be where you are

do one thing at a time. close the lap top lid. turn the phone off.

give the person you’re with your full attention. look them in the eye

be where you are

_SKA

You’ll spend a third of your life at work. So make it count.

Get a plan that doesn’t look like ‘40 years of slugging your guts out, for another man’s gain’.

If you are not in a job that draws from your main strengths and inspirations you will decay. Literally.

If you do not know what your main drivers are. Find out. Quick.

Fear not. Fear in a person is easy to take advantage of. Fear of not having work, leads to people working in jobs they HATE because they feel stuck (because they’re scared theres nothing else for them out there). Set your eye above fear. You are worth more and your time is limited. Get a plan.

Your time is finite so make it count.

_SKA

We want to create pioneering or lead pioneering companies, but we give ourselves or the people who work for us no time to think. Thinking requires; permission (do your staff job descriptions allow for the task of ‘thinking’?), time, and the protection of that time. (And of course, the ability to think). Thinking | Inspiration (in the space where you work) is aided by; a well designed space, a library, significant amount of greenery, sunlight, music, silence, and protection from EVERYTHING else. I know, ask any business operator or owner to build a library and a glass house in these times of ever increasing costs, and they may tell you to go jump. Even though it might be the very thing that; leads to inspiration and thinking that catapults their company ahead into clear space. It’s sad that the thing that sets us apart as human beings - the ability to think and create - are actively discouraged in most workplaces (even the term ‘workplace’ needs a rethink). Let your people create and they’ll create something amazing for you. Give your people time | permission to think. _SKA

And damn the world for trying to rush us through the time we have.

Your time is valuable. And besides your loved ones - time is the most valuable thing you have (though you could argue that those relationships exist in the confines of time). Take YOUR time. Slow down.

It’s your time, it’s my time, but we give it away so easily. Like its worth nothing. We let busyness steal it. We let bosses steal it. We let worry steal it. We let our inability to say ‘no’, steal it. Time you only get one pass at is slipping through your fingers.

That’s a bit dramatic, but only if you feel you’re finding value in what you’re giving your time to.

Take your time. I recently took my time through Radiohead’s new album - King of Limbs. I got up early, locked myself away and listened to the whole album in one sitting. It was the highlight of my week (get out more, I know). So there’s a major difference between ‘active time’ and ‘passive time’. I ‘happened’ to my time. It didn’t happen to me.

Some where along the way, the world convinced us that we were on the worlds clock. Let me assure you - the world is on yours.

Take your time | slow down

_SKA