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TOP OF THE WEEK TO YOU!
(by realwired! CEO, Brenda Dohring Hicks)
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Maybe a Mindmap is the Answer?
This time of year we are all full of extras. Extra company and client parties, extra tasks to make the holiday's special, and of course extra workload to meet year-end goals. Most are small to medium-sized tasks that creep in and out of our conscious minds but stay intact on our subconscious mind. Thus, they create that thing we most want to avoid at this time of year... STRESS.
So while I was stressing about this while I was supposed to be partaking in a conference call; it occurred to me that if I just had a visual of everything rolling around in my head maybe it'd make things easier. I began to doodle my "things" and then it hit me - Mindmaps! You probably did these at some point in school, but it might not have had personal interest for you so you left the tool out of your daily routine back in 1978. If that's the case, here's a quick re-brief. Mindmaps are a method of note taking. Basically, you write a word, circle it, and then draw a line connecting it to other words or even other doodles if that's how your brain works. Remember this is a tool for you. So as long as you can interpret it you're fine. And while I'm suggesting it as a tool to un-clutter your brain, it's just as good at un-cluttering one concept from another. The main plan is to brainstorm about the issue, topic, task, goal, accomplishment or whatever so the end result is a list of all important concepts (things) and how they relate to each other. There are several software packages and apps that you might find useful so a web search might be in order. With that, let me just move along assuming you like to scribble like I do.
When I start trying to organize my thoughts I typically just blast everything onto a page with very minimal editing. This works well for mind mapping. The work starts when you start to draw connecting lines and branches. Getting the ideas out of your head is the first big step. You'll feel better almost instantly. Then you review, edit and revamp and you'll end up with a version of the "central issue" that brings clarity to what you may or may not have thought was the most important thing.
Here are a couple of tips/rules that I give myself. Try to involve both sides of the brain. The colors and picture drawing are the creative (right) side, the note taking is the analytical (left) side. By involving both sides of your brain you get better retention, more free-flowing ideas and maintain concentration. I like to keep the graphics simple and follow these "somewhat standard rules".
- Always put your central idea or goal smack in the middle of the page
- An arrow from one item to another indicates that one idea flows from one item to another
- An arrow pointing both ways indicates both items subjects are of equal value and relate to one another
- A box or idea with no arrow is a floating topic. This is typically an important idea but off topic. Let it hover outside your map in case you need it.
There you have it, a way to possibly make the holidays and even the New Year more organized and less stressful. Admit it. There are a whole lot of things going on in your head and it's the ones you worry about missing that cause the greatest problems since our subconscious brain clearly rules the conscious one! Use this little technique and you just might "see" things more clearly! And when we're busy...clarity works wonders.
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11 Free Mind Mapping Apps
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