Mind Mapping- Accomplishing Your Goals-Being Productive

September 21, 2008 at 2:15 pm (home organization, organizing information, organizing space, productivity, time management, Virtual Organizing)
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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

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Gear Up, Get Ready, Fire Up Your Motivation

September 21, 2007 at 11:52 pm (Blogroll, home organization, organizing information, organizing space, time management, Uncategorized)
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Hello all,

I am hoping you are enjoying the weekend! Personally I am going to enjoy the entire weekend with yard work, house work and writing!

One of my goals is to get published, in both fiction and non-fiction. So now you know a long term goal of mine.

My question for you is: What is your long term goal. I want you to write me with your goals so get busy writing down things you want to accomplish. Write down the short term and the long term. Send me your emails to denise@progressiveorganizingsolutions.com

Remember though that even one goal, whether small or large is the first step to achieving the goal. You have to recognize the goal, write it down to make it solid in your mind (something that is achievable ) and then the second step is to write down the steps to achieve that goal.

1. Write down your goals

2. Write down the steps that it will take to achieve your goals. (start with one)

So why is this the topic of my blog to you today?

BECAUSE! No, really because can be a justifiable reason (as a parent its as good as Because I said so)

Here’s the real reason: For all the bigwigs out there that are making tons of money off of “you” for telling you how to do things, how to achieve great wealth, how to get to the next level, THEY ALL SAY the same thing.

What Brian Tracy, and all the others out there tell us to do is to recognize a goal by writing it down. They then tell us to write down how to do the things (steps) that will make that “dream” or goal come true. They all recognize that none of us get anywhere by sitting on our tush, just thinking about what comes next to make us better at our careers. They also all write their goals down and sometimes, just by doing so set into motion the method for achieving what they think they want.

So for the next question. How does this apply to organizing. Come on now, think hard! If you can think of a goal, if you can write it down, if you can think of a progressive method of achieving it, do you not think that you have achieved an organized method for achieving that goal?

Of course, I might be wrong! But being organized is thinking a problem through (whether that problem is getting organized in your home, your office or somewhere else). We face our “messy” desks every day always thinking there has to be a better system out there.

What if I told you that the best system is one where you build into your schedule the time it takes to put away the things you are working on. Do you think that would be impossible?

A few weeks ago I visited a new client and found that the simplest change in the way they approached a problem, solved the problem. If it were that easy wouldn’t you want to do the same?

My challenge to you this week(end) is to recognize a goal (email it to me or email your list to me) and then take the time to write out a couple of steps that would help you to achieve that goal. If you email me I definitely will email you back! Let’s track it and see how it goes!

For now, have a great weekend and I look forward to your emails.

Denise

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