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New Year Course Sale

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New Year Flash Sale! Get my top selling courses for up to 90% off until January 3rd 2021.  During this holiday season, give yourself a gift that can last a lifetime and can help you transform your life.

New Year Course Sale
New Year Course Sale

2020 a year of massive change

Change was the name of the game in 2020 accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic. As a result, the future is arriving faster than would have otherwise happened without the pandemic. For example so many aspects of our lives moved online in 2020 such as work, learning, shopping, socialising, entertainment and even worship. Take for example the impact of the pandemic on the future of work and learning. Within a few short months hundreds of millions of people found themselves remote working and learning. The future of work and learning is now blended. That means a mixture of remote working/study and in person work/study. This sudden shift has massive implications for the future. For instance, as a result of the pandemic rents will fall and the market for commercial real estate will weaken. The disruption seen in 2020 underscores the need for lifelong learning. In conclusion, change is happening all around us so we also need to change and grow to remain relevant.

Lifelong Learning

According to Wikipedia lifelong learning is the “ongoing, voluntary, and self-motivated ” pursuit of knowledge for either personal or professional reasons. Change is happening whether we want it or not and we all need to change and adapt or become obsolete. To change and adapt we need a growth mindset and lifelong learning. Therefore make a conscious effort to make learning part of your daily routine in 2021. Set time aside in your daily schedule for learning and study. When you make your goals for 2021 make sure and include goals around learning and re-skilling and up-skilling. Please check out all my courses below but in particular the first two. The first course on goal setting will help you set clear and compelling goals for 2021. The second course ‘Future Skills’ will show you how technology and other forces including the Covid-19 pandemic are shaping the future of work. The course will show you which jobs are in and which jobs are out.

New year course sale

New technologies combined with other forces such as Covid-19 are creating massive change. However new technology also helps us change ourselves, grow and be ready for change. There is no better example of this than online courses. Below are my courses on sale for the new year. Included with individual courses are copies of my e-books on personal development and beekeeping. As indicated above I highly recommend the first two courses to set you on the right track for 2021.

Goal Setting 2021: Set & Achieve Big, Hairy, Audacious Goals ($12.99)

Identify your Life’s Purpose and Vision, then set and achieve Big, Hairy, Audacious long term Goals (BHAGs) in 2021 and over the coming years. 

https://www.udemy.com/course/goal-setting-101-how-to-set-and-achieve-goals/?couponCode=NEWYEARSALE2021

Future Skills 2030-Prepare for the 4th Industrial Revolution ($14.99)

Understand the technological changes happening all around us today and the skills needed to future-proof your career.  If you are considering a career change in 2021 then this course will definitely guide you as to which jobs are in and which jobs are out.

https://www.udemy.com/course/future-skills/?couponCode=NEWYEARSALE2021

Transform Your Life: 30 Experiments in Personal Change 2021 ($12.99)

Thirty personal growth experiments to reinvent yourself and build the life you want in 2021 and beyond.

https://www.udemy.com/course/transform-your-life-experiments-in-personal-change/?couponCode=NEWYEARSALE2021

Beekeeping: A first course for Aspiring Beekeepers ($12.99)

Designed specifically for the non-beekeeper.  Explore beekeeping as a new, exciting and rewarding lifetime activity.

https://www.udemy.com/course/beekeeping-an-introduction-for-aspiring-beekeepers/?couponCode=NEWYEARSALE2021

Background to Beekeeping: Start with Why! ($14.99)

Understand in depth why you should become a beekeeper and how beekeeping can transform your life for the better.

https://www.udemy.com/course/background-to-beekeeping/?couponCode=NEWYEARSALE2021

I look forward to seeing you on any of the above courses.

Very best wishes for 2021!

Tom

My 30 day corona lock-down challenge

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My 30 day corona lock-down challenge
30 day corona lock-down challenge

In this article I want to share my newly formulated corona virus pandemic 30 day lock-down challenge. Here in Ireland as we head towards the end of October 2020, we are back in lock-down to prevent the further spread of Covid-19. We are at what we call level 5 which is the highest level of lock-down. All non-essential retail businesses have closed. We are confined to our homes and are not supposed to leave unless for essential work or to buy essential supplies. We can travel up to 5 kms from our homes to exercise. The winter is approaching and last night as I write, October 24th, we turned our clocks back one hour. All of a sudden the long dark nights are here. The lock-down is due to last for 6 weeks. I have decided I need a focus and need to do something really positive during this lock-down.

The news

Too much of the news is particularly discouraging at the moment. As I see it from my Irish perspective we have three main news stories (below). You will have others to add to the list depending on where you live in the world. We have many important things happening in our world right now but they tend to get drowned out by the big stories of the day.

1. Covid-19
It’s all rather depressing. The news is dominated about how many new infections there are on a daily basis, how many have died etc. Endless pundits and experts debate what the figures mean.

2. Brexit
The UK left the European Union in January 2020. The transition period will end this year. Will we have a deal going forward from 2021? Brexit is an exercise in folly as far as I am concerned and I don’t see any real benefits for the UK. In fact Brexit will probably hasten the break-up of the UK. From an Irish perspective we would certainly have wanted to maintain the status quo with the UK as a strong voice in Europe. I read during the week that there is a petition to name a massive lorry park in Kent for up to 1,700 trucks, after Nigel Farage. How apt!

3. The US elections
Let us hope the American people will do the world a favour and send Mr Trump home from the white-house. We can then have a break from the endless drama and distraction he creates. Overall he has shown very poor leadership on so many important issues such as dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic, tackling racism and addressing climate change.

Corona 30 Day Challenge

As I have outlined above Ireland is on a Covid-19 lock-down and the news is all round pretty disheartening. To make the most of this lock-down I have decided to take on another 30 day challenge. I really enjoyed my last one in July. This time around I have decided to read for one hour per day for 30 days. I have a bookshelf full of books but I realise that I don’t spend enough time reading. My free time can easily be absorbed by any of the above news items and more. Add to that the endless distractions of social media. It is so easy to glance at my phone and realise later that I have wasted the last 5 – 10+ minutes of my life. Do that a number of times a day and the minutes build up! Why should I care about the latest antics of ‘The Donald’, Borris or anyone else. I want to use my time productively to develop myself and learn new things.

Join me!

Please join me in this 30 day challenge. Post the books you are reading over the next 30 days and what you are learning. I will also do the same. Keep an eye out for updates as I progress through the 30 days. I will keep you posted on my progress on the Life is a Laboratory Facebook page. I am starting my 30 day challenge today 26th October 2020.

30 Day Challenge Introduction

Have a look at the above video introducing my last 30 day challenge. You can read how I got on with my last challenge here. Here is the template from the course that I will use to track my Corona 30 day lock-down challenge progress: 30-Day-Challenge-Template_Final. I am really looking forward to getting started. Again please do join me in the challenge and post your progress here or on Facebook.

Best wishes,

Tom

P.S. The 30 Challenge is an assignment in my course ‘Goal Setting 101 – How to Set and Achieve Goals 2020’. Please click here to find out more about the course and watch the free course preview. I look forward to seeing you on the course!