Nicholas Bate

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There are many, many ways to prioritise your TTD (things to do list). But to stay effective, probably the best way is by pay-off. By RoI.

That requires a little pause, a little consideration but it does help the list become shorter rather than longer.

Being the Best

Back in stock and plenty more to come my publisher assures me.

Sorry for frustrations. Is it Brexit? Is it the unprecedented pandemic? Is it the shortage of lorry drivers?

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A road-trip.

Sunday Melange 34

1. The Writing Primer.
2. Meet Molly is now out. A love story. A parable. A good read. ”This book is a must read. To be savoured.”
3. How to Start your Very Own Business.
4. 22 Essentials.
5. How to Create your Covid-19 Home Office.
6. plus The Start Up Myths
7. Stay STRONG
8. Crazy Bold Experiments
9. Just say NO to PPT
10. Post Covid Business Essentials.
11. The Marketing Primer.
12. Redundancy
13. Covid-19, 101
14. Hunter-Gatherer 21C
15. Tackling Stress.
16. Manage that career
17. Be Bold 101
18. You still haven’t read Being The Best?! 
19. Things They Don’t Teach at Business School
20. the secrets of success
21. Life Tips 101
22. Zen & Art of Cubicle Freedom
23. Be Bold 101
24. Carnage At Kodak
25. The Very Best Drugs You Need
26. Billions of Light Years Away In Another Galaxy
27. 22 Routes To Your Non Fiction Book
28. Lists For The Life You Love
29. Her Notes To Herself
30. How To Lessen E-Mail Pain
31. Professionalism 101
32. 21 Ways to Improve your Zoom Conference Call.
33. Productivity Primer
34. 101, redux.

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Sorting out your clothes. Throw out, recycle, repair. 

Choose, 7

1. Love
2. Effectiveness
3. Profitability
4. Wellness
5. Creativity
6. Music
7. Mountains & Coast

and things can only get better.

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Remembering that worries do have a purpose and the saying ‘don’t worry’ is not always that helpful.

Worries often highlight stuff to be addressed or surface a fresh solution.

Worry carefully.

Break Out of the Urban Zoo

If only it were an Urban Jungle. But sadly, the reality it's a zoo. The cages are the cubicles, the tranquillisers are e-mail and PPT and feeding times the free coffee and cookies. It's tough to break out but it can be done. Like any prison film you’ve ever seen you know you need to get fit. That's step 1. Stand and stretch and mobilise at regular intervals and then drop to the floor and do 10 press-ups. Do it on the hour, every hour. Twice a day find a secret location in the stair well where CCTV is not observing you and do some stair runs and pull ups. Keep that going. Now you need to add creative thinking, step 2. Smuggle into the compound a book, yes a real book. Anything from this list is suitable. Finally read the blueprint. 

Don't forget to send the rest of the inmates a postcard from freedom. 

Meet Molly, the sequel

Will be out soon. The original is here.

Andrew Munro

Has his best stories.