1. No one comes to work trying to do a bad job and they are likely better than your immediate impression of them. But they might also not come to work prepared to give their all or be very good in their current position. How can you help them either way? 2. Be incredibly grateful for what you have. Know that you can always do better. Continually work on both. 3. Enjoy yourself in the present and prepare for the future. 4. Realise you can be frugal and extravagant. 5. Focus… and do both. Realise that they are only one thing. Reframe them into one. 6. Give all of yourself to those closest to you… by looking after yourself first. Fed up of meeting hell? Our iPhone app can help. Find out more.
What would you do with an extra hour per day? More from the Blog I have just finished Antifragile and realised the reason why document versus create works. Usually, the people on TV are blowhards with no skin in the game. Instagram and YouTube vlogs have allowed the doers to document what actually happens rather than an author interpreting what happened after the fact (although there are obviously a lot of people that can teach you how to make money by teaching people how to make money... ad infinitum). This is the first time this has happened in history. Before, the doers did and the theoreticians pontificated and changed history through retrospective writing. Just like the famous Theodore Roosevelt quote though, be the one documenting (or creating). Not the one consuming the content. Fed up of meeting hell? Our iPhone app can help. Find out more.
What would you do with an extra hour per day? More from the Blog As I write this, the UK is waking up to the result of the election that is not as clear cut as some thought. Maybe the general election results not what you expected. Or maybe they are what you expected. Either way, what are you going to do today that is different from yesterday? Does it really matter who is in power? Does it really matter what the taxes are? What are you going to do differently or the same? Are you going to use any changes to add to your growing excuses list? Are you really able to time the market? I say, do what you dream to do and let all the hot air blow around you. ‘Doing’ can make you more robust than any change in power or policy. Think about the people who bemoan the NHS. Many of them could probably afford to use the increase in personal allowance to get private healthcare (only about £400 per year)? People who think the government borrows too much? Well, how much personal debt are they in? If the government is fragile, better make your own finances robust and start saving more. Taxes going up so you'll be worse off? You can always earn more money, save more money. Or you could watch Netflix and complain on Facebook. Of course, if you really don't like the result, you always have the opportunity to move. But before you do, take chance to be grateful for what you already have. Would you complain less in Syria, North Korea or Somalia? If you live in the UK you already have it good. There may be people that have more than you, there may be people that have less than you. Stop complaining and either accept it or do something. There is nothing else. Fed up of meeting hell? Our iPhone app can help. Find out more.
What would you do with an extra hour per day? More from the Blog If you got promoted, what do you think your colleagues would think? Do you think they would be happy for you or pissed off. Do you think that would motivate them, seeing one of their own moving up, or make them want to leave, ‘why has that guy got promoted over me?’ What type of tactics do you want to employ? Who do you want to be? What culture do you want in your organisation? The answer to these is it does not really matter as long as you are happy with yourself. If you want to win at all costs, then probably no one will remember how you got there after a while and you will still have the title to show for it. You will be able to post-rationalise that that’s what it takes to be the greatest, or some other rhetoric. But you will remember. And so will the people around you at the time. Plus, just because you got what you think you wanted does not mean you will be happy with the result or the journey on the way there. But there is another route. A route of really caring for others. A route of lifting other up along with you. A route of widening the “old boys club” to be more inclusive. A route of self-awareness rather than simply cutting out those who disagree with you. Both work. One might take longer than the other. But which are you going to enjoy more in the long run? Fed up of meeting hell? Our iPhone app can help. Find out more.
What would you do with an extra hour per day? More from the Blog There is never a good time. Cancer Death Intensive Care Stress Redundancy Unless you are working 168 hours, you have time. Cut the excuses. Look after your family for the short and the long term. Follow your dreams and engage in current reality. Do both. Do what matters. Do it anyway. Fed up of meeting hell? Our iPhone app can help. Find out more.
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Make art and ship. There are enough followers. Do something interesting.
A whole book of motivation to be better. Why would anyone not read it? "This book is about love and art and change and fear. It’s about overcoming a multigenerational conspiracy designed to sap your creativity and restlessness. It’s about leading and making a difference and it’s about succeeding."
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What would you do with an extra hour per day? More from the Blog Being centred in gratitude is a great way to get perspective and be happier. Entitlement is often used in modern language as a bad thing. In that people who think they are entitled to things do not wish to put in the work to get them. However, if you are in the mindset that you are going nowhere, then gratitude might make you feel better about it but it will not make you change. Flipping a little entitlement on in your brain may be the trigger you need. Between gratitude and entitlement emerges self-belief. Still wanting for more, to strive to become better all the time. Knowing you are better than your current situation and being prepared to work yourself out of it. At some point, there will be a breaking point between your current situation for which you are grateful, and a new opportunity to grow and better yourself. So, don’t use gratefulness as an excuse not to move forward. And don’t use entitlement as an excuse that you should get everything you want without working to better yourself. Fed up of meeting hell? Our iPhone app can help. Find out more.
What would you do with an extra hour per day? More from the Blog I think people gravitate towards wanting to help others because other people’s problems are always much clearer to fix than our own. If only we had the clarity of thought and the simplicity of action that we can afford others. The consultant, the self-help guru, the armchair critic. Before you take their advice, seek what have they actually built themselves. Find those who have not just told others what to do, but are actually practitioners of their craft. These are the people to follow. Because of the internet, they are more accessible than ever. And, because of the internet, they are also harder to find than ever, in amongst a sea of charlatans and snake oil salesmen, if you start looking in the wrong place. Fed up of meeting hell? Our iPhone app can help. Find out more.
What would you do with an extra hour per day? More from the Blog Life is full of paradoxes. When young you have lots of time and not much money. At some point, that will switch and the opposite will be true. During that transition, your mentality will need to switch with it. When young, say yes to everything to be successful. Then say no to almost everything to be successful. Finding the right side of the paradox is the secret no one can tell you. It must come with hunger, experience, self-esteem and humility. Often paradoxes themselves. That is the beauty of this big game we are all playing. Enjoy it while you figure it out. It is the only way. Fed up of meeting hell? Our iPhone app can help. Find out more.
What would you do with an extra hour per day? More from the Blog Money helps, but like all pleasures it is fleeting. Find what truly matters to you. It costs less than you think. And putting it off to work to earn money will cost you more than you think... ...your life. Fed up of meeting hell? Our iPhone app can help. Find out more.
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