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Plan Your Future

30/1/2019

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"Often all it takes to live intentionally is to pause before you proceed." This is a line from a book I read this week, The Bullet Journal Method by author Ryder Carroll. To live an intentional and fulfilled life, we need to know what’s important, have a plan to get it done, and an opportunity to reflect. I recommend this book to anyone wanting to get their life sorted. Many of us roll from week to week, month-to-month, year-to-year without any apparent intention of what’s essential. The Bullet Journal Method is an actual system to getting organised. I have been using the method for years, and one of the most powerful things is that you can adapt the system to your liking. That’s what I have done. Apart from that, the book is beautiful in its style, production, and artistic direction. © GB
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Guard Your Time

23/1/2019

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Many great leaders I interview point to Stoicism as a significant influence on how they approach each day. Seneca is one of the great Stoics. Seneca reminds us to be more frugal with our time than our money: "You will find no one willing to share out his money, but to how many does each of us divide up his life! People are frugal in guarding their personal property; but as soon as it comes to squandering time they are most wasteful of the one thing in which it is right to be stingy.” It’s true. Some people will get five quotes on a piece of furniture, walk the mall looking for the cheapest cup of coffee, buy beer and wine only when it’s on sale. Yet they flit away their time on social media, watch rubbish television, read books that add no value or endure arduous meetings that have no purpose. These same people are the first to complain that they haven’t got time to read, listen, plan, learn and get ahead. I think the quote from Seneca is so powerful, that it’s worth re-reading, "People are frugal in guarding their personal property; but as soon as it comes to squandering time they are most wasteful of the one thing in which it is right to be stingy." © GB
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Daily Discipline

16/1/2019

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Jason is one of the most disciplined and focused leaders I have met in quite a while. I was delivering a keynote on leading innovation when we initially met last year. When Jason called this week, he said he had the PDF of my speech on his desktop. Each quarter he reads it to refocus himself on the fundamentals of leading innovation. He said, “I just run the routines.” He knows what works; he runs it, day in day out, month on month. It’s not about the next inspirational video, workshop, keynote speech, or new trend - that goes away. We know what works, but instead many of us seek the next magic bullet. You know what to eat to be right, you know what exercise to do to be on top of your game, you know to disconnect, you know to look people in the eye when speaking with them and to give them your full attention (especially your kids). We know these routines, it's a matter of running them daily. Yes, it’s boring, but that is what builds discipline. © GB
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Don't Let The Old Man In

9/1/2019

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Clint Eastwood was playing golf with Country singer Toby Keith when Clint said that tomorrow was his birthday. Toby asked him what he was doing on his birthday? He said, "I'm making a movie." Toby asked what keeps him going at his age (88). Clint said, “I get up every day and don't let the old man in.”  Time and time again you hear people using age as a reason not to have a go at things.  As the new year gets underway, put no boundaries or imaginative barriers between you and your dreams.  If you think you are passed it, don't let the old man in. Toby wrote a song about that conversation with Clint called “Don’t Let The Old Man In” which featured in the film. There is a line that is worth pondering -- “how old would you be if you didn’t know the day you were born?” GOLD! © GB
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