The DO Lectures

Last month David, and Mike, delivered a hugely successful beta test of the new 'DO Manifesto' workshop live in London. Next month Mike is flying solo, and coaching a live online version on Zoom. Consisting of x4 Two-Hour modules, it’s designed as a short-haul sprint to successful manifesto mastery. Consisting of x4 Two-Hour modules, it’s designed as a short-haul sprint to successful manifesto mastery. If you’re a founder, freelancer, start up or Company of One, it could be a game-changer for you. Full deets here: bit.ly/DoManifesto ps: We’re mailing out a beautifully printed, deep-dive Workbook to everyone who signs up.

Earlier this week, David our founder, posted a personal reflection on the power of DO Breakthrough. [Linkedin's word-count limitations mean, we can't show the full text here, but here's the gist]: Dave titled his post: My Brilliant Breakthrough.   "Every morning, I make myself a rehydration drink – salt, lemon juice and a pint of water. I have done it for years. I know the exact date when the practice began. It was April 22 2018. That was the day after the first Do Breakthrough – 5 years, 11 months and 20 days ago. Here's what I discovered: It’s vital to prepare and be ready – change is hard. Therefore, you MUST make it easy. What is hard to do, is also easy to stop. Most people who want to leave 'stuck', try to do too much, too quick. They burn out. Then, one morning, they skip one. And this is where most people stop. They go back to being stuck because they made it too hard to leave. 1. Habits. One Pillar of Change. TL; DR: Make it easy to change. For me, habits are the easiest of the hard thing about change. The two other pillars are the sledgehammers of change. They are powerful. They need to be. 2. Identity. The Second Pillar of Change. If you want to leave stuck, something big but subtle needs to happen.  For example: It’s raining.  Your running kit is wet in your kit bag from the day before.  You went to bed late. The alarm goes off at 6 am. Do you hit snooze? Or do you go and run? Use this reframe to help you change: What would the person who does this a lot do? What would a wise person do? What would a patient person do? A subtle shift in the question you ask yourself is powerful. Not all sledgehammers look like sledgehammers. Don’t underestimate this. When you go running on the days you really don’t want to; you provide evidence to your identity that you are a runner. When the next hard day comes, your identity as a runner will be even stronger. It is the flywheel of change. Use this reframe daily. Rather than fix for the habit, fix for the being first. Who do you need to BE to Do what you want to do? 3. Environment. The Third Pillar of Change. If you want to stop looking at your phone, put it in the other room. Want to stop drinking? Go out with friends that don’t drink. Want to do your first marathon? Run with people who have run a marathon. Your environment is another sledgehammer for change, but most people underestimate it. Do Breakthrough helped so many people become unstuck, (including me), even though they had tried many times before. It was because they had spent 3 days with a group of people who wanted to make a change. And when they all left, they continued to support one another.    We all need encouragement. Sometimes, we need to be able to say I’m struggling right now. We need to be there for others, too. Change needs company. But the right company. Breakthrough 2024 details here: https://lnkd.in/ezsRhyTj I hope that was of some use. Best from the Far West, David Hieatt"

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Speaker: Stephen Kinsella. Professor of Economics and Head of Department at University of Limerick. Talk Title: ‘Excellence + Agency = The Future of Education.’. Category: Big Thinking. Date: 2023 Time: 23:07 Professor Steven Kinsella is a highly respected Irish economist, journalist and author. His bio is stellar, but when he got on the stage at The Do, we realised his CV had one glaring omission: He's also hilarious. An economist who'd give any standup comedian a run for their money.  Who knew? #BehaviourChange #Innovation #Purpose #Systems See the full talk here: https://lnkd.in/ehf64vWF

Speaker: Mr Bingo. illustrator, Artist and Speaker Talk Title: ‘29 Things I've Learned’. Category: Scrappy Thinking. Date: 2016 In 1998 as a teenager our speaker not only won £141 at Gala Bingo in Maidstone in Kent, but as a bonus got a new nickname: 'Bingo'. He added the prefix ‘Mr’, evolving over time into a the funny, thoughtful, delightfully sweary identity people grew to love and listen to. Making him an absolute natural for The Do Lectures. Maverick, innovator, acute observer of life, his talk took us on a journey of 29 life lessons. Stopping off everywhere along the way at offensive postcards, dressing like a bit of a prick, being too scared to make music, not listening to advice, never being 100% happy and the power of 'fuck-you money' A classic in the Cowshed. Talk Link: https://lnkd.in/ejVaPepm #Maverick #Maker #LifeLessons #creativity

Speaker; James Victore. Author, Designer, Educator. Filmmaker and Firestarter Talk Title: ‘In The Particular Lies The Universal. How To Do Work That Matters.’. Category: Creativity. Date: 2012 Here’s a question for you: Do you listen to James Victore’s wonderful podcast: ‘The Right Questions - Your Work Is A Gift?’ Every single episode is like listening to a brand new DO Lecture every single week: (Wish we’d thought of it.) GOLD. Watch James' full talk from Do 2012 here: https://lnkd.in/eH52dZ5J #Underdog #BigThinking #Play #Mavericks #CreativeConfidence

Speaker: Holley M. Kholi-Murchison. Story-Teller. Educator. Entrepreneur. Founder: Oratory Glory Talk Title: ‘Own Your Voice, Leave Your Mark’. Category: Community. Date: 2016 As everybody in Cowshed discovered at Do 2016, Holley M. Kholi-Murchison has a wonderful gift for bringing people together. Something she excels at on a daily basis. To find out more about her work and her wisdom, check out her awesome newsletter : ‘From Holley, With Love’ on Substack. Inspirational insights for becoming who you are and creating work you love. #creativity, #futureofwork, #storytelling, #selfactualization, and #learninganddevelopment

The DO Manifesto Masterclass is a new workshop David and me/I? = Mike ;~}, are co-coaching next month. I'm having a blast - researching, collecting and curating some awesome examples to share. (And that's just one module of the day's training.) We've got some belters in our 100pp Workbook for attendees to learn from, along with some awesome learning outcomes, neat systems and skillsets, and a complete step-by-step walk-through of how to write and ship a world-class manifesto for you and your business. Of course The Do have a bit of previous here. In 2014, Dave wrote 'Manifesto Of A Doer', which ignited a movement, and quickly became the stuff of business legend. There was also 'The Scrappy Manifesto', soon followed out of the Chicken Shed door by the 'Keyboard CEO Manifesto', supporting our super well received course of the same name. btw: We're not alone with our love of a good manifesto (or two): Nike, Apple, Patagonia, Austin Kleon, Seth Godin and many many other Galactico's are firm fans of the manifesto. Indeed some have multiple versions for new products, services and initiatives. So we're in good company: As will everybody who joins us on the day. Founders, freelancers, Company's of one, Company's of many, we'd love you to join us. Full details here: bit.ly/DoManifesto #Founders #Freelancers #Clarity #Productivity

In March David (and me Mike) are co-coaching a new, full day workshop in London: DO Manifesto. It's designed to help you get clarity, a compass and consistent success in your life and business. For anybody who hasn't seen us coaching live before, and you'd like to get a feel for our style, here's a short clip. It's from a previous course we taught for The Do; Keyboard CEO Pro: More deets about our new workshop here: bit.ly/DoManifesto btw: If we look like extras in 'The Borrowers', that's a massive Anglepoise® in the background, (thank you Simon), we're pretty normal sized people in real life. #Founders #Freelancers #Clarity #Productivity