Finding My Way© Mind Map
Most business coaching clients with whom I work are ready for some kind of change in their lives. They know they are ready because they’re dissatisfied; what’s worked in the past isn’t working any more. They are unwilling to accept the status quo going forward.
As you grow and become more conscious of your life and what you’re capable of creating, excitement builds about the possibilities. It’s at that point some many people become stalled and revert back to their old ways — the ways that no longer work for them. What happens? They don’t know what they want to do, so they don’t do anything. Except the same old thing. The midlife reinvention gets put on hold. Again.
That’s why I developed Finding My Way© Mind Map. It builds on 6 important topic areas to create your new path and make your way to reinvention.
6 Topic Areas in Creating Change
Money
- How much money do you want to make?
- How much responsibility are you willing to accept?
- What’s the minimum amount you would accept and be satisfied with?
Geography
- Where do you want to live?
- Are you already there?
- Where can you envision yourself living?
People Environment
- Who do you want to work with?
- Business to Business?
- Consumers?
- People with advanced degrees?
- Children?
- Who are you passionate about serving?
My Special Skills
- List minimum 10 items.
- What activities do you enjoy?
- What are your hobbies/interests?
- What’s something you’ve always wanted to do?
- Maybe it’s something you did long ago.
- What specifically do you like to do?
Values & Legacy
- What is vitally important to you?
- What else?
- List minimum 5 items.
- How would you like to be remembered?
- What values have you buried?
Work Environment
- Large or small company?
- Do you want to start your own business?
- Corporate or non-profit?
- Are you willing to travel?
- Are you willing to take entrepreneurial risks?
- Do you want to develop a business on the side?
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I really am impressed by this map.
It is good to see the business community finally go “visual”.
I’m using mind mapping in working with my clients. It’s such an unusual way to present words, ideas, tasks, etc. It encourages brainstorming — without hierarchies and interrupts ‘standard’ thinking. It uses left and right brain skills.
While I use the software in this map, I also like, and encourage my clients, to create mind maps the old fashioned way: plain paper and lots of colored pens!
Wonder what you could do with paints?