Lately I’ve been taking notes on the back of my tear-off calendar sheets. It’s a way for me to recycle those little bits of paper before tossing them into the shredder. They are handy for jotting down an idea that I need to follow up on later.
As I’m working, I tend to think of something else that I need to do. If I don’t do it right then, it’s easy to forget. But by doing that task right then I lose the momentum on the current task.
Enter the notes. I jot down the idea I had or the to-do item …read more

(myorganizedbiz.com) – I mentioned before that mind mapping is a great tool for generating ideas. Once you get in the groove with a mind map, you can come up with some terrific ideas. And you may even surprise yourself with some new things you’d never thought of before.
Celine, over at Pimp Your Work, talks about MindMeister as a good tool to try. It’s online, you can share with others, and you can see changes in real time. And it offers a free trial.
I bought NovaMind a couple of years ago and have been using it. Er, I was when I …read more