| When you think about brain storming you probably | | | | how this idea could be used to create value for you |
| associate it with something you've done with a group | | | | and record these additional ideas around the main |
| of people at work. At the time you may even have | | | | idea on the page. You may even start making |
| thought it was kind of stupid and a waste of time as | | | | sub-ideas from each of these ideas, and connect |
| people called out ideas that seemed kind of | | | | them with an arrow to show how these ideas relate |
| outlandish to you. This personal time management | | | | to each other. You want to do this quickly just letting |
| idea will help you to utilize brain storming to increase | | | | the ideas flow writing down everything that comes |
| your performance and creativity. | | | | to mind. To this point you've been entirely focused |
| As you go about your daily life your brain is working. | | | | on capturing ideas, first in your little notebook and |
| Sometimes your brain is working on pretty mundane | | | | now expanding on the ideas on this page that is for |
| stuff, but at other times your brain is serving up | | | | one topic and one topic only. The time value from |
| ideas that hold potential value for you if you | | | | this activity comes from being able to quickly |
| remember them, and figure out how to implement | | | | organize these ideas into actions. |
| them. The problem is that most of the time you | | | | Once you have all your ideas and thoughts laid out |
| allow those potentially great ideas to come and go | | | | and you understand how they all relate to each other |
| without capturing them or thinking about how you | | | | you're ready to organize for action. Sometimes you'll |
| might use them. When you do that often enough | | | | be organizing for immediate action and other times |
| your brain begins to give you less of those great | | | | you'll be organization for action at a later date. It |
| ideas because you don't use them. | | | | doesn't matter. The time you spend now is a good |
| There is an easy way to capture these ideas and | | | | investment because when you're ready to take |
| increase the value of your personal time | | | | action you'll have everything you need to think about |
| management. Keep a small notebook with you where | | | | all on this one page. From this page of information |
| you can jot these ideas down as they come up. | | | | you're now able to begin to organize those thoughts |
| Don't associate any value on the idea just write it | | | | into those that you want to take action on, and |
| down. Once a week review your list of ideas and | | | | those you want to discard. For the ones you want |
| decide which ones you should spend a little more | | | | to take action on you can determine action order |
| time thinking about. These are the one's you'll actually | | | | and action steps. Finally you can decide on start and |
| do some brain storming about. | | | | end dates. At that point you've taken what could |
| Start with a blank piece of paper or Word document | | | | have been an overlooked opportunity that came |
| and write the idea you want to think about further in | | | | from an idea that popped into your head, and turned |
| the center of the page. You may even want to circle | | | | it into an actionable idea that makes that idea a |
| the idea. Now from this idea begin to think about | | | | reality. |