Here is a great example of how a mind map template can help you on a daily basis.
Submitted to Biggerplate this week by SignosArg, it is a daily planning mind map that will help you keep on top of your to-do list. To view the map within the library, simply click the image or click here>
Mind maps like this are a great examples of how gathering information (in the form of tasks, ideas, actions etc) in a more visible and visual format can help you see quickly and easily where you need to focus your attention.
Simplicity in ordering information is often under-rated, and just the process of mapping out the information can be hugely beneficial in itself, even if you never look at the map again!
To really get the full benefit out of a map like this, you should however try to build it into your daily habits and routines, so it becomes a living/dynamic control centre for your world. Try opening it up a the start of the day, and also reviewing it before you leave the office at night, entering in the things you can see need to be done tomorrow. If you can establish this routine, you will also start to figure out whether the mind map needs to be adapted or changed in order to better reflect reality. For example, you might like to have saturday and sunday on there too, or you might like a separate subtopic for "Family".
As with all good mind map templates, this one provides an excellent starting point for you to make something that is personal and useful to you. Take a look, download it, and spend 10 minutes working through your own "to-do" list. You'll very quickly find you've got a clearer picture of everything, and a firm grasp of where to start first!
View the "To Do Mind Map" here>
I left info in a survey on your site - but a quickie for YOUR follow-up. The blinking will drive many of your ADDers NUTS - and this is a population you need to court, not chase away. The "corner of the eye" blinking/movement pulls focus from what we're reading every time we RE-focused. Headache producing.
ReplyDeleteALSO, busy Mac users need to see a Mac notice (yes or no) in a prominent position on EVERY likely landing page. I gave you 30 minutes of my LIFE listening to one of the presentations. Only at the END was Mac even mentioned in the "for Windows" spiel, and then I couldn't locate a way to get the MAC info before I got too irritated to remain.
My response? Fairly or unfairly - how likely is this to be a me-friendly time-management software if they don't respect the value of my TIME?
As a co-founder of the ADD Coaching field, I'd love to recommend you to the ADD conference where I'm presenting in March, but I can't/won't as long as the above issues remain. *I* don't want to deal with their frustrations!!
Madelyn Griffith-Haynie, CMC, MCC. SCAC
Hi Madelyn,
DeleteWhere and what blinking are you referring to? Can you give us a link so we can see what you mean?
In terms of helping the busy mac users, which landing pages do you mean? Again, a link would help us understand which pages you mean. We don't really talk in terms of windows or mac anywhere on our website, so this a bit of a mystery!
As for taking 30 minutes of your life for a presentation, we're unclear what presentation you've been to or watched. We don't think we've done any. If we did, were we any good?
Our response? Largely confused, but also concerned and determined to HELP...