October Kili Conversations Newsletter
Welcome to this month’s addition of Kili Conversations and because I am so British, let me acknowledge the first frost of the year here in the UK lol.? I hope that the Autumm is treating you well and life is both productive and fulfilling in all regards.? In this month’s email - ?
Is your routine setting you up for success?
Sometimes you must go backwards to go forwards
Why patience could be a superpower
A good routine is how things ultimately get done well, and with consistency, that goes for hitting a good golf shot or running a multi-billion-pound business.?? I was thinking about this at the end of my post lunch power nap, ?? lunch, double espresso and a 30’ snooze, then back to my desk to crack on as the coffee kicks in.? When I am WFH my routine is pretty good, get up, walk dogs, feed dogs, coffee and meditate, set my intentionality for the day, crack on, lunch, snooze, crack on, walk dogs, feed dogs, evening.? The challenge is always the days where that routine is not possible, client visit or hospital or whatever, how to protect core habits that make a fundamental difference to me, my effectiveness and my wellbeing.? How is your daily routine working for you? ?
I was reflecting on this because I listened to this brilliant Knowledge Project podcast on my trip to Manchester at the weekend to see the girls – The Blueberry Billionaire.? John Bragg, founder of Oxford Frozen Foods and Eastlink (the largest privately held telecommunications company in North America), at 84 he still heads to the office most days, passionate about making the business better and creating a legacy to be proud of.? One of the insights that resonated (and what I was mulling on post nap) was about being efficient and always looking to make things better, it is what excites and drives John still to this day, there is much for me to learn here as a self-confessed starter not a finisher. ? ?
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Stimulated from a couple of sources (James Clear and Shane Parrish) the next insight has very much been on my mind over the course of this year – recognising and embracing that things do not always go your way.? Shane suggests that "Finding your way in life is like unlocking the combination of a safe. You have to go forwards and backwards. Life is not a direct march from A to B. The twists and turns are progress, not regression. What feels like a setback in the moment is later revealed to have been part of the path all along. Each move was necessary to get to your end goal." James poses these 2 questions: What is in the way of what I want? Can I come up with at least three different paths around it? ? Is there something you could reframe? Is there a challenge or a bump in the road you could look at differently?
Finally, a great TED talk by Oliver Burkeman, I love some of the ideas and insights Oliver shares in his monthly email, and this talk, a treatise on patience as a superpower seems to link my two previous points.? The fact that patience seems lacking wherever you turn can be encapsulated by this quite astonishing fact – “Amazon would lose $1.6 billion if its homepage loaded 1 second more slowly!” ? Time is finite and there is so much we experience that we have no control over, therefore fighting the urge to leap from task to task, rather than doing one thing at a time, and letting things take the time they take?can be a liberating and powerful approach that can help us be more fulfilled and successful. He closes out by offering 3 potential tools to help liberate your patience, and in case you don’t have the patience to get to the end of the video ??.
As my good friend and colleague Malc would say ‘keep doing the right things in the right order’, try and do them a bit better and eventually things will work out. ? Thanks for reading and I hope something resonates that means you might be able to help you or your team find a way of moving forward.??Have a fab rest of the week and please feel free to share with anyone you think might appreciate these ideas.
Cheers
Rich