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You know you’re losing the plot when you’re reading your own books and learning from them. But that’s where I found myself this morning. When I made my decision to ‘work smarter, not harder<\/a>‘ this year, my next thought was… all well and good, but how?<\/p>\n

And then I remembered Kate Sykes<\/a>. Kate is the co-author of Career Mums<\/a>, my little blue guide for working mums. We had a great time writing our book, and some very interesting conversations. I particularly remember the discussion we had about ‘mind mapping’. “It’s really great, Al, you should give it a go,” she urged.<\/p>\n

Right.<\/p>\n

The premise is that you get out the butcher’s paper, several different coloured textas and some quiet time. You sit down, put a big circle with ‘ME’ in the centre, and then use the questions that Kate provides to really hone in on your thoughts and aspirations.<\/p>\n

This is very not me.<\/p>\n

Kate was adamant that it go into the book, however, because she’s seen it work. Hundreds of times. So in it went.<\/p>\n

Call me a late-adopter, but I’ve finally seen the light. With my new goal in mind, and various sub-goals in the ‘might like to achieve this year’ category, I decided to pull out my textas and actually give it a go.<\/p>\n

Kate has provided us with a whole range of questions to answer:<\/p>\n

\u2022How would you describe yourself (tired)
\n\u2022What are you good at (procrastinating with textas)
\n\u2022What skills have you accumulated to date (Tweeting)<\/p>\n

And so on and so forth. While my answers here are flippant, I’ve done my best to be serious on my actual map. I guess what it’s given me is an overview of where I’m at and where I’d like to be.<\/p>\n

I’ve included a little section on projects I’d like to complete (stay tuned), people I admire and why, where I want to be in January 2014.<\/p>\n

(Note I use the word ‘want’ there, not ‘like’ – part of my new ethos to be more upfront about what I can<\/i> do.)<\/p>\n

It also contains some of my best doodling work. Possibly ever.<\/p>\n

It’s not a roadmap by any means. But it’s a starting point.<\/p>\n

Because writing things down makes them real. Everybody knows that.<\/p>\n

Have you ever tried mind mapping or any other tools to help you work out what you’re doing? Did it work?<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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