- **By**: [[Nicholas Bate]] - **Date Published**: - **Date Read**: 2025-03-11T06:46:55+00:00 - [**Read Original**](https://blog.strategicedge.co.uk/2025/03/planning-the-day-7.html) - **Tags**: **Note:** Below is the text from an online article – none of the writing is by me. - [![Bate, Nicholas: Love, Life & Legacy](https://a3.typepad.com/6a00d8341bfcde53ef02c8d3a686eb200d-250hi)](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CQPCFNZJ?tag=strategicedgeltd) [Bate, Nicholas: Love, Life & Legacy](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CQPCFNZJ?tag=strategicedgeltd) - [![Bate, Nicholas: Bram, A Spy Story](https://a3.typepad.com/6a00d8341bfcde53ef02c8d39c218b200c-250hi)](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0C33Z9MQV?tag=strategicedgeltd) [Bate, Nicholas: Bram, A Spy Story](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0C33Z9MQV?tag=strategicedgeltd) - [![Bate, Nicholas: Meet Molly: Masks, Malevolence and Magic](https://a3.typepad.com/6a00d8341bfcde53ef02c8d3a03a73200b-250hi)](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08Y8SHS4H?tag=strategicedgeltd) [Bate, Nicholas: Meet Molly: Masks, Malevolence and Magic](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08Y8SHS4H?tag=strategicedgeltd) - [![Bate, Nicholas: Molly and The Isle of Kasta](https://a1.typepad.com/6a00d8341bfcde53ef02c8d3a03a71200b-250hi)](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09P483TR7?tag=strategicedgeltd) [Bate, Nicholas: Molly and The Isle of Kasta](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09P483TR7?tag=strategicedgeltd) - [![Bate, Nicholas : Molly and Ben](https://a0.typepad.com/6a00d8341bfcde53ef02c8d39c2188200c-250hi)](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CL4DZVNR?tag=strategicedgeltd) [Bate, Nicholas : Molly and Ben](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CL4DZVNR?tag=strategicedgeltd) - [![Nicholas Bate: Do What You Want: The Book That Shows You How to Create a Career You'll Love](https://a5.typepad.com/6a00d8341bfcde53ef01b7c8ef7c85970b-250hi)](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0273771086?tag=strategicedgeltd) [Nicholas Bate: Do What You Want: The Book That Shows You How to Create a Career You'll Love](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0273771086?tag=strategicedgeltd) - [![Nicholas Bate: You, Only Better: Find Your Strengths, be the Best and Change Your Life.](https://a4.typepad.com/6a00d8341bfcde53ef01bb097efab4970d-250hi)](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0857084720?tag=strategicedgeltd) [Nicholas Bate: You, Only Better: Find Your Strengths, be the Best and Change Your Life.](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0857084720?tag=strategicedgeltd) - [![Nicholas Bate: Being the Best: The A-Z of Personal Success](https://a1.typepad.com/6a00d8341bfcde53ef01b8d2608811970c-250hi)](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1841125210?tag=strategicedgeltd) [Nicholas Bate: Being the Best: The A-Z of Personal Success](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1841125210?tag=strategicedgeltd) - [![Nicholas Bate: Instant MBA](https://a6.typepad.com/6a00d8341bfcde53ef01bb0979589e970d-250hi)](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1905940831?tag=strategicedgeltd) [Nicholas Bate: Instant MBA](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1905940831?tag=strategicedgeltd) - [![Nicholas Bate: Get a Life: Setting Your Life Compass for Success](https://a4.typepad.com/6a00d8341bfcde53ef01b7c8d632c4970b-250hi)](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1841126489?tag=strategicedgeltd) [Nicholas Bate: Get a Life: Setting Your Life Compass for Success](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1841126489?tag=strategicedgeltd) - [![: The Business Skills Collection: Go Home E-Mail Free; Bags of Energy Now; Give Great Presentations; Make Better More Often; Boost Your Productivity](https://a2.typepad.com/6a00d8341bfcde53ef01b8d0c7ec4a970c-250hi)](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00R04DCQ8?tag=strategicedgeltd) [The Business Skills Collection: Go Home E-Mail Free; Bags of Energy Now; Give Great Presentations; Make Better More Often; Boost Your Productivity](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00R04DCQ8?tag=strategicedgeltd) - [![Nicholas Bate: Love Presenting Hate (badly used) Powerpoint](https://a6.typepad.com/6a00d8341bfcde53ef01543274cee6970c-250hi)](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0956784828?tag=strategicedgeltd) [Nicholas Bate: Love Presenting Hate (badly used) Powerpoint](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0956784828?tag=strategicedgeltd) - [![Nicholas Bate: Brilliant at the Basics of Business](https://a1.typepad.com/6a00d8341bfcde53ef014e88713dc1970d-250hi)](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/095678481X?tag=strategicedgeltd) [Nicholas Bate: Brilliant at the Basics of Business](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/095678481X?tag=strategicedgeltd) - [![Bate Nicholas: How to be Brilliant](https://a7.typepad.com/6a00d8341bfcde53ef01538e3e9f27970b-250hi)](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0956784801?tag=strategicedgeltd) [Bate Nicholas: How to be Brilliant](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0956784801?tag=strategicedgeltd) [« Chase Jarvis](https://blog.strategicedge.co.uk/2025/03/chase-jarvis-.html) | [Main](https://blog.strategicedge.co.uk/) | [Billy Schmidt »](https://blog.strategicedge.co.uk/2025/03/billy-schmidt-.html) 1. **Start with the investment rituals.** Investment? *They make future life easier*. Ritual? Like brushing your teeth, *they just happen.* Examples: lunch-time walk, back-ground reading. 2. Then today's **specific investment activities.** Eg planning a critical meeting you are attending next week. 3. Then ensure each of your **compass points**(career/wellness/finances....) gets attention and necessary adjustment. 4. Handle the urgent but constantly question **WHY are they urgent** and is it because a process is not working well or even broken? Fix it to remove the future urgent 5. *Build contingency for truly urgent.* 6. **Decide digital interrupt review slots**. [Batch process](https://blog.strategicedge.co.uk/2012/04/how-to-lessen-the-pain-of-e-mail-twelve.html) e-mail rather than 'umbilical cord'. 7. **Go home on time.** Listen to music. Hang out with good friends. Nourish your body with great food, nature and the classics. Never defer life. Live it now.