Three primary resources

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2. Each of us have three primary resources.

3. Each of us have three primary resources. One of them is given in exact equal measure to every person every day – and yet we don’t all seem to ever have the same amount

4. Each of us have three primary resources. One of them is given in exact equal measure to every person every day – and yet we don’t all seem to ever have the same amount One of them is given to every person in different measures – and we have some influence on how much of it we are given

5. Each of us have three primary resources. One of them is given in exact equal measure to every person every day – and yet we don’t all seem to ever have the same amount One of them is given to every person in different measures – and we have some influence on how much of it we are given And one of them we have to make

6. The Three Primary Resources are:

12. The Three Primary Resources are: Money

13. The surface of this triangle represents your life. It could represent the lifestyle you have, your quality of life, or the impact you have on your society – whatever is important to you Money

14. The surface of this triangle represents your life. It could represent the lifestyle you have, your quality of life, or the impact you have on your society – whatever is important to you Money

15. Our skills and creativity enable us to combine these three, to improve our lifestyle Applied Skill and Creativity Money

23. If you have enough of two of these, but lack one, you can use those two, and apply your skill and creativity Applied to build Skill and Creativity the 3rd. Money

24. E.g. you can use your money and energy to hire some If you have enough of two people of these, but lack one, you can use those two, and apply your skill and creativity Applied to build Skill and Creativity the 3rd. Money

25. E.g. you can use your money and energy to hire some If you have enough of two people of these, but lack one, you can use those two, and apply your skill and creativity Applied to build Skill and the 3rd. Creativity Money

26. E.g. you can use your money and energy to hire some If you have enough of two people of these, but lack one, you can use those two, and apply your skill and creativity Applied to build Skill and the 3rd. Creativity Money At first you will have a bit less money and energy, but now you are better positioned to systematically build again, applying your skill and creativity to effectively combine energy, money and time.

27. If you have enough of two of these, but lack one, you can use those two, and apply your skill and creativity to build Applied the 3rd. Skill and Creativity Money

28. Or, if you are short on energy, you can use your time If you have enough of two and money to do something invigorating – like of these, but lack skydiving, or buying a case of one, you can use those Red Bull – to boost your energy two, and apply your skill and creativity to build Applied the 3rd. Skill and Creativity Money

29. Or, if you are short on energy, you can use your time If you have enough of two and money to do something invigorating – like of these, but lack skydiving, or buying a case of one, you can use those Red Bull – to boost your energy two, and apply your skill and creativity Applied Skill and to build Creativity the 3rd. Money

30. Or, if you are short on energy, you can use your time If you have enough of two and money to do something invigorating – like of these, but lack skydiving, or buying a case of one, you can use those Red Bull – to boost your energy two, and apply your skill and creativity Applied Skill and to build Creativity the 3rd. Money This might use up some of your available time and money, but it will bring the balance back – enabling you once again to build and expand the surface of the triangle

31. If you have enough of two of these, but lack one, you can use those two, and apply your skill and creativity to build Applied Skill and the 3rd. Creativity Money

32. Or, if you have time and energy, you can use your skill and If you have enough of two creativity to come up with some of these, but lack plan, and then execute that plan to begin to make some money one, you can use those two, and apply your skill and creativity to build Applied Skill and the 3rd. Creativity Money

33. Or, if you have time and energy, you can use your skill and If you have enough of two creativity to come up with some of these, but lack plan, and then execute that plan to begin to make some money one, you can use those two, and apply your skill and creativity to build Applied Skill and the 3rd. Creativity Money

34. Or, if you have time and energy, you can use your skill and If you have enough of two creativity to come up with some of these, but lack plan, and then execute that plan to begin to make some money one, you can use those two, and apply your skill and creativity to build Applied Skill and the 3rd. Creativity Money This might use up some of your available time and energy, but it will bring things back into balance, enable you to become more effective again.

35. You Live your Best Life When You Carefully Hold These Three in Balance

36. You can apply this to your organisation Applied Skill and Creativity Money

37. You can apply this to your organisation The applied skill and creativity can relate to that of you as a leader, or to the leadership team Applied Skill and Creativity Money

38. You can apply this to your organisation The applied skill and creativity can relate to that of you as a leader, or to the leadership team The surface of the triangle represents the size and impact of your organisation or Applied team Skill and Creativity Money

43. A trap many of us fall into, is to focus on increasing only one of these, at the cost of the other two. Money

44. A trap many of us fall into, is to focus on increasing only one of these, at the cost of the other two. You may succeed in increasing that, but ultimately, you quality of life will remain limited. Money

45. A trap many of us fall into, is to focus on increasing only one of these, at the cost of the other two. You may succeed in increasing that, but ultimately, you quality of life will remain limited. A common one is working really hard to get lots of money, and not having the time or energy to really enjoy the benefit of that money. Money

46. A trap many of us fall into, is to focus on increasing only one of these, at the cost of the other two. You may succeed in increasing that, but ultimately, you quality of life will remain limited. Money

47. A trap many of us fall into, is to focus on increasing only one of these, at the cost of the other two. You may succeed in increasing that, but ultimately, you quality of life will remain limited. Or: You may say that money is not important, you would rather have time available - but this can lead to a chronic shortage of money and/or depression from boredom Money

48. When you run out of two of these at the same time, you have a crisis.

49. When you run out of two of these at the same time, you have a crisis. Money

50. When you run out of two of these at the same time, you have a crisis. Money You may have money, but you have neither the time, nor the energy to apply that money to do anything useful.

53. When you run out of two of these at the same time, you have a crisis. You may have time available, but if you have no money, and you are totally depressed, you will not be able to apply that time in any useful way.

55. When you run out of two of these at the same time, you have a crisis. You may have the energy and the passion, but if you don’t have time to use that energy, and you don’t have money to use to help “buy” some time by employing someone, or quitting your job and focusing on what you love – then you are stuck.

56. By always spending some of your time, money and energy on building your skill and creativity, you are increasing your ability to effectively grow the surface of the triangle Applied Skill and Creativity Money

61. Sometimes your triangle grows beyond what your applied skill and creativity can handle e.g. because you won the lottery, or through sheer luck struck a really good business deal Money

62. Sometimes your triangle grows beyond what your applied skill and creativity can handle e.g. because you won the lottery, or through sheer luck struck a really good business deal Then over time your triangle will shrink to the size appropriate For your level Of skill and creativity Money

63. Sometimes your triangle grows beyond what your applied skill and creativity can handle e.g. because you won the lottery, or through sheer luck struck a really good business deal Then over time your triangle will shrink to the size appropriate For your level Of skill and creativity Money

64. Sometimes your triangle grows beyond what your applied skill and creativity can handle e.g. because you won the lottery, or through sheer luck struck a really good business deal Then over time your triangle will shrink to the size appropriate For your level Of skill and Applied creativity Skill and Creativity Money

65. Applying this To Decision Making

66. When you make a decision, the implementation of that decision requires spending time, energy, and often money Money

67. When you make a decision, the implementation of that decision requires spending time, energy, and often money Money

68. When you make a decision, the implementation of that decision requires spending time, energy, and often money Applied Skill and Creativity Money

69. After implementing your decision, if you correctly apply your skill and creativity, you normally can regain your investment of time, energy and money, and then grow beyond that. Applied Skill and Creativity Money

75. The WORST decision you can make Let me do this. is to always be changing your decision. Applied Skill and Creativity Money

76. The WORST decision you can make Let me do this. is to always be changing your decision.

77. The WORST decision you can make Let me do this. is to always be changing Or let me rather do your decision. that

78. The WORST decision you can make Let me do this. is to always be changing Or let me rather do your decision. that Actually, no, that first one was a better idea

79. The Decision You Stick With Is the Right one   Money

80. The Decision You Stick With Is the Right one It doesn’t matter so much whether you made the best decision  Money

81. The Decision You Stick With Is the Right one It doesn’t matter so much whether you made the best decision What matters is that once you’ve made the decision, you immediately begin to build your skills and creativity in that area Money

82. The Decision You Stick With Is the Right one It doesn’t matter so much whether you made the best decision What matters is that once you’ve made the decision, you immediately begin to build your skills and Applied creativity in Skill and that area Creativity Money

83. The Decision You Stick And then use those skills and With Is the Right one creativity to MAKE that It doesn’t matter so much decision the right one whether you made the best decision What matters is that once you’ve made the decision, you immediately begin to build your skills and Applied creativity in Skill and that area Creativity Money

88. This Will Require Persistence and Determination

89. The only really “wrong” decision you can make, therefore, is to make a decision that commits you to doing something you hate.

90. The only really “wrong” decision you can make, therefore, is to make a decision that commits you to doing something you hate. Because then you will build skills and creativity, and become better and better at being miserably successful

91. Personally, I have found the most difficult question to answer when it comes to making decisions is:

92. Personally, I have found the most difficult question to answer when it comes to making decisions is: What do you WANT to do?

93. What do you WANT to do?

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