Build Your Business In 90 Minutes A Day

A super practical guide to building a successful business by spending ninety minutes a day on the stuff that really matters.

Have you got a brilliant business idea, but are not sure how to find the time to start making it a reality? Or perhaps you have your dream up and running but you need help to grow?

Join best-selling author and multi-award winning entrepreneur, Nigel Botterill, and his co-author Martin Gladdish, as they explore the history, wisdom and uncanny natural phenomena that surrounds each 90 minute chunk of time that we live in and equip you with the tools to think big, grow fast and build your successful business in those 90–minute chunks!

Build Your Business in 90 Minutes A Day reveals lessons from the true stories of everyday entrepreneurs who dedicate 90 minutes a day to building their success. Woven amongst these inspirational tales are the remarkable accounts of world-changing events from English history, space and popular culture, that were determined in just 90 minutes. Amidst pages of startling science fact surrounding this magical number, you will learn just how powerful it can be when applied to your life. An hour and a half will never seem quite the same again.

Nigel has built eight separate million pound+ businesses from scratch and won a shed full of awards in the process. No one knows better than him what it takes to build big businesses fast!

• Designed to be read in just 90 minutes (plus a few extra bits)
• Packed with tools to help you think big, grow fast and build a successful business
• A mixture of wisdom, teaching and success stories from Nigel Botterill and the entrepreneurs he has helped

How to Read This Book xi

Introduction xiii

Part One The Start, the Science and Seven Stories of Success ...

How It All Started 3

The Foundations of a Great Nation Built in 90-minute Chunks 11

The Amazing 90-minute Science of Biorhythms and Ultradian Rhythms 15

The £11,000 Postcard 25

From Capacity to Elasticity in 90 Minutes 29

Teacher Gets Grade A++ by Achieving 200% in Her 90-minute Exam 31

You’ve Got 90 Minutes or You Die 35

Doing 90 Minutes Every Single Day is the Only Way to Make the Numbers Add Up 43

It’s Not a Bookkeeping Error; It’s £1,200 Profit Per Month at Zero Cost! 49

Part Two Day-dreaming, Days of Destiny and Dynamic Doing ...

I Have a Dream Today 53

Take 90 Minutes to Tell the World Just How Great You Are! 59

A Spectacle to Behold as Media Expert Brings His Big Ideas into Focus 63

From Lazy Pilates and Golden Time to Radio 2 Fame 65

90 Minutes That Changed the Sauce You Choose 69

Stop Horsing Around and Just Do It – a 235% Uplift Should Make You Thirsty 75

Productivity, Creativity and Profitability … in 90 Minutes 79

We Have Two Choices Today – Surrender or Win 81

90 Minutes Per Day ‘Plus’ Great Expectation ‘Equals’ More Time to Grow 87

Delivering Massive Change and Award-winning Business Growth in 90-minute Chunks 91

Multi-tasking, Multi-role, Multi-talented Mum Manages Her Ideal Lifestyle in 90-minute Chunks 93

A Dream, a Holiday and a Multi-million Pound Tale of Regret 97

Part Three Nigel’s 90-minute Nuggets in a Nutshell ...

Nigel’s Seven Unbreakable Rules for a Successful 90 Minutes 105

90-minute Rule 1: Plan Ahead 107

90-minute Rule 2: Environment Matters 113

90-minute Rule 3: The 80/20 Principle 119

90-minute Rule 4: Regularity 125

90-minute Rule 5: Clarity 131

90-minute Rule 6: Deadlines 137

90-minute Rule 7: The Stuff You Could (Should) Do 139

Conclusion 147

Appendix Vanquishing Vampires and Valuing Your Time ...

Banishing the Time Vampires 151

The Truth About Time 153

Where Are You Heading? 155

What’s the Most Effective Use of My Time Right Now? 157

Kick the Procrastination Habit 159

Eight Time-management Concepts That Will Help You Get More Stuff Done 165

About the Authors 169

"Applying the simple principles outlined here should benefit many entrepreneurs." (Irish Times, June 2015)

Nigel Botterill is a British entrepreneur, marketer, author, speaker and business mentor. He is founder and chief executive of N5 Ltd, home to a number of businesses including his business mentoring network, The Entrepreneur's Circle, a large franchised company with a dedicated member base and over 100,000 contacts.
Nigel is the author of The Botty Rules, which he self-published and promoted, reaching number two in the Sunday Times Bestseller list. The second edition was picked up and published by Random House in August 2011. Nigel has bought over 25,000 copies for his own use.

Martin Gladdish is a freelance copywriter and business coach; working with some of the UK's leading entrepreneurs to teach, mentor and support small businesses in implementing successful marketing and growth strategies. He is the author of The Lazy Optimist.

'What a revelation this book is. The E-Myth gave the world the idea to "work on your business not in it". Now Nigel and Martin have given us the how to do it'
- Martin Norbury, The Scalability Coach

BUSINESS SUCCESS CAN BE YOURS in JUST 90 MINUTES A DAY!

Time is our most precious resource, and we often tell ourselves we could really get going if only we had a bit more of it. Well it's time to stop dreaming about what you could achieve with more time and learn how you can start a brilliant business, or grow your existing operation, in just 90 minutes each day.

FIND JUST 1 1/2 HOURS A DAY, FOCUS ON THE STUFF THAT MATTERS & TRANSFORM YOUR BUSINESS & LIFE

By following a few simple (but unbreakable!) rules, you can turn a mere 20% of your average working day into all you need to gain and retain customers – and to move your business forward to the next level.

• Learn the secrets of super-productive entrepreneurs to optimize how you work and increase your productivity
• Discover the seven simple 90-minute rules that can catapult your business forward
• See how to use the powerful science hidden within a single 90-minute period of time to boost the rest of each day
• Gain inspiration from tales of 90-minute chunks of time that have changed the world

And with the book being designed to be read in just 90 minutes, why not make this day one on your path to success?

Embrace the lessons in this book, and you'll find you absolutely do have the time – the 90 minutes, to be precise – to make your business goals a reality.