"I Would Like to Thank..."

I was pleased and surprised to be nominated for the Reality Award by Anne Rainbow, whose blog can be found here, and whose explanation of the rules I have borrowed:

"The rules are: visit the blog of the person who nominated you and link to them on your post. Answer the questions, nominate more bloggers and let then know. That doesn't sound too difficult."

If you could change one thing, what would it be?



I would speed the spread of the humanitarian revolution to the rest of the world, removing the oppressive and harmful influence of dogma, dictatorship and superstition.


If you could repeat an age, what would it be?


I'd like to make a better job of my teenage years, but I'm not sure I'd actually want to go through all that again.

What one thing really scares you?


I used to be scared of so much, it was embarrassing. These days I get most upset by conflict and naked hatred. Fortunately, I don't encounter it much.

If you could be someone else for a day, who would it be?


That's tricky. There are people whose jobs I would like to see done better, but I'm not sure I'd be the one to do that. Sir Bradley Wiggins come to mind, as long as I could choose the day. Then it would be the day he won the Tour de France.

Nominees

I don't know if the rules specify Blogger blogs only, but they're hard to find, so...


A blog I dip into quite regularly is one by Randy Gage, who talks about prosperity in all its forms.I would like to nominate John Ravenscroft, who's a much admired writer and wit, but his website isn't quite a blog... 

And I'm sure I can add some more...

To Get More Done, Do Less

If you want to get more done - I mean actually done - try doing less.

Or do less 'trying'. In other words, stop trying to do so much.

It's natural and human to be overwhelmed by a big 'to do' list, and we often react by finding even more things to do, just to avoid tackling the overwhelming list. By distracting ourselves we achieve very little.

So, keep your 'to do' list very small - keep to only three or four tasks per day of an hour or less - and forget the things you'll need to do tomorrow and the day after, and so on, until today's jobs are done and dusted. 

Get things done by deciding what today's things really need to be.

Roy

How to Do Your Greatest Work

The only way you will ever do your greatest work is if you truly love what you do.

It is possible to do 'great' work by trying your hardest, even if you don't actually love what you're doing (and that can still be tremendously rewarding), but your greatest work only comes from genuine love and passion.

Don't worry if you haven't found your passion yet - most people haven't and most of them never will.

But if you want to be exceptional and make a real difference in the world, only genuine passion will be enough to make you do your greatest work.

Of course, being ordinary is okay too, if that's what you want to be.

But if you have the choice...

Roy

Attracting the Right People

On the subject of having the right people in your life, the best place to start is with yourself. In fact, it's the only place to start and finish, since you can't (or shouldn't) control who else comes and goes.

And being the best, most authentic version of you is the best way to attract and keep the people who are the best fit with who you are. Again, this is true in life and in business.

Note 'the best' and 'most authentic'. You can change for the better and still be 'you'.

One thing you need to accept, though: when you change, the people you attract will change, too. But it's better that way around than you forever trying to be someone you're not, to attract or keep hold of the people who don't really fit with the real you.

They don't really belong here, do they?

Roy