Paul is alive and kicking.
4. Boy, do we love a good conspiracy.
5. Start with a fact or two;
6. stir in some conjecture;
7. a little confusion;
8. a distorted quotation;
9. add a doctored photo.
10. And most recently add the internet……
11. a subtle twitter….
12. …as gentle as the proverbial butterfly wing’s beat the other side of the globe…
13. and there you have it:
14. a gestating Conspiracy Theory.
15. Of course they are denying it: that’s because it is true!
    
16. They would say that.
17. Water fluoridation. Oh yes!
    
18. And don’t even start on global warming….
    
19. Nor JFK.
    
20. 9/11.
    
21. Clinton Body Count.
    
22. The Philadelphia Experiment.
    
23. Even the creation of good ol’ Wikipedia.
    
24.  And what the FDA gets up to….
25. We love a good conspiracy:
26. a simple fact made into a narrative, a story, a drama to which we can all contribute, tell and re-tell.
27. Why do we do it?
28. We are dramatists at heart!
29. We love story..
30. Once we couldn’t write anything down as there was no….paper. Incredible, but true!
31. So memory…
32. ..plus story-telling ability…
33. was all there was.
34. The story of the tribe, the story of the culture.
35. We miss those times and their great rambling sagas…
36. of men and women… of monsters and sea creatures…
37. and gold and demons…
38. and heroes and heroines.
39. It’s what make us one of the most loveable creatures in the universe. Most of the time.
40. There, in a youngish solar system in an ancient empty universe. On a craggy blue and green planet spinning around a Sun at a perfect distance to support Life. Thunder and lightening. All alone. Grappling with language and the pains of the subjunctive, we were sitting around camp fires….
41. …telling stories…
42. …creating urban myths before anyone knew what urban meant.
43. And when there were things we didn’t understand or people we didn’t like we searched and searched for meaning and understanding when it wasn’t always there…
44. …especially when it might create blame and propagate it…
45. so we wrapped it around a story for longevity.
46. The conspiracy was born.
47. Such as the North American Union and its currency the amero
    
48. And of course Shakespeare isn’t 'the man' after all...
    
49. And where is Shergar?
50. But most of the time.
51. Perhaps, disappointingly.
52. The explanation is simple.
53. Damn simple.
54. Too damn simple for our liking a lot of the time.
55. The obvious.
56. The simple.
57. OCCAM PUT  IT PRETTY WELL.
58. Occam's razor: the concept that when you have two opposing/diverging/different ideas that make exactly the same predictions, the simpler one is the most likely to be correct. 
59. And you know the biggest?
60. Globe spinning?
61. Mind numbing?
62. Ever quoted, lip-smacking conspiracy on the planet?
63. "Success is a function of school and college".
64. But it isn’t.
65. It simply isn’t.
66. Success is a function of oomph.
67. Sure, college can help.
68. (although if handled badly it sure can hinder)
69. but: whatever you want….
70. ..whatever success is for you
71. The salary increase.
72. The girl.
73. The house on the hill.
74. The car.
75. Don’t believe the hearsay.
76. Work on your mindset.
77. Releasing the A W E S O M E potential of your brain.
78. The only real conspiracy is how well we have been conditioned.
79. School, college, mba….
80. It isn’t intrinsically bad. It really, really isn’t. But. IT AIN”T ENOUGH for what you
81. That’s you.
82. Really want.
83. Stop the drip feed into your brain.
84. That success is dependent on ‘tick-list’ education.
85. It actually depends on oomph, drive, attitude, mindset. Call it what you will.
86. That’s get up and go.
87. Get up and ask. Yell, if necessary.
88. Get up and make the call.
89. Get up and send the 100^th CV.
90. Conspiracy over.
91. No aliens
92. (Although do read the Area 51 Autopsy report. It’s mighty cool).
93. No hidden FBI nor CIA transmitters in the back of your TV (obviously worth checking every so often, though)
94. No doctored Starbucks coffee. It’s just simply strong.
95. Just you and what you want.
96. 1 nanometre (that’s very, very small) apart.
97. There for the grabbing.
98. Get the basics: school, college, MBA. Etc
99. But it ain’t enough!
100. That’s where you come in.
101. You conspiracy buster, you. Rock on.

DoppioEspresso101

1. Smile.
2. Take notes.
3. Stop & think.
4. Walk tall.
5. Act as you wish to be perceived.
6. Recognise the intrinsic worth of every job.
7. Always have a book on the go.
8. Do it with passion.
9. Be Outrageous101.
10. Forget to remember the stuff you don’t need any more. Richard Bandler
11. Help others.
12. Save, then spend.
13. Build your brand; you run your own company now.
14. Your company is not managing your career; it’s managing its share price. You manage your career.
15.  Say what needs to be said at the team meeting. Just do it politely. But say it. Before the firm goes bust and nobody ever knew why.
16. Why 42? Because  6 x 7 is 42 and you can achieve ANYTHING in 6 weeks of 7 days.
17. Don’t try Coke Zero. Try zero cola.
18. Get rid of the TV. Yes, just like that.
19. Be Productive101.
20. Dream as if you will love for ever. Live as if you will die today. James Dean
21. Sort out your inbox.
22. Ring your Mum.
23. Chop wood, carry water and bake bread.
24. Clear your desk.
25. Notice the weather.
26. Don’t take that crap any longer. Talk it through. Talk it out. Agree you can work together.
27. You’re feeling lousy because something needs to change. Change it.
28. Hug her.
29. Be Professional101.
30. Be the change you wish to see . Ghandi
31. So. Mono or Stereo with the new Beatles releases? Or both? Or neither, it's all hype? Decisions, decisions!
32. Real, true supportive, non-judging friends are remarkably rare. Stay in touch.
33. Work through The Artist’s Way; don’t be put off by the title.
34. Have extra energy not never enough. Walk, swim and take the stairs.
35. Check out Lisbon. Have a custard tart and a strong coffee. Mmmm.
36. Bob Dylan doesn’t care too much whether you like him or not: that’s worth remembering.
37. Read Fortify Your Oasis.
38. Notice the night sky. Gorgeous, inspiring and wonderous are just a few words which come to mind. Don't miss it however good Sex in the City might be.
39. SolveAnyProblemYouHave101.
40. Whatever you do, do it with passion. Carlos Castaneda.
41. Are you ready? Born ready, Sir! Ha, love that!
42. Don’t worry one iota about what you might have done differently. Worry about what you will do differently.
43. Read Steve Clayton.
44. There are 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary and those who do not.
45. So there you go. Aim to simplify as Einstein did. The whole of relativity in: E=mc^2. 
46. Never talk negatively about someone who is not present. It wrecks the chance of a high-performance team building.
47. Love her smile.
48. Read El Canasto Mini.
49. Be a SuperHero101.
50. Talent is in choices. Robert De Niro.
51. Why 42? Seven throws of a dice and you can decide anything.
52. Walk the sea-shore. Especially in Fall and Winter.
53. Stuff? Who needs it?
54. Winning the lottery would not solve a thing. It would simply change the problem.
55. Read Eclecticity.
56. Hold hands and talk.
57. Watch/Re-watch West Side Story. That opening track-in....
58. Read Productivity Matt.
59. ReInvent101.
60. There is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way. Dalai Lama.
61. Unplug: take a technology-free break.
62. Just a moment: did you say you couldn’t? You can do anything. It’s just that you can’t do everything.
63. Somebody once said they would give their right arm to be ambidextrous like Leonardo da Vinci.
64. You run your own company now. So what’s your plan?
65. X marks the spot.
66. Be on time. Start on time. Finish on time. Deliver on time. And people will notice you. And want you to be on their team.
67. Love her.
68. Read Execupundit. 
69. Get some QuickWins101.
70. Follow Your Bliss. Joseph Campbell.
71. Sharpen the pencils. Line them up. Three fresh sheets of blank paper. Start writing.
72. Read Matt Rutherford.
73. Just Fuc*ing Do It. Was anything ever clearer?
74. Walk London. It's the only way to get to know it.
75. What exciting quest are you on? A journey, an adventure? It needs to be greater than the M4 corridor, UK.
76. Read Cultural Offering.
77. But if you could…..what would it be?
78. Read/Re-read Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
79. Here’s the Answer101
80. A presto.
81. Visit el Prado, Madrid. Awesome. So, awesome.
82. Follow Paul Schwend on Twitter.
83. Given that pension plans don’t seem to work any more. And you will live until you are 102,….
84. Write a 100 word story. Exactly.
85.  Read Material Witness
86. Learn the Yoga Sun Salute and do each morning.
87. Read.
88. Why 42? Juggle three balls 42 times and you’ll notice progress. At last.
89. Pull on your BlueJeans101.
90. You are the story teller of your own Life. Isabel Allende.
91. Wake up ready to go.
92. Still not seen The Wire? Stop resisting.
93. Read RealSmartNow.
94. Now Is the perfect time.
95. Why 42? It’s the number of calories in an orange.
96. Stephen Covey, Habit 1: Begin with the end in mind.
97. Join the library again.
98. Of course you can: you just need to learn how. Who could help you?
99. More travel101.
100. And in the end the love you make is equal to the love you take. Lennon & McCartney
101. A quiet café, off a square, in small Italian town in Chianti country late afternoon, a beautiful girl and a doppio espresso. She was thinking.

ImmerseInA101

Be a SuperHero101; after all, YouSayYouWantARevolution101?; take some time out: no Sales 101, Presenting101 nor Marketing101. Be Outrageous101; be Different101: pull on your BlueJeans101, feel amazing Freedom101 and a sense that you know all the Answers101 that you will ever need. So. WhatsToBeDone101? Are there TTD(ThingsToDo)101? Or maybe just Relax101? No Travel101. Boost your Creativity101? Release your Wellness101? Yep, be a Professional101 and grab some TimeToReflect101 knock off a few QuickWins101 and avoid any tedious OnGoingScenarioSituation101s. Are The Beatles101 on the iPod while you are Writing101? That’ll undoubtedly help with your Productivity101 and releasing your  sheer Genius101 and help you SolveAnyProblemYouMayHave101. Re-set your PersonalCompass101 and simply Re-invent101. Go on: BeFearless101. After all, LifeIsGood101.

Bonus: 101 Book.

LifeIsGood101

1. Her text.
2. The rain.
3. Fresh coffee: ground and brewed perfectly by you.
4. At last, a lie-in.
5. The sales plan is working.
6. $50 to your favourite charity.
7. Lego on the floor with your son.
8. At the park with your daughter.
9. The worst of films: but what the heck you held hands throughout it….
10. Kick-boxing, hot shower, clean jeans, old sweatshirt.
11. New author discovered: back-list of 14 novels. Yep, 14 second-hand from Amazon.
12. Discovering her star-sign.
13. An agent shows an iota of interest in your manuscript.
14. Clear drive into work on the freeway.
15. Repair bill on the car half of what you thought it would be…
16. A bargain-break in Paris. It rains…and it’s OK because the bed is comfortable and the view is across The Seine. Oh, and her lingerie…
17. Grand Central.
18. Her smile.
19. So your charcoal-on-paper sketching efforts are not at all bad!
20. The smell of his jumper, which he left in your VW.
21. A gig. Hard-working band, live.
22. A plumber who does what they saying they are going to do. No mess, fixed. Itemised bill.
23. You hadn’t seen him for 23 years and the conversation was as if you had seen him yesterday. And you were astonished to discover he….
24. 23734 words on your novel. Yep, word-count is on. But you are now beating it. You drive it rather than the other way around.
25. You resigned. Yep, really.
26. F*ck it: there’s stuff to do and you’re the man.
27. Foot prints on the beach as dawn arrives.
28. Discover the perfect taste of diced ginger in hot water.
29. Didn’t used to like Thai food but love it now.
30. You’re getting better: really you are. More energy
31. Baking bread.
32. Making soup.
33. Cooking ragu.
34. Grating parmesan.
35. Sorting jars.
36. Taking photos of bikes around Oxford city.
37. The den blitzed
38. Her letter
39. The garage sorted. The outlines on the wall for tools look like badly distorted homicide victims. But your neighbour in impressed.
40. The evening class was cool; discovered how to use the features on your digital camera.
41. Take photos of bikes all around Oxford, take II.
42. Portraits.
43. Landscapes.
44. At the zoo with Zoë.
45. At the park with Patrick.
46. In the mountains with Monty.
47. Swimming with Samantha.
48. San Francisco: such a bargain flight with Virgin Airways.
49. First tram in the morning with the locals. Does that driver get banana bread given to him every morning?
50. Lying on your back: thinking, dreaming.
51. Wham: a toddler arrives and leaps on you.
52. A moment in time. Connection.
53. Life is Good.
54. It gets better
55. Challenges?
56. Sure: gets me to focus.
57. Up in the morning.
58. Lean and mean.
59. Fighting Fit
60. Bzz: a text.
61. She’s OK. More than OK; she's gorgeous.
62. 347 more words and no editing needed.
63. Bread’s ready.
64. Hot with blackberry jam picked last Autumn.
65. Ridiculously good.
66. The right kind of Blackberry.
67. Picked, cooked and jarred.
68. Not the one that jars with your humanity.
69. Since you made those decisions.
70. Life’s been so good.
71. The career one. Out on your own…
72. The relationship one. He’s the one…
73. The money one. Who needs it?
74. The wellness one. Profound wellness…
75. The help others one. At the local school…
76. And that book was an inspiration.
77. Texted her back.
78. 20 Euros note in his back pocket: washed and dried and crinkled. But riches.
79. Charlie: we’re off for ice-cream!
80. Sure anything so long as we can do it with 20 Euros.
81. Yeah: the castle is cool.
82. You need a hat.
83. I know it’s summer, but this is England.
84. Let’s run.
85. Life is Good
86. What about?
87. What If?
88. Kipling’s eternal w questions…
89. Einstein’s boredom and then, then, then….
90. Energy=mass times speed of light squared. Such simplicity at the far side of such complexity!
91. They want you to spend.
92. But you don’t have to.
93. You really don’t have to do much of what they seduce you into thinking…..you are actually surprisingly free.
94. Happiness is not a thing.
95. It’s a decision.
96. A journey.
97. A friendship.
98. A perspective
99.  Life is good
100. Really good
101. It starts today. 

ImmerseInA101

Be a SuperHero101; after all, YouSayYouWantARevolution101?; take some time out: no Sales 101, Presenting101 nor Marketing101. Be Outrageous101; be Different101: pull on your BlueJeans101, feel amazing Freedom101 and a sense that you know all the Answers101 that you will ever need. So. WhatsToBeDone101? Are there TTD(ThingsToDo)101? Or maybe just Relax101? No Travel101. Boost your Creativity101? Release your Wellness101? Yep, be a Professional101 and grab some TimeToReflect101 knock off a few QuickWins101 and avoid any tedious OnGoingScenarioSituation101s. Are The Beatles101 on the iPod while you are Writing101? That’ll undoubtedly help with your Productivity101 and releasing your  sheer Genius101 and help you SolveAnyProblemYouMayHave101. Re-set your PersonalCompass101 and simply Re-invent101. Go on: BeFearless101.

Bonus: 101 Book.

YouSayYouWantARevolution101

1. You say you want something different;
2. You say this is not what you were destined to do;
3. You say you were not put on this planet to delete spam e-mail, eat pizza at 10pm at night with an exhausted project team nor miss the birthdays of your children;
4. Nor fill in metrics sheets, lie to customers, sit in endless meetings, listen to bull**it from the chairman, listen to excuses from the product team…
5. You say you want a revolution.
6. Sure.
7. So, what’s your manifesto?
8. That is: your Personal Manifesto?
9. I’m simply curious….?
10. As all the best revolutions have one.
11. For clarity;
12. for motivation;
13. to keep on track;
14. for when you are down and lose your way;
15. And when you are up and inspiring others.
16. So what’s yours?
17. Exactly? 
18. Wikipedia will lead you to many classic examples.
19. But whatever yours is…
20. It needs to be there:
21. on the fridge door to be seen daily;
22. reduced, laminated and stuck in your wallet;
23. on your phone’s opening screen;
24. and poster size in your cubicle.
25. How about: in 25?
26. My Personal Manifesto
27. 1= I have stuff to do.
28. 2=To make the world a better place.
29. 3= e.g. selling a cool product,
30. 4= e.g. teaching in a school and inspiring kids,
31. 5= e.g. campaigning on an important issue,
32. 6=e.g. policing the streets,
33. 7= e.g. writing articles which get people to think,
34. 8=e.g. advising on how to save money in  an uncertain world,
35. 9=e.g. advising on safety on oil rigs,
36. 10=whatever...
37. 11=And I need to make more progress; things are bugging me;
38. 12=the narrow thinking of my boss;
39. 13=the lack of innovation of my company;
40. 14= the stupidity of my political party.
41. 15= I really, really need to make changes
42. 16=I know there is very little to stop me.
43. 17=Except fear.
44. 18=And I have decided I’ve avoided that for too long, in fact since kindergarten when I got too near the lion’s den when we visited the Zoo.
45. 19=So, fear’s OK. It helps me grow. Keeps me 100% alive, young and focused.
46. 20= Oh, And resetting some expectations
47. 21=And that’s easy. I just need to talk to people. Explain to my mum. Tell my boyfriend I love him dearly but I ain’t sitting around waiting for him.
48. 22= And starting
49. 23=A revolution.
50. 24=To make the world a better place.
51. 25=Today. 
52. The greatest Revolution of Our Generation is the realisation that human beings by changing the inner attitudes of their minds can change the outer aspect of their lives Williams James
53. Every revolution was first a thought in one man’s mind Ralph Waldo Emerson
54. I began a revolution with 82 men. If I were to do it again I would do it with 10 or 15 men of absolute faith. It does not matter how small you are if you have absolute faith Fidel Castro
55. Revolution is not a dinner party, nor an essay, nor a painting, nor a piece of embroidery; it cannot be advanced softly, gradually, considerately, respectfully, politely, plainly and modestly. Mao Tse Tung.
56. Or in 10
57. 1=I have stuff to do.
58. 2=To make the world a better place.
59. 3=And I need to make more progress; things are bugging me.
60. 4=I know there is very little to stop me.
61. 5=Except fear.
62. 6=And, fear’s OK. It helps me grow. Keeps me 100% alive, young and focused.
63. 7=Oh, and resetting some expectations
64. 9=And starting
65. 10=A revolution. My very own. Today.
66. And by the way, here are 15 tunes for your Revolution Play list
67. Revolution The Beatles
68. Velvet Revolution  Tori Amos
69. Revolution Rock  The Clash
70. Revolutionary Generation Public Enemy
71. Revolution Blues  Neil Young
72. Revolution 909  Daft Punk
73. Revolution Earth B-52's
74. Revolution Solution  Thievery Corporation
75. Revolutionist  Rilo Kiley
76. Talkin' Bout A Revolution  Tracy Chapman
77. Revolution is My Name Panter
78. La Revolucion Ugly Duckling
79. Viva La Revolution The Adicts
80. Bloody Revolutions Crass
81. Revolution Zeke
82. Or in 1
83. I have stuff to do; to make the world a better place;  I’m doing it.
84. So print it out and align your daily actions with your Personal Manifesto.
85. Every day; 
86. rain or shine; 
87. good mood/bad mood. 
88. Start a revolution
89. In your business;
90. in your community;
91. for yourself.
92. You don’t even need a beret. Not leather jacket. Not even a beard nor cigar
93.  Atmospheric, yes. Stylish, possibly.
94. Necessary: no.
95. But you might want to make sure you can do 10 press-ups.
96. And go 15 days without Kreespy Kreem donuts.
97. Revolutionaries like yourselves need stamina, ooomph and sheer damn grit. 
98. Print and sign. 
99. That’s like now, compadre.  
100. Your followers await. 
101. There's chanting in the streets.

ImmerseInA101

Be a SuperHero101; take some time put: no Sales 101, Presenting101 nor Marketing101. Be Outrageous101; be Different101: pull on your BlueJeans101, feel amazing Freedom101 and a sense that you know all the Answers101 that you will ever need. So. WhatsToBeDone101? Are there TTD(ThingsToDo)101? Or maybe just Relax101? No Travel101. Boost your Creativity101? Release your Wellness101? Yep, be a Professional101 and grab some TimeToReflect101 knock off a few QuickWins101 and avoid any tedious OnGoingScenarioSituation101s. Are The Beatles101 on the iPod while you are Writing101? That’ll undoubtedly help with your Productivity101 and releasing your  sheer Genius101 and help you SolveAnyProblemYouMayHave101. Re-set your PersonalCompass101 and simply Re-invent101. Go on: BeFearless101.

Bonus: 101 Book.

SuperHero101

1. What if you decided…
2. …finally..
3. …at last..
4. …without further ado,
5. that:
6. …GASP!!!…
7. the world really needs to know about your particular super-power?
8. That, you can no longer…
9. KEEP IT A SECRET.
10. After all, humanity needs you.
11. The planet needs you.
12. You have simply got to make the world a better place!!!!!
13. Oh, what super power, are you wondering?
14. A little confused?
15. Sure, you didn’t get a bite from a radioactive spider;
16. nor get jettisoned in a pod from a planet far, far away-
17. (or best to keep it quiet if you did).
18. And heck:
19. green kryptonite-to be really honest-is easy peasy for you to deal with.
20. And no XXXXXXXXXL super robust shirts for you.
21. And the fuel consumption on that BatMobile is awful.
22. Nahhh. Yours is a more discerning, easy-oasy, Sunday morning kinda super power.
23. Discrete.
24. Difficult to observe in action.
25. No need for plain glass spectacles.
26. And yet.
27. It is absolutely life-changing.
28. And World saving.
29. And ecological, too.
30. It just doesn’t need a
31. Ker pow!!!;
32. or Zappp!!!!…….;
33. or darkened city back-drop;
34. or even a brooding baddie hanging around in a dark alley-way stalking the blonde in the gabardine trench-coat
35. to announce its entrance.
36. Of course,
37. like all super heroes….
38. you have your issues.
39. They have
40. green kryptonite OR
41. their bracelets being tied together by a man (of course)*
42. or simply their bad temper, to worry about.
43. *Wonder Woman, in case you were wondering.
44. You perhaps have:
45. your hellish commute
46. your college debt
47. a declining market.
48. But you can manage, heck conquer them.
49. So when are you going to let on about your super power?
50. Are you embarrassed because you only have one, not ten?
51. And you don’t have a utility belt?
52. Nor an invisible car?
53. It’s time to tell them. Time to tell the world. 
54. That you can do what is now a lost art. You can:
55. THINK!
56. Yes: THINK.
57. You can:  get pulses of electricity to move from synapse to synapse in your brain and take different routes from (i) a previous day (ii) another person (ii) and sometimes just to leap to the other side of your brain and create a B R E A K T H R O U G H!! And you can do this effortlessly and consistently.
58. WOW!!!!!.
59. I know. There, sitting up on high looking down from the Chrysler building, (Big Ben, UK version; Eiffel Tower, Euro version)) you notice that the majority of humanity has stopped.
60. Thinking that is.
61. It did have the power.
62. But TV, corn syrup, The Blackberry, free newspapers, open-plan cubicle offices, The Bill (UK  police ‘drama’), escalators & lifts, 98.6% of all politicians, 99.2% of all meetings, worrying about stuff which is out of their control, following celebrities…..have caused the art to be lost.
63. Your mission is:
64. to save the planet (er, should you accept it…)
65. by getting people thinking again.
66. You’ll challenge stuff in meetings.
67. Their crazy language such as
68. ‘they wont like it’(who exactly is ‘they'?)
69. ‘that’s not the way we do things around here’ (what about if we did?)
70. You’ll ask them why they are worrying about what the competition is doing instead of making a strategic breakthrough in their own business?
71. Bing? Er, bong.
72. You’ll suggest using the marketing spend in another way rather than two billion dollars on a ‘me-too’ twitter campaign.
73. You‘ll ask ‘how does this pension scheme actually work?’
74. You’ll go to shareholder meetings and ask difficult but vital questions…
75. ..write to politicians asking for explanations…
76. …challenge your clients…
77. And. You’ll challenge your own thinking.
78. Why exactly am I encouraging my daughter to do a business degree?
79. Could she just use the same money to actually start a business?
80.  You’ll sign your kids up to the public library as soon as they can walk. Heck, as soon as they open their eyes.
81. You’re not bothered who your daughter marries so long as he’s got an awfully big..
82. ..library.
83. ‘Are you crazy? I want a really good super power’, he screamed across the room…
84. ‘a flame thrower or an invisible car or something which allows me to by-pass airport security’
85. Trivial: thinking will get you any of those.
86. It’s the ultimate, definitive uber, meta, hyper, super, supra, con-catenated super-power
87. You’ve been a secret super-hero for too long;
88. it’s been bad for your health;
89. you missed out on one or two really nice girls (or boys)
90. and some good career opportunities.
91. No more Mr Nice Guy.
92. No more Ms Meek.
93. No more cover up.
94. So, get to it: there’s a planet to be saved.
95. Don’t expect quick and easy praise.
96. And don’t even think about re-ordering that Lycra suit.
97. Just start thinking.
98. Really thinking.
99. Creatively, laterally, radically, incisively, fully, synergistically, resourcefully.
100. For yourself.
101. You’ll like it, superhero.

ImmerseInA101

Take some time put: no Sales 101, Presenting101 nor Marketing101. Be Outrageous101; be Different101: pull on your BlueJeans101, feel amazing Freedom101 and a sense that you know all the Answers101 that you will ever need. So. WhatsToBeDone101? Are there TTD(ThingsToDo)101? Or maybe just Relax101? No Travel101. Boost your Creativity101? Release your Wellness101? Yep, be a Professional101 and grab some TimeToReflect101 knock off a few QuickWins101 and avoid any tedious OnGoingScenarioSituation101s. Are The Beatles101 on the iPod while you are Writing101? That’ll undoubtedly help with your Productivity101 and releasing your  sheer Genius101 and help you SolveAnyProblemYouMayHave101. Re-set your PersonalCompass101 and simply Re-invent101. Go on: BeFearless101.