tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68699455610902710252020-02-29T00:11:48.854+00:00A non-maths person's guide to getting better results in your personal and professional life.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08843948049896180950noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6869945561090271025.post-49298607468472790702013-07-31T10:11:00.001+01:002013-07-31T12:23:57.513+01:00

*** Here’s the simple formula *** Do you live your life on purpose? The person who gave me this formula certainly does. That purpose allows him to make the tough decisions in life knowing that if he stays true to it he won't steer far wrong. The formula is a (L)ife without (-) (P)urpose has (=) little or no (0) (F)ulfilment. *** End of formula bit *** I'm standing at the back of the

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*** Here’s the simple formula *** This simple life formula reminds me to Never... Ever Give Up. It really is one of the easiest and most powerful formulas I have. Pairing the infinity symbol ∞ with the big T for ‘Trying’ literally means 'Try forever'. Here is Simon's story about why this is the formula that means the most to him. *** End of formula bit *** Imagine this situation if you

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*** Here’s the simple formula *** This simple life formula reminds me I feel better when my life is in balance. In simple terms the formula says a (B)alanced (D)ay has (=) 8 of each of (H)ours of (S)leep, (H)ours (S)log and (H)ours (S)ocial time. To save me writing the HS three times I use the cube symbol. It also provides me with a simple tool to allow me to keep track of how well I'm doing

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*** Here’s the simple formula *** This simple life formula reminds me a trouble shared is a trouble halved. But it also provokes me to ask why stop there? It reminds me the size of my (t)rouble is (=) really the (T)rouble divided (/) by the number of (P)otential (S)olutions I have to the problem. To get more solutions I simply have to find more of the right (P)eople and (S)hare it with them.

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*** Here’s the simple formula *** This simple life formula reminds me to get stuff delivered! I can be a bit of a perfectionist, so for me I'm often worried about putting something out there with my name on it. This formula reminds me that delivering something (G)reat (N)ow beats (>>) (w)aiting for it to be (p)erfect forever (∞). *** End of formula bit *** I regard myself as a genuinely

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*** Here’s the simple formula *** This simple life formula reminds me, for me (H)ope alone is not (≠) a (S)trategy. *** End of formula bit *** If you were Angelina Jolie what would you have done? Imagine, you are faced with the information and the research available to you, but without any outward signs of having started to develop breast cancer. Do you ignore it and hope you're going to be

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*** Here’s the simple formula *** This simple life formula is reminds me (t)his situation I find myself in is (T)emporary. In other words... This too shall pass. *** End of formula bit *** This week I've got writers block and it feels agonising! I have literally hundreds of formula floating around in my head, yet I can't pick one I am compelled to write about! There could be several reasons

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*** Here’s the simple formula *** This simple life formula is based on Mark's life mantra "We live life once". It's really easy to get from that mantra to (L)ife = 1. *** End of formula bit *** How many times have you had a really bad day and said to someone at the end of it "I'm depressed"? Well here's some news for you... The reality of it is you probably aren't! It doesn't matter how

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*** Here’s the simple formula bit, but it really isn't hard :-) *** This simple life formula reminds me when I'm (C)oaching somebody my role is (=) to (A)sk the right questions and never (≠) to (t)ell somebody the answer. Like my other formulas the use of a capital letter means something is more important than something only using a lower case letter. *** End of formula bit *** Have you

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*** Here’s the simple formula bit, but it really isn't hard :-) *** This simple life formula reminds me there is a difference between things that are important and things that are urgent on my to-do list. It's a simple life lesson to remind me (u)rgent is not the same as (≠) (I)mportant. I also like to use this formula to debate why tools like the Covey Quadrant may not work just when you

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No formula in the traditional sense this week, but something extra special for Easter. I've always loved puzzles and treasure hunts so I thought I'd create my own Easter Egg Hunt! Read on to find out more... Believe it or not, the term "Easter Egg" has a couple of meanings. There's the traditional definition of a nice chocolate egg that is eaten on Easter Sunday (Freudian slip there I

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*** Here’s the simple formula bit, but it really isn't hard :-) *** This simple life formula reminds me if a client is asking for too much and I let them have it then we will both lose. It's a simple life lesson to remind me if I agree to do something that's (F)ast and (A)ffordable and all (I)nclusive then one, or both of us, will (L)ose. *** End of formula bit *** If you’re

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*** Here’s the simple formula bit, but it really isn't hard :-) *** This simple life formula reminds me when I'm doing business with people I don't already have a relationship with cash (£) Now (big N) beats (>>) cash (£) promised (small p) later. Feel free to substitute the £ for whatever your local currency is. For newer readers when I use a capital letter it means I think

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*** Here's the formula bit, but it really isn't hard :-) *** This simple life formula is a very personal one to me. Because for years I have battled with my weight. Recently I came to realise that one of the main challenges I have to overcome if I am to win this battle is to re-frame the way I look at food! So that's where this simple life lesson comes from, it reminds me food (

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*** Here's the formula bit, but it really isn't hard :-) *** This simple life formula from Carrie Wilkerson (The Barefoot Executive) is to remind her that (for her) the heart (root symbol) of success is to Fail Frequently and Fail Fast (F4). It's a mantra Carrie lives her professional life by.Read on to find out how she applies it to her professional life with great success. *** End of

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*** Here's the formula bit, but it really isn't hard :-) *** This simple life formula reminds me 15 minutes of laughter (big M and big L) is the same as (=) 2 hours of sleep (big H and big S). It isn't quite as straight forward as it sounds but I'll let you read the rest of the blog if you want to get to the bottom of why the 15 minutes and the 2 hours got linked together! ***

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*** Here's the formula bit, but it really isn't hard :-) *** I was reading a blog recently and I saw a comment from a person called "Morning Mist". Their comment was insightful and considered, so I responded to it and at the same time I asked them for their life mantra (something I do frequently). Their response was "Life is never prescribed, at any point you have infinite choices. It

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*** Here's the formula bit, but it really isn't hard :-) *** A short while ago I wrote a guest post for a popular self development blog called PickTheBrain. The post was about life mantra's. I asked the Editor in Chief, Erin Falconer if she had a life mantra. She told me that hers was “If not me, who? If not now, when?” When I saw Erin’s statement I immediately reduced that to be A=M+N (I

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*** Here's the simple life formula bit, but it really isn't hard :-) *** Have you ever seen "away from here" as a destination in an airport departure lounge? Thought not! So why do so many people use it as a compass for their life? This simple life formula helps me to focus on where I want to go in my life. It reminds me away from (small a) is not (≠) a Destination (Big D). It's

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*** Here's the simple life formula bit, but it really isn't hard :-) *** This simple life formula is attributable to something Albert Einstein once said, "Knowledge and ego are directly related. the less knowledge, the greater the ego." So for me when I'm thinking about knowledge and ego it's best represented as ego (small e) is (=) 1 divided by (/) Knowledge (big K). The reason

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*** Here's the formula bit, but it really isn't hard :-) *** This formula came about from a discussion with Dawn Riley. When Dawn saw one of my guest posts at Pick the Brain about mantra's she shared hers with me. Dawn's mantra is "What's important isn't what you do, it's the reaction it causes". So for me it equated to the heart (root symbol √) of what matters (big 'M') is the

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*** Here's the formula bit, but it really isn't hard :-) *** This formula was created after Mike, a reader of one of my Blog posts took up my challenge to give me their 'life mantra' for me to convert into a formula for them. The mantra was "I Think I Can... I Think I Can... I Think I Can" so I hope you can see why for me it just shouted out ITIC³. *** End of formula bit *** In telling me

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*** Here's the formula bit, but it really isn't hard :-) *** This simple life formula reminds me Growth (big G) happens (=) when I push myself to take a small risk (small ri) every (+) Day (big D). So that's how I end up with G=ri+D. I use the small ri to show that I don't have to take huge risks and I use the big D to remind me it's important to take them daily. *** End of formula bit **

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*** Here's the formula bit, but it really isn't that hard :-) *** This simple life formula reminds me that fame (small f) does not automatically equate (≠) to Wisdom (big W) or Wealth (big W). To save me having to write WW I use the W2 instead. Like all of my formulas I use small letters when I think something isn't too important and I use big letters when I think something is really

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*** Here's the formula bit, but it really isn't that hard :-) *** This formula reminds me there is an infinite (∞) amount of Love (big L) in the world. But we have to choose to tap into it for it to do us any good. *** End of formula bit *** I'm going to start this week's blog by admitting that I am breaking one of the rules that the Gods of blogging hand down. I am making this post

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