These days very few of us leave our projects at the office. Taking work home or working remotely, while giving you the convenience of writing a proposal in your pajamas, is not without its challenges.

When we work remotely our attention can become very fleeting: the call of domestic chores, the cat swiping at the cursor… We only need to gaze out at the yard and our mind wanders from completing the monthly sales report to weekend yard work.

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TheBrain development team has been hard at work developing key user requests and designing new features for expansive knowledgebase creation and easy idea capture.

This new release is all about tailoring your PersonalBrain to your unique work patterns. From floating your Brain transparently on your desktop to synchronizing it to the WebBrain cloud, your PersonalBrain becomes an extension of your own mind for faster thinking and intelligent access to your information.

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“For creativity you need your mind to wander, but you also need to be able to notice that you’re mind wandering and catch the idea when you have it.”   

                        Dr. Jonathan Schooler,
                        Discovering the Virtues of a Wandering Mind,
                        New York Times, June 28, 2010.
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PersonalBrain Mindmapper May Be the Closest Thing to an Extra Brain

“PersonalBrain is quite possibly the most intuitive mind mapping utility on the planet. Beyond that, its user interface looks like something that came straight out of Star Trek, making it the nerdily coolest-looking mind mapping tool I’ve seen.” Read Full Review

Whether you are juggling multiple projects, managing your department or starting a new business you need to understand key projects and market factors instantly.

PersonalBrain helps you concretize business relationships and see otherwise invisible factors that will affect your company’s success.

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We’re all connected to a vast sea of information, so very, very, connected to: twitter, email, news and social networking web sites, blogs, online trading systems, discussion boards, corporate portals…

With all this information at our fingertips it begs the question:
are we getting smarter with all this data or just bogged down?

Here are a few strategies to master information overload so you can actually use what you have.

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There is no limit to the number of Thoughts and connections you can make in a single Brain.

This unique ability of PersonalBrain makes it ideal for visualizing and organizing large information networks as well as moving beyond standard mind mapping applications

Many users take advantage of PersonalBrain’s scalability and create an all compassing Brain for everything. While others opt for smaller, separate Brains. In this article I will explore each approach to creating a Brain and provide some guidelines for what might be best for you. 

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   The Power of Multidimensional    Information Organization for    Visual Thinkers

There are a wide range of information management tools that can help you get organized. Even just creating a folder of all key documents and web links is helpful for any project manager. However, the problem with your computer’s folder structures is that they are very linear and incapable of representing your multidimensional thought process.

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“The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.”

- Allan K. Chalmers

During yesterday’s webinar we covered hobbies, legends and fuel for your imagination in your Brain.

We talked about how your PersonalBrain is an unlimited conceptual space where you not only find the right information quickly but are inspired by your best thinking captured and visualized.

Watch the recorded webinar now.

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“A goal without a plan is just a wish.”

-Larry Elder

Whether you have resolved to lose weight or to take your production global in 2010, mind mapping your steps and progress to achieving any goal will help you go from thinking to achieving.

So instead of keeping your dreams and goals in your mind get them into your digital brain. This will let you become architect of your dreams, designing and fine-tuning, visualizing the grand scheme and refining the details for action.

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