| At about the same time I started to think about | | | | |
| building my own website, I considered my personal | | | | In order to distinguish these action ideas from the |
| strengths and resources. It occurred to me that it | | | | resources I already listed, I underline the action items. |
| might be a good idea to make a list of all the things I | | | | I am sharing some of these with you:Family & |
| have in my life, as well as the things I have learned | | | | FriendsMy wifeHelp your wife pursue her dreamMy |
| and skills I can use. This could help me come up with | | | | childrenWrite children's booksMy mother, sisters & |
| new directions for my personal development. After | | | | brotherMy friendsPlaces I knowIsraelKnowing what |
| I've started writing these things down, I decided to | | | | it's all aboutEuropeSouth |
| call it "Power Maps" as they outline my sources of | | | | AmericaArgentinaChilePeruBoliviaBrazilSouth East |
| power, and could also show me ways to turn my | | | | AsiaIndiaNepalThailandMy Studies & WorkHuman |
| strengths into more powerful actions. In this brief | | | | ResourcesManagement skills trainingTools for |
| article I will try to demonstrate how I do this, hoping | | | | planningSmall Business HandbookThinking, Innovation |
| you can do the same. I use my own Power Map as | | | | & CreativityImproved Memory TechniquesBuilding a |
| an example, so you also get a chance to know me | | | | Personal Thinking CenterPhilosophyComputersWeb |
| better...I began by writing down the major categories | | | | programmingDatabase planningOnline & computer |
| of things I do and am related to. Here is what I | | | | gamesPrinciples of developmentReview best games |
| came up with:Family & FriendsPlaces I knowMy | | | | on the webMyself as an |
| Studies & WorkLanguagesMy Hobbies & Pastimes | | | | employeeLanguagesHebrewEnglishTranslation |
| Try to make your own list now. It doesn't have to | | | | tipsSpanishLearning tipsMy Hobbies and |
| be similar to the one I made or even have the same | | | | PastimesCapoeiraDivingBoard gamesPlaying |
| logic or structure. Just try to think of the major | | | | tipsDesigning & Inventing |
| things that make up the person that you are. | | | | Now I had something I could work with. There were |
| | | | other things on the list - this is just to show you the |
| Next, I added more details to each major category - | | | | general idea. I am sure that if you try to complete |
| ending up with many of the things I consider to be | | | | your own Power Map now - you'd have many action |
| my sources of power and knowledge. This is what it | | | | ideas. |
| looked like by now: | | | | Bringing it all together |
| Family & FriendsMy wifeMy childrenMy mother, | | | | |
| sisters & brotherMy friendsPlaces I | | | | With such a detailed Power Map, you can start |
| knowIsraelEuropeSouth | | | | looking for practical ways to harness all that power |
| AmericaArgentinaChilePeruBoliviaBrazilSouth East | | | | to interesting development possibilities. The strongest |
| AsiaIndiaNepalThailandMy Studies & WorkHuman | | | | ideas would be those that combine as many |
| ResourcesManagement skills trainingThinking, | | | | strengths and action items as possible. Consider this |
| Innovation & CreativityPhilosophyComputersWeb | | | | website I have built, for instance - it combines my |
| programmingDatabase planningOnline & computer | | | | power at: English, Internet, Creativity, Management |
| gamesMyself as an | | | | training, and more. |
| employeeLanguagesHebrewEnglishSpanishMy Hobbies | | | | |
| and PastimesCapoeiraDivingBoard games | | | | I truly hope this can help you become stronger, |
| Seeing all that I have in my favor, I already started | | | | more creative, and ultimately happier. If you liked this |
| to feel stronger! | | | | article and the Power Map tool, you should sign up |
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| minutes to list many of your own sources of power. | | | | things - a new set of ideas each month; |
| | | | easy-to-learn creative tools; updates on new ideas |
| Turning power into actionNow it was time to start | | | | and tools available on this website; and other crazy |
| thinking how I could turn all those resources into | | | | things I will come up with in time... - it's at Elion is a |
| something I could make or contribute. In other words | | | | management and innovation consultant and facilitator. |
| - come up with new and useful things I could do with | | | | He was a part of a group that developed a unique |
| all I have. What I came up with was consisted of | | | | method for training diverse skills through the use of |
| things I did before and could do better or on a larger | | | | board games. He has a degree in Philosophy and |
| scale; things I haven't done before but believed I | | | | General studies and an MA in organizational behavior. |
| could do; and some other ideas that just came up. | | | | |