Planning your route to success will get you there quicker, that is a fact. How badly do you want to get there? How eager are you to achieve your goals as soon as possible, no time to loose, then Mapping for Success is something you just have to get involved with.

Simplicity
Your journey from where you are now to where you want to be is a trip that can be planned because inside every journey there is a path to a destination. It is a logical fact that the more time and effort you invest in your planning the quicker you will get there. Mind mapping tools are a great support to your planning process, they give you a bird’s eye view of which way to go or which actions and tasks to get done first.

Memorising Structures
There are various techniques you can use from a scrap of paper or white board to a purpose built fully functional multitasking software package. Before I made the leap to a software package I created hundreds of white board maps that I photographed and stored in a folder on my hard drive.

I then configured the standard “My pictures slide show” or the photo scrolling screen saver feature in all windows packages to display them rotationally as my screen saver that gave me subliminal reminders of the structures of the maps storing them into my subconscious to use for guidance.

How to do it
The paper way, firstly gather your drawing utensils and the largest piece of paper you can find and then find a room where you can have some solitude, a place where you can spend undisturbed time with only your thoughts. Give yourself as much time as you can but around two to three hours should do it although a really thorough mapping session could go on for days.

Focus on structure shapes colours and arrows then link them all together. Here is one I created to encourage you to subscribe to our daily blog for your daily infusion of supportive success theories, tips and techniques.

Step 1: Empty thoughts into the balnk space as quick as you can.

Step 2: Add bold colours shapes and emphasis on imporant areas

Step 3: Link it all together with direction flow and arrows

Recommendation
My father introduced me to the works of Edward De Bono’s creative thinking skills and Tony Buzan many years ago who has for years been developing his mind mapping theories which as an avid follower of I have to recommend as some of the best I have ever used.

Positive Signals
A sign of a good plan is when things happen around you both socially and professionally and you knew they were going to occur. They could be the most spontaneous things too that could have no way been predicted. Sounds a bit farfetched but the stronger your planning method the clearer these visions you will receive because they are results from foreseen fact based research.

“It’s not the destination but the journey.” How many times have you heard that old cliché but remember to have fun. A good way to guarantee that is to plan for some fun stops along the way because without them, you will become a bit of a Grinch which might cause a bit of friction on the home front. We must balance our efforts to make the journey that much more enjoyable.

Mapping for Success is a critical process for successful people that cannot be underestimated or be denied its well earned recognition as one of the best success techniques ever created.