Have you ever wondered how people who were so successful actually got there?
It seems that no matter what we are trying to accomplish we are always forgetting at least one step of it.
If this is true for you then jump on board the bus. This is true for most every one.
So how do you get these tasks accomplished without forgetting all the steps?
A big phrase these days is Mind Mapping.
It’s been around for generations, but is just coming back into focus to help people accomplish those larger goals that need to be tasked out.
Here’s an example of how mindmapping could help you.
You’ve joined a team that is working on a sales presentation for a new product that is going to be released soon. So you and your team are meeting and deciding on how to divvy up the tasks. Who is responsible for each section like Advertising; Marketing; Product Development; etc.
To use mindmapping each of these categories would be a center hub of activity. The tasks that are associated with each center are the tasks that go with these.
So the center hub of Advertising would then have arms or tasks of publications, or other forms of advertising. Each task would then be divided down into sub tasks that are the actual productivity required in each sub task to accomplish the task.
Example: Advertising-
Publications -
Newspaper – Wilmington Star News – Advertising contact name & number.
Magazine – Wilmington Magazine – Advertising…
Radio -
Different Radio Stations and contact information
Television -
Different Television stations and contact information
Each category will have subcategories and tasks to be accomplished.
So let’s say this is a product that you are creating from scratch. Your mindmapping could be a method for you to identify the different methods or steps that you use to create your product.
You then have a reproducible methodology that you can also sell, not just the product you have created.
The bottom line here is that by fine tuning your process, you are not wasting time. Your productivity increases exponentially and you achieve more in less time by knowing what it is you want to achieve and having a formula to achieve it.
To learn more about mindmapping I’d like to recommend a great teacher. His name is Bob Jenkins and he is really a teacher. His website http://www.askbobtheteacher.com has a great link to http://www.discoverfreemind.com.
So go to Bob’s websites, download the Free Mind mindmapping software. Uh, yes it is FREE. Try it out to start getting your goals accomplished faster every single day of every single month of every single year!
That’s it for today. Have a great week ahead!
Denise
Paulette Ensign is the founder, Chief Visionary, and Booklet Queen at Tips Products International. Paulette’s sense of humor and can-do attitude are the backdrop for teaching you to transform your knowledge into tips booklets and other information products for marketing, motivating, and making money. Paulette has personally sold well over a million copies (so far!) of her one tips booklet, “110 Ideas for Organizing Your Business Life,” in four languages and various formats without ever spending a penny on advertising. You will leave this session with ideas to breathe new life into your business, just one of which could significantly increase your bottom line.
