Thinking about the way we think about and where we are heading in 2016 mp2

Thinking about 2016
thinking about the way we think about,
and where we are heading in 2016
© Tom Bathgate MBA - Broadthunder Ltd - All rights reserved
162 Walkden Rd, Worsley, Manchester M28 7DP
January 2016

A series of slides which are meant to be the basis of a face to
face conversation with owner-managers as they think about
2016.
It is based on the theory that your business changes when
you change and will change at the pace and in the areas
where you are willing to change.
It is also based on the philosophy that we change our
business one conversation at a time.
It is also based on the inextricable link between who we are
and how we do what we do.
I hope they help you think about the way you think about 2016!
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162 Walkden Rd, Worsley, Manchester M28 7DP

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Heading into 2016 with a mind leap, a determination, a sense that it can go somewhere,
that we can make a choice to leapfrog into it. The question is ………..

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He died on September 22, 2015, at the age of 90.
Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra was an American professional baseball catcher, manager, and coach who played 19 seasons in Major League Baseball, all but the last for the New York Yankees.

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In other words “If you aim at nothing you will
hit it every time.”
So, how about fixing some objectives, outcomes, end points,
game changers regarding life and work for the year ahead?
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Here is a suggestion to consider …..
Seeing differently

What do we mean by ‘seeing differently’?
• What we mean by ‘seeing differently’ is a particular state of
mind, an outlook, a way of ‘seeing’, a perspective, a daily
evaluation of the ‘lenses’ we live and work with - a new or
fresh outlook for 2016.
• If you wear glasses you know that all lenses need cleaning
and renewal at some point and this process can be a check
up on the lenses we see through as we head into 2016.
• For example ………
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Seeing differently
in 4 areas
The way we see ourselves:
• On the inside
• Our strengths and talents
• Our routines, our future, our
priorities
• Our emotional wake – what we
leave when we have left the room
• Coming out from behind ourselves
and being seen.
• What am I pretending not to know?
The way we see others:
• Our colleagues, our friends, our family
• Our Debtors and Creditors
• Our enemies
• Our neighbours
• The opposite gender
• The less able
• “Authenticity is not something you
have; it is something you choose.”
The way we see each day:
• Tackle our toughest
challenge today
• Live with a sense of hope
and a future
• Trust and obey your
instincts
• Master the courage to be
real with ourselves
• Know the gaps between
the values I stand for and
the way I behave
• Know the gaps between
the talents I have and
what I don’t bring to my
work or relationships
• That today truly is a gift
and if I don’t believe it,
remember those who
have died
• “How we spend our days
is how we spend our
lives”. (Annie Dillard)
The way we see nature:
• “Look deep into nature and
then you will understand
everything better” (Albert Einstein)
• “He is richest who is content
with the least, for content is the
wealth of nature.” (Socrates)
• “It is not so much for its beauty
that the forest makes a claim
upon men's hearts, as for that
subtle something, that quality
of air that emanation from old
trees, that so wonderfully
changes and renews a weary
spirit.” (Robert Louis Stevenson)
• “Sunshine is delicious, rain is
refreshing, wind braces us up,
snow is exhilarating; there is
really no such thing as bad
weather, only different kinds of
good weather.” (John Ruskin)

What do we see
most days?
Opposite is the well known image of the old
woman young woman illusion!
Which, if any, do we see as we take a look?
“Each of us tends to think we see things as they
are, that we are objective. But this is not the case.
We see the world, not as it is, but as we are or, as
we are conditioned to see it. When we open our
mouths to describe what we see, we in effect
describe ourselves, our perceptions, our
paradigms.
Our paradigms, correct or incorrect, are the
sources of our attitudes and behaviours, and
ultimately our relationships with others.”
Source: Stephen Covey 7 Habits Pp 28-30
It would therefore appear we live, work and play the way
we see
What a game changer – a change of perspective which
leads to a change of life and lifestyle

Might we ‘see differently’ in terms of …….
1. Being the kind of person who generates positive
energy and who can sidestep negative energy rather
than empowering it?
2. Being aware that the fundamental outcome of most
communication is misunderstanding
3. Recognising that the problem can be the way we see
the problem?
4. Know that “We are what we repeatedly do.
Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” (Aristotle)
5. Know that the answers are in the room, inside us all
6. Trusting our instincts more and more
7. Discover that the conversation is the relationship and
not mistake talking for conversation
8. Learn to deliver the message without the load
9. Know that saying no is not the problem in fact it is
often the solution
10. Know that we must extend to others what we want to
receive. It begins with us.

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another suggestion to
consider …..
KISS more

What do we mean KISS more??
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We mean applying the KISS principle(source Wikipedia)
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The acronym was reportedly coined by Kelly Johnson, lead engineer at the
Lockheed Skunk Works (creators of the Lockheed U-2 and SR-71 Blackbird spy
planes, among many others).
While popular usage has transcribed it for decades as "Keep it simple, stupid",
Johnson transcribed it as "Keep it simple stupid" (no comma), and this
reading is still used by many authors. There was no implicit meaning that an
engineer was stupid; just the opposite.
The principle is best exemplified by the story of Johnson handing a team of
design engineers a handful of tools, with the challenge that the jet aircraft
they were designing must be repairable by an average mechanic in the
field under combat conditions with only these tools. Hence, the "stupid"
refers to the relationship between the way things break and the
sophistication available to repair them.
So, how about ……..
.

we apply the KISS principle to our daily eating programme
keep it simple

we apply the KISS principle to how we work
keep it simple

we apply the KISS principle to our imagination
like this wonderful young hero
“Logic will take you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.”
Albert Einstein

we apply the KISS principle to the expression of
ourselves
keep it simple

we get KISSing new things and being brave
keep it simple

new adventures
keep it simple

keep it simple
new skills

we apply the KISS principle to our reflectionskeep it simple

keep it simple
nature

“Look deep into nature and then you will understand everything better”
(Albert Einstein)
keep it simple

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the final suggestion to
consider …..
Stay a learner

Tell me and I forget.
Teach me and I remember.
Involve me and I learn.
(Benjamin Franklin)
Live as if you were to die tomorrow.
Learn as if you were to live forever.
(Mahatma Gandhi)
You don’t learn to walk by following rules.
You learn by doing, and falling over.
(Richard Branson)
I never learn anything talking.
I only learn things when I ask questions.
(Lou Holtz)
Stay a learner

For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every
morning and asked myself: ‘If today were the last day of
my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?’
And whenever the answer has been ‘No’ for too many
days in a row, I know I need to change something.
(Steve Jobs)
We all need people who will give us
feedback. That’s how we improve.
(Bill Gates)
Life is a journey.
When we stop, things don’t go right.
(Pope Francis)
A little bit of mercy makes the world less cold and
more just.
(Pope Francis)
We must restore hope to young people, help the old,
be open to the future, spread love. Be poor among
the poor. We need to include the excluded and
preach peace.
(Pope Francis)
Stay a learner

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the suggestive suggestions to
consider are ……..
Stay a learner
KISS more
Seeing differently

2016
bring new life to your life and work

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