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Too Many Things to do and not Enough Time? Mind Mapping to the Rescue
Time management is a pet topic that has been explained ad
infinitum. Yet, many people go about their lives struggling to
keep time and maintain balance amongst their personal, business
and social needs and responsibilities. This invariably leaves a
great many people stressed, exhausted and overworked, and alas,
nowhere near achieving their goals or objectives.
Although there are innumerable articles on the same, there are
subtle aspects that need looking into. At the heart of any
effective time management is the need for focusing on the core
elements for achieving the desired results. As a norm, we tend
to spend a great deal of our time on peripheral issues that we
end up giving 80% of our time for achieving 20% results, and the
remaining 80% of the results are achieved with just 20% of our
time. This no doubt, brings in its wake, all the stress
syndromes.
So the first step for improving efficiency is segregating the
most important from the unimportant and devoting your time and
attention to the vital issues and effectively delegating or
outsourcing those of less importance or consequence. You can
even maintain an activity logbook to note the time spent on
different activities of the day, including making coffee,
talking over the phone, etc. Examining your log book at the end
of the day will reveal where you are spending time
disproportionate to its value and those areas where you need
more padding of time for achieving your main goals.
Of course the inevitable 'Action Plan' and 'To Do List' are
enduring methods for achieving your goals. By breaking them into
simple tasks, Action Plan focuses only on those basic steps for
attaining your immediate goals. . 'To Do List' is of great help
to map out sundry tasks for the day or week. Your 'Personal Goal
List' will cover your long-term goals in different areas of your
life.
Although you may be familiar with all these methods, what is of
significance is that Mind Mapping can be a great tool to help
manage time at every step in the process. Be it Action Plan, or
To Do List, or Activity
Log book or even Goal setting, Mind Maps
are an excellent tool for not just efficient handling of your
time but in attaining your larger goals as well. As Mind Mapping
allows for a free flow of ideas and associations, you will find
a whole new creative way to tackle different aspects of time
management.
By providing a broad picture of your goals and tasks, Mind Maps
help to keep you motivated and on course. While the other
methods of time management is more of scheduling your time, in
Mind Maps you go beyond the mundane and the immediate, as the
larger goal is always kept in your perspective. This motivates
you to greater efficiency and application. Therein lies its
efficacy and viability.
By connecting all the elements of your short, medium and
long-term goals into a single Mind Map, it provides a
comprehensive picture and you are aware of the different parts
of your activities. It helps you to see the relational aspects
between your different tasks and lends meaning and impetus to
achieving your goal and objectives. It is not just about listing
but a meaningful exercise that lends depth and action. It is an
ideal tool for raising your efficiency as it provides the
flexibility to tackle short, medium and long-term goals. It is a
simple device for an organized way for achieving your ambitions.
You will need to know and apply the technique of Mind Map to
realize its full potential. Unless you learn and apply the
technique in your daily life, you will not be able to comprehend
its potent force. It is the simplest device to scheduling,
monitoring and controlling different aspects of your tasks, to
ultimately lead to goal achievement.
About the author:
Dr. Vj Mariaraj is a Mind Map enthusiast and has been using Mind
Maps for the past twelve years. He has created over 5650 Mind
Maps. To learn more about mind mapping send an email to
freemindmap@aweber.com . He is the founder of
BusinessBookMindMap.com that creates Mind Map Summaries of
Businees Books. To learn more visit
http://BusinessBookMindMap.com/mind-map.php?go=5
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