![]() ![]() I’ve created 8 major areas for categorizing your goals, ordered from right-left: (1) Physical/Health, (2) Career, (3) Contribution, (4) Finances, (5) Rest/Play/Hobbies, (6) Relationships, (7) Mental/Emotional, (8) Spiritual. To make your goal mind map most effective, I’d recommend setting a few guidelines when settings goals:ġ. OK, this is it, the moment you’ve been waiting for! Fire up your mind mapping software, and load the template you just downloaded. (246KB, XML format – can be imported to other programs) ![]() Online Preview Using MindMap Viewer (flash) Now you’re ready to download the goal mind map template: Mindjet MindManager 6 (Free 5-day Trial/Commercial)ĬonceptDraw MindMap (Free 30-day Trial/Commercial) I used MindManager to create the mind map template, however I can recommend some other (and free) mind map applications. I’d highly recommend this!Įric Blue – Vision Statement: The Power of Goal Visualization Malcolm Cohan has created a fabulous way to make your own video vision statement. I’ve started blogging about this recently. Radical Mutual-Improvement – Write your ideal sceneĬurt Rosengren (Passion Catalyst) – Treasure map Instigator Blog – Achieve Your Goals With 3 Types of Visualization Visualization is key, and there are some fantastic techniques you can use. You’re vision is the long-term plan for what you *really* want in your life. Let’s take it one step further and create your vision. Once you’ve uncovered your true purpose and passion, you should be feeling a lot clearer about the direction you want to take. Personal Development Ideas blog – Discover Your True Self Steve Pavlina – How to discover your life purpose in about 20 minutesĬurt Rosengren (Passion Catalyst) – The Occupational Adventure Guide The point of finding your purpose is to locate the one thing that your absolutely passionate about in life, and then realign all of your activities and goals to that purpose. It’s like the analogy of making progress climbing the ladder, but only finding out that your ladder was up against the wrong wall the whole time. ![]() Many people (my past self included) usually start setting their goals, and don’t spend a lot of time figuring out who they are, and if these are the things they really want. I’m not going to try to reinvent the wheel for this article, so I’m just going to give some pointers to some of the more useful resources I’ve found. ![]() The Internet and Blogosphere is literally filled with thousands of e-books, articles, blogs, and websites with tons of information on how to set goals. And, also allows you to write down your longer-term goals, and even keep a personal journal. This detail includes specific information for how you will achieve your goal (who, what, when, where, and why). Save detailed information – Since the mind map will also be saved on your computer, you can add much greater detail than the printed version. And, all goals have visual markers to show their priority in relationship to each other.Ģ. Goals are organized by a particular area of your life (Physical, Financial, Relationship) and allows you to be reminded to keep a healthy balance. Give a quick overview – All of your goals can be easily printed and viewed on a single 8 1/2 X 11 piece of paper. The mind map template I’ve created serves two purposes:ġ. Step 3 – Download the Mind Map Template and Install Mind Mapping Software The entire process of getting your goals into the mind map takes 4 steps: I’ve leveraged my interest in information visualization, organization, and mind maps to create a unique approach to goal setting, and I want to share this technique with you. Starting a couple months ago I began researching how I could effectively be reminded about my goals on a daily basis, but not be overwhelmed by tons of information or underwhelmed by boring goals written on a piece of paper. While I am happy with the progress I’ve made in the past, I’ve had the feeling that many of my goals seem to lose momentum after a few months. Why is it that the beginning of the year always feels electrical with the excitement of *this year* being the one where you achieve all of your most important goals? Like most people, starting on New Year’s, I spend time thinking about my goals, write many of them down, and start taking action. ![]()
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