Creating space for greatness
Creating great work isn’t about waiting for inspiration to strike like lightning. You can’t keep busy doing ‘other stuff’ on the understanding that you’ll only stop to write, create or act once a great idea comes along.
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Illness : 5% symptoms, 95% thinking
I came down with flu a few weeks ago… which lead me to think about how much of my ‘illness’ experience was ‘real’ vs. self-created by my 3lbs of head jello.
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Reboot your story – Hollywood style
If I asked you about your career, your new business, or your problem project, I bet that you’d tell me a story that you’ve told again and again. A story that is only really half true now. A story that needs rebooting!
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There are only 3 problems
A lot of people are stuck. They try to work hard, enjoy their lives, and improve. But time and time again they are faced with the same seemingly insolvable problems:
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Your 300% improvement
What would you do if you HAD to quadruple your income in the next year without breaking the law, causing other people harm, or negatively impacting the other parts of your life?
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Are you the tool of your tools?
Facebook first thing in the morning? Checking e-mail 10 times a day… a quick hit of twitter, followed by catching up on news and gossip at our favourite web site?
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Seth Godin is wrong: The lizard brain isn’t your enemy!
When we don’t do what we should, or can’t stop ourselves doing what we shouldn’t… something’s to blame. Seth Godin calls it ‘the lizard brain’, Stephen Pressfield calls it ‘The Resistance’.
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You’re living on a knife edge!
Last night I had a bleak future. Take a tired brain, a couple of opportunities that don’t work out, see it as the start of a trend, feel bad about that, and see how it can get even worse…
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Sir, do you know why I’ve pulled you over?
Punishment is so common, that it appears to be ‘normal’ rather than a quick & dirty, motivational strategy with massive side effects.
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I'm Jason Bates, your host: student of The Groove, behavioural change expert, and corporate trouble-shooter. I weave personal productivity, gamification, basic science, and ancient wisdom... into something more practical and balanced.