{"id":3088,"date":"2009-07-17T13:45:06","date_gmt":"2009-07-17T18:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bhgrealestateblog.com\/?p=3088"},"modified":"2024-12-30T14:45:55","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T19:45:55","slug":"organizing-thoughts-and-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/organizing-thoughts-and-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"Organizing Thoughts and Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Each day\u00a0I&#8217;m bombarded with ideas, thoughts and perspectives. So many that I\u00a0realized if I didn&#8217;t find a way to organize them, I&#8217;d forget them. By the time\u00a0I\u00a0scan the latest blogs and e-newsletters, talk with people, watch some TV, get through a chapter of the latest book on my list, skim Twitter\/Facebook, and read a magazine\u00a0I&#8217;ve gotten at least one or two thoughts or ideas worth remembering from the day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">I do two things to organize this constant collection of information:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">1) I have an idea notebook. In it I quickly write anything worth remembering. It might be something someone says\u00a0or a small nugget I read or heard somewhere. It&#8217;s usually not a complete thought, just a few words.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">2) I have idea files. I started doing this a couple years ago after reading <a href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/www.davidco.com\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Allen&#8217;s<\/a> book <a href=\"http:\/\/https:\/\/secure.davidco.com\/store\/catalog\/Getting-Things-Done-Hardcover-at-a-New-Lower-Price-Save-30-p-16182.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Getting Things Done<\/a>. I keep my hand written notes, printed articles, handouts, etc. in file folders labeled by topic. I have two systems on the go, one for work and one for personal. At the office I have an entire drawer dedicated to my idea folders. You&#8217;d see folders in there labeled everything from talent attraction to leadership to social media to the future of MLS. At home I&#8217;ve got files for travel, recipes, fashion, dogs, reading, and other things that interest me. These files often provide inspiration when working on various projects.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Here are\u00a0some recent thoughts\/ideas from the back of my idea notebook:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li>Idea generation (cool term).<\/li>\n<li>Generation web (alternative term for Gen Y and Gen X).<\/li>\n<li>The role of today&#8217;s agent is to be an advisor, consultant and negotiator. (Quote from Sherry Chris in a meeting).<\/li>\n<li>Set up photo galleries on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\">Flickr<\/a> for the markets you serve and add this link to your property promotions.<\/li>\n<li>Your core company values should be on your talent attraction websites.<\/li>\n<li>Achieving general life balance.<\/li>\n<li>Seth Godin: mediocrity- you have to stand out in order to attract people.<\/li>\n<li>Team work makes the dream work. (Lisa Nichols)<\/li>\n<li>There&#8217;s freedom in not knowing the rules. Knowing the rules will only restrain you. Don&#8217;t read the rule book. (I love this!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">I pride myself on having a good memory, but I know it has a limit!\u00a0\u00a0So this is my system. I know this doesn&#8217;t seem very &#8220;Gen Web&#8221; of me and that technology certainly offers many other alternatives to organizing thoughts and ideas. But\u00a0this works for me and I share this with you because I&#8217;m curious on how other people are retaining the hundreds of thoughts and ideas that they find intriguing each week to reflect upon or act upon at a later time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each day I&#8217;m bombarded with ideas, thoughts and perspectives. So many that I realized if I didn&#8217;t find a way to organize them, I&#8217;d forget them. 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