Mind Storm Your Way to a New Career

By Ben Rivera

I first heard about Mind Storming from Brian Tracy. It is kind of like brainstorming, but without a small team of people. With Mind Storming, it’s all about you working toward your goals. Most people use this technique to set and attain their personal goals. But you can also apply it to your job search or use it in your current career move ahead in your position, get promoted or get a better job. It’s a simple, yet powerful, tool that can put you in “the zone” and help you gain momentum in your job search. Here’s how it works. First, you must make a clear goal. Brian Tracy says goals should be “clear, specific, time bound and measurable.” Once you have your goal, write it in the form of a question. For example, “I want to get hired in the security field in the next three months.” Would then be, “How can I get hired in the security field in the next three months?” Now you have 20 very important answers to complete. Your job is to write 20 answers to your new goal question. Usually, most goal setters come up with the first 5-10 ideas pretty quick. From that point the final 11-20 gets more and more difficult. But you must finish. Mind Storming gets you thinking, keeps you moving toward your goal and helps you stay positive in your job search.

Another method is to take your new found 20 ideas, or goal answers, and create new lists for each one of them. For instance, an answer to the above goal question, “How can I get hired in the security field in the next 3 months?,” might be; “I will gain a security certification in 4 weeks to add to my resume.” Now take this answer and make it into a question at the top of your new list, “How can I gain a security certification in 4 weeks to add to my resume?” Now you have the opportunity to provide 20 answers to this new goal question. Once again, the first 5-10 may be easy. Then, the last 11-20 will be increasingly difficult. It is important to give all 20 answers which will move you to the next level of thinking, opening your mind to new and creative ideas. Good Luck.

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