“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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So often we have the most amazing ideas but sometimes our plans are only half realized. If we don’t capture key ingredients before they are forgotten or overlooked, our projects won’t reach their full potential.
With PersonalBrain you can leverage the power of visual thinking to make your goals a reality. Here are seven essential steps to making your creative vision a reality. Be sure to download the template Brain and watch the recorded webinar at the end of this blog entry.
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.
Clear Your Mind. Get It Out of Your Head and into Your PersonalBrain.
“First of all, if it’s on your mind, your mind isn’t clear. Anything you consider unfinished in any way must be captured in a trusted system outside your mind, or what I call a collection bucket, that you know you’ll come regularly back and sort through.”
David Allen, Getting Things Done
A central premise of David Allen’s Book and cultural movement, Getting Things Done, is that you can experience a tremendous sense of relief and control by moving your tasks and ideas outside of your mind and recording them externally in a place you can trust and where you will review them regularly. This frees your mind from remembering and allows you to focus on completing your tasks. Capturing and improving your thinking of course is what PersonalBrain is all about.
Using PersonalBrain for Project Management
Driving your ideas to completion can be a challenge especially when you are dealing with multiple data sources, complex and sometimes ill-defined requirements in addition to many stake holders. However, creating a complete context for all your project goals and information makes it easy to manage everything and bring projects to a successful completion.
With PersonalBrain’s visual interface you can create an all encompassing view of your project to see even the most complex relationships more intuitively. Your project brain will help you take control of your information and execute more effectively. PersonalBrain and BrainEKP can be used from the initial stages of a project all the way throught to completion. Here’s how:
One of the most powerful features that PersonalBrain offers is Instant Activate. Just type in the first couple letters and up pops the Thoughts you need. Then simply click on that Thought and you’re exactly where you need to be in seconds. The power of this feature should not be underestimated. It gives you the ability to get to any Thought and its related content in seconds. This is especially critical for users juggling multiple projects or tasks. Anyone who needs to shift contexts, respond and bring up information quickly will love this feature.
Instant Activate
Just type in the first couple letters of what you need and a list of your Thoughts appear.
Click on the Thought and get your information instantly.
