Lessons With A King

Lesson 351: Work On Your Life Assessment Checklist

This checklist is on Jonny Webber's blog and it makes you sit back and take stock of your life. It can be found here. What we need to do is keep working till we can check as many things on that list as possible off. Remember it's a work in progress. Keep at it.

PROMPT: Complete The Life Assessment Checklist 

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Lesson 350: Use Oblique Strategies 

Oblique Strategies is a set of cards that will help unleash your creativity. According to the Eno Shop, "In 1975, Peter Schmidt and Brian Eno created the original pack of Oblique Strategies cards, through thinking about approaches to their own work as artist and musician. The Oblique Strategies constitute a set of over 100 cards, each of which is a suggestion of a course of action or thinking to assist in creative situations. These famous cards have been used by many artists and creative people all over the world since their initial publication." The cool thing is you can get the app too. When you are stuck, just open it and pick a card that points you where you should consider going. 

PROMPT: Download the Oblique Strategies App 

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Lesson 349: Keep Improving

When you get to a goal, do not rest on your oars. While there, keep working, keep improving, keep getting better. It doesn't have to be a massive improvement. It can be tiny but as long as you keep improving, it adds up and you will be able to tell the difference as time goes.

PROMPT: What are you working on improving?

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Lesson 348: Take The First Shot

In a duel, the person that shoots first has a better chance of survival. When they come at you, make sure you take the first shot. It's about your survival. It's about moving forward to do the things you want to.

PROMPT: When was the last time you gave someone a shot?

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Lesson 347: Gather Intelligence

Stay curious. Ask questions. Find out as much as you can. Collect that data. Store it. Analyse it. Learn from it.

PROMPT: How do you gather intelligence? 

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Lesson 346: Focus On The Context

When we take things out of context, we make them worse than they could be. We misunderstand what the person might have meant and we might share incorrect information. When you are told anything, make sure you have the full picture and know what the context is before you respond.

PROMPT: Have you taken things out of context?

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Lesson 345: Don't Harass The Enemy

As you learn about your enemy, you might be tempted to harass them. Don't. It will only exacerbate things. What you need to do is keep the information you've learned for when they come for you. Don't harass them because you just might not have the whole picture. Stay in your lane.

PROMPT: What makes them your enemy?

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Lesson 344:  Know The Enemy

There are some people that just can't stand us and are happy with being antagonists. That's all fine. However, once you know you have an enemy, it's good practice to learn what you can about them.

PROMPT: How do you learn about your enemy?

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Lesson 343: Give Solutions

When we hit a snag, there is a part of us, sometimes a large part of us, that wants to focus on the problem. What we need to do is reframe and focus on possible solutions. When you focus on the problem, you are stuck in a negative spiral. However, when you focus on solutions, you are giving yourself a chance to move towards a positive outcome. Focus on the solution and then share the solutions you come up with.

PROMPT: What was the last solution you shared?

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Lesson 342:   You Don't Need Everyone

It's a great feeling to be liked. However, we should know that not everyone will like us. We don't like everyone either. It's just how life goes. In the same vein, we don't need to have a large team to achieve amazing goals. It's ok to cut people off, especially people that bring negativity wherever they are.

PROMPT: Who do you focus on?

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