Secret sauce
Book:
Daily Rituals
Mason Currey
Woody Allen
Beethoven
Nicola Tesla
Picasso
Victor Hugo
The Wheel of Life
Make Space in Your
Life for
Block time in your
calendar for you
I block Mondays and Fridays and usually don’t have meetings –
occasional phone calls. My morning are me time as well – I typically
don’t set any meetings till after lunch.
Create your sacred
non-negotiables that
you do every day!
Never had that before – my day started by jumping into my inbox and
clearing new emails. I’ve done that for almost 10 years of working
life!
Read
35 books read in 2014
My favourite books in
2014:
1. The Startup of You – Ben Hoffman, founder Linkedin
2. Daring greatly: How the Courage to be Vulnerable
transforms the way we live, love, parent and lead – Brene
Brown
3. The Maker Movement Manifesto - Mark Hatch, Techshop
4. ReWork: Change the way you work forever – Jason Fried,
David Heinemeier
5. Delivering Happiness – Tony Hsieh, Zappos
6. The Spiritual Machine – Ray Kurzweil
7. The Anatomy of Peace: How to Resolve the Heart of
Conflict – Arbinger Institute
8. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a world that cannot stop
talking – Susan Cain
9. Playful Parenting - Lawrence Cohen
Exercise every day
Exercise:
hold your breath for 30
seconds
If you are not healthy –
nothing else really
matters!
If you are going
through tough, stressful
periods –
DOUBLE DOWN on
SELF-CARE
My Exercise secrets
I bought a fitness tracker that told me that I don’t move much or sleep
enough! It’s easy not to walk much in Guernsey if you have small
kids and take your car to work.
My mantra is to exercise at least 15 min every day.
Walk up and down stairs.
Sometimes bike into town
Park as far away as possible.
Sometimes just get out of the house and walk around the garden!.
Started running because that’s the easiest and most consistent sport
anyone can keep to.
High Intensity Interval Training – which is more effective and shorter!
EAT HEALTHY
My Eating secrets:
Center my food on fresh and cooked vegetables and proteins
Cut gluten based goods to minimum (pastas, pastries, bread)
Cut down on sugar
Drink a lot of water
Don’t drink much alcohol
Eat CHOCOLATE!
Still learning what works for me and what does not!
Sleep 8 hours a day
I always thought I was a night-owl until I had small children. I
discovered that the main reason I found it hard to wake up in the
morning is because I always went to sleep after mid-night. I never
slept 8 hours a day. Research showing sleep for kids is key and
reducing sleep even by 15 minutes is affecting their test results.
Write
Startupme.co
Know your DNA
Personality tests:
VIA personality test
Myers-Briggs test
Enneagrams
Write ideas every day –
10 ideas per day
Ideas for the next 10
IOD lunch talks:
1. New technologies – 3D printing, Artificial Intelligence,
2. Failure - How to fail and the success of failure
3. Mums and Mumpreneurs – the biggest under-utilised resource in the world
4. Vulnerability and openness – business stories that you’ve never heard
about
5. The Future of Education
6. Your job will not exist + predictions for next 10 years.
7. Crowdlaw - Crowdsourced legislation – how to become the most nimble
jurisdiction in the world
8. Intrapreneurship or how to build startups in companies
9. Jumpstarting innovation in Guernsey through new immigration and
housing policy
10.Maker Movement – creating 10000 entrepreneurs in Guernsey in 5 years.
Share –
ideas, thoughts,
embrace open source
not IP protection.
We teach children to share– how about ourselves?
Experiment
Help a startup
Fund a startup
Start a startup
Startup
24
The first startup bootcamp
experience in Guernsey.
March 20th/21st 2015
Start a quest
Be
Mindful/Spiritual/Whate
ver you call it -enjoy the
moment, every day
I will live till 100.
Which means my mid-
life crisis is not
happening for another
20 y.
Sign-up for an online
course
Coursera.com
Udemy.com
Khan Academy
Watch a TED talk
Ted.com
Embrace technology –
it is here to stay
Your job
will not
exist in
10 years
time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore%27s_law
Future predictions in
1999
Ray Kurzweil
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predictions_made_by_Ray_
Kurzweil#The_Age_of_Spiritual_Machines_.281999.29
• Thin, lightweight, handheld displays with very high resolutions are the preferred means for
viewing documents..
• Computers have made paper books and documents almost completely obsolete.
• Most learning is accomplished through intelligent, adaptive online courseware presented by
computer-simulated teachers. In the learning process, human adults fill the counselor and
mentor roles instead of being academic instructors.
• Most human workers spend the majority of their time acquiring new skills and knowledge.
• Blind people wear special glasses that interpret the real world for them through speech.
Sighted people also use these glasses to amplify their own abilities.
• Language translating machines are of much higher quality, and are routinely used in
conversations.
• Access to the Internet is completely wireless and provided by wearable or implanted
computers.
• People are able to wirelessly access the Internet at all times from almost anywhere
• Devices that deliver sensations to the skin surface of their users (i.e.--tight body suits and
gloves) are also sometimes used in virtual reality to complete the experience. - "Virtual sex”
• The vast majority of business interactions occur between humans and simulated retailers, or
between a human's virtual personal assistant and a simulated retailer.
• Household robots are ubiquitous and reliable.
2
0
1
9
• A $4000 computer is a smart as the human brain
• Computers are embedded everywhere in the environment (inside of furniture, jewelry, walls,
clothing, etc.).
• People experience 3-D virtual reality through glasses and contact lenses that beam images
directly to their retinas
• Most business transactions or information inquiries involve dealing with a simulated person.
• Cables connecting computers and peripherals have almost completely disappeared.
• Destructive scans of the brain and noninvasive brain scans have allowed scientists to
understand the brain much better..
• Computers do most of the vehicle driving—-humans are in fact prohibited from driving on
highways unassisted.
• Most roads now have automated driving systems—networks of monitoring and communication
devices that allow computer-controlled automobiles to safely navigate.
• Prototype personal flying vehicles using microflaps exist. They are also primarily computer-
controlled.
• Human-robot relationships begin as simulated personalities become more convincing.
• Virtual artists—creative computers capable of making their own art and music—emerge in all
fields of the arts.
2
0
1
9
Invest in yourself –
You are the most
important investment
you can make, every
day!
Learn, Learn, Learn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOVmVM
JEhg8
“There is no secret sauce… to make something
special you have to believe it’s special” – Ping,
Kung-Fu Panda
The secret ingredient
of growth,
enterprise…everythin
g is….
The Secret Ingredient: How To Set Yourself Up For Success in Business and Life

The Secret Ingredient: How To Set Yourself Up For Success in Business and Life

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    Make Space inYour Life for
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    Block time inyour calendar for you I block Mondays and Fridays and usually don’t have meetings – occasional phone calls. My morning are me time as well – I typically don’t set any meetings till after lunch.
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    Create your sacred non-negotiablesthat you do every day! Never had that before – my day started by jumping into my inbox and clearing new emails. I’ve done that for almost 10 years of working life!
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    My favourite booksin 2014: 1. The Startup of You – Ben Hoffman, founder Linkedin 2. Daring greatly: How the Courage to be Vulnerable transforms the way we live, love, parent and lead – Brene Brown 3. The Maker Movement Manifesto - Mark Hatch, Techshop 4. ReWork: Change the way you work forever – Jason Fried, David Heinemeier 5. Delivering Happiness – Tony Hsieh, Zappos 6. The Spiritual Machine – Ray Kurzweil 7. The Anatomy of Peace: How to Resolve the Heart of Conflict – Arbinger Institute 8. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a world that cannot stop talking – Susan Cain 9. Playful Parenting - Lawrence Cohen
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    If you arenot healthy – nothing else really matters!
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    If you aregoing through tough, stressful periods – DOUBLE DOWN on SELF-CARE
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    My Exercise secrets Ibought a fitness tracker that told me that I don’t move much or sleep enough! It’s easy not to walk much in Guernsey if you have small kids and take your car to work. My mantra is to exercise at least 15 min every day. Walk up and down stairs. Sometimes bike into town Park as far away as possible. Sometimes just get out of the house and walk around the garden!. Started running because that’s the easiest and most consistent sport anyone can keep to. High Intensity Interval Training – which is more effective and shorter!
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    My Eating secrets: Centermy food on fresh and cooked vegetables and proteins Cut gluten based goods to minimum (pastas, pastries, bread) Cut down on sugar Drink a lot of water Don’t drink much alcohol Eat CHOCOLATE! Still learning what works for me and what does not!
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    Sleep 8 hoursa day I always thought I was a night-owl until I had small children. I discovered that the main reason I found it hard to wake up in the morning is because I always went to sleep after mid-night. I never slept 8 hours a day. Research showing sleep for kids is key and reducing sleep even by 15 minutes is affecting their test results.
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    Personality tests: VIA personalitytest Myers-Briggs test Enneagrams
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    Write ideas everyday – 10 ideas per day
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    Ideas for thenext 10 IOD lunch talks: 1. New technologies – 3D printing, Artificial Intelligence, 2. Failure - How to fail and the success of failure 3. Mums and Mumpreneurs – the biggest under-utilised resource in the world 4. Vulnerability and openness – business stories that you’ve never heard about 5. The Future of Education 6. Your job will not exist + predictions for next 10 years. 7. Crowdlaw - Crowdsourced legislation – how to become the most nimble jurisdiction in the world 8. Intrapreneurship or how to build startups in companies 9. Jumpstarting innovation in Guernsey through new immigration and housing policy 10.Maker Movement – creating 10000 entrepreneurs in Guernsey in 5 years.
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    Share – ideas, thoughts, embraceopen source not IP protection. We teach children to share– how about ourselves?
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    Help a startup Funda startup Start a startup
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    Startup 24 The first startupbootcamp experience in Guernsey. March 20th/21st 2015
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    Be Mindful/Spiritual/Whate ver you callit -enjoy the moment, every day
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    I will livetill 100. Which means my mid- life crisis is not happening for another 20 y.
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    Sign-up for anonline course Coursera.com Udemy.com Khan Academy
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    Watch a TEDtalk Ted.com
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    Your job will not existin 10 years time.
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    Future predictions in 1999 RayKurzweil http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predictions_made_by_Ray_ Kurzweil#The_Age_of_Spiritual_Machines_.281999.29
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    • Thin, lightweight,handheld displays with very high resolutions are the preferred means for viewing documents.. • Computers have made paper books and documents almost completely obsolete. • Most learning is accomplished through intelligent, adaptive online courseware presented by computer-simulated teachers. In the learning process, human adults fill the counselor and mentor roles instead of being academic instructors. • Most human workers spend the majority of their time acquiring new skills and knowledge. • Blind people wear special glasses that interpret the real world for them through speech. Sighted people also use these glasses to amplify their own abilities. • Language translating machines are of much higher quality, and are routinely used in conversations. • Access to the Internet is completely wireless and provided by wearable or implanted computers. • People are able to wirelessly access the Internet at all times from almost anywhere • Devices that deliver sensations to the skin surface of their users (i.e.--tight body suits and gloves) are also sometimes used in virtual reality to complete the experience. - "Virtual sex” • The vast majority of business interactions occur between humans and simulated retailers, or between a human's virtual personal assistant and a simulated retailer. • Household robots are ubiquitous and reliable. 2 0 1 9
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    • A $4000computer is a smart as the human brain • Computers are embedded everywhere in the environment (inside of furniture, jewelry, walls, clothing, etc.). • People experience 3-D virtual reality through glasses and contact lenses that beam images directly to their retinas • Most business transactions or information inquiries involve dealing with a simulated person. • Cables connecting computers and peripherals have almost completely disappeared. • Destructive scans of the brain and noninvasive brain scans have allowed scientists to understand the brain much better.. • Computers do most of the vehicle driving—-humans are in fact prohibited from driving on highways unassisted. • Most roads now have automated driving systems—networks of monitoring and communication devices that allow computer-controlled automobiles to safely navigate. • Prototype personal flying vehicles using microflaps exist. They are also primarily computer- controlled. • Human-robot relationships begin as simulated personalities become more convincing. • Virtual artists—creative computers capable of making their own art and music—emerge in all fields of the arts. 2 0 1 9
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    Invest in yourself– You are the most important investment you can make, every day!
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    “There is nosecret sauce… to make something special you have to believe it’s special” – Ping, Kung-Fu Panda
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    The secret ingredient ofgrowth, enterprise…everythin g is….

Editor's Notes

  • #44 So what does all of this mean for us and for you? Your job will not exist in 10 years time. Jobs like “social media guru”, facebook ads manager, community manager on Youtube, Chief Information Officer – this titles did not exist. Think how many millions of jobs disruptive innovators like Amazon, Facebook and Google have create directly and indirectly though their social ecosystems, e-commerce platforms. These 3 companies alone had exponentially more profound influence on global employment than the any of the top 3 governments globally including USA. Old jobs are being disrupted and new created by ambitious entrepreneurs and scientists whose aim is nothing less than to change the world. Anything possible to outsource will be outsourced. Global competition intensify. Having a tax advantage is not going to be enough. The key skill that robots and artificial intelligence will not be able to recreate in the short term is creative problem solving, ambition, reaching for impossible, gathering communities, creating and innovation. All sorts of