Nicholas Bate

Jagged Thoughts for Jagged Times: 403

They cannot know how good you are until you consistently show them. Do great work. Consistently.

Why We Love The Beatles (v2): 81 of 100

Wow, he’s good. That’s a good band there.

Paul McCartney on John Lennon.

I half thought, he’s as good as me.

John Lennon on Paul McCartney.

You wouldn’t catch many aspiring bands doing a gig at a church fete these days.  But then, it was such a different world. A world which still lurked in black and white in so many senses, a world where fast was next day postal delivery and scientists used slide-rules.

In 1957. At St. Peter's Church Fete. In July. On Saturday 6^th.  Around 5/6pm after John and his band (The Quarry Men) had played, the two young lads met . The time-space continuum warped a bit as it does on very special occasions. What had John played on his flat-bed truck performance platform? “It was the first time I did ‘Be-Bob-A-Lulu’ live on stage”. And what did Paul play for John at that later meeting? Twenty Flight Rock and a selection of Little Richard numbers including Long Tall Sally. So that track was there at the start and it was there at the end of their live audience playing.  

That's another reason We Love The Beatles.

Blast From The Past

Are You Serious 101?

In The Future 8

"Alexa, handle my e-mail and stand in for me during today's conference calls', will allow more time for the real things in life.

In The Future 1

In The Future 2

In The Future 3

In The Future 4

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In The Future 6

In The Future 7

The Simplest of Productivity Boosters 1-50: 50

Learn how to handle the three big distractors: digital, people and our own insatiable curiosity to be doing anything but the main thing.

1/Digital: here.

2/People: here

3/Insatiable Curiosity. Our wonderful drive to be distracted by and get involved in anything but the main thing has a solution. It's not hard, but it requires some thought. What is our main thing? What are we trying to address at the moment? Our garden? Our career? The children? Once the main thing becomes clear, it tends to much more easily be addressed.

More Perfect

with Kurt Harden.

Michael Wade

something different for your reading stack.

The Simplest of Productivity Boosters 1-50: 49

Learn how to handle the three big distractors: digital, people and our own insatiable curiosity to be doing anything but the main thing.

1/Digital: here.

2/People: Take care with a simple 'yes' to extra work, poorly defined work, under-equipped projects. That 'yes' says no to personal time, that 'yes' may be setting up for project failure. Push back politely, respectfully and staring with 'I want to do an excellent job....'

Notre Dame

in 1840

The Simplest of Productivity Boosters 1-50: 48

Learn how to handle the three big distractors: digital, people and our own insatiable curiosity to be doing anything but the main thing.

1/Digital

The Big Idea: batch process i.e. do not ALWAYS be connected to the digital interrupt. Have down time when you can think, write, breathe, walk. When connected, follow these guidelines.

TBC.