Mind-Storming

Do you want to find solutions to complex issues or goals that need to be dealt with yourself? Then mind-storming might be the answer.

You probably would have heard about brain-storming a million times by now. But may wonder what is “mind-storming” after reading the title.

Well, both follow the same concept. Both are techniques used to solve problems that we encounter in our day to day life. Brain-Storming invented by Alex Osborne, the author of Applied Imagination in 1945.

Brainstorming is done with a group of people with a primary objective of just collecting ideas as a solution to a problem. There are many rules that needs to be followed in a brainstorming sessions. No ideas should be criticized, should not judge or evaluate any ideas, should not encourage or discourage an idea and some of them.

I am a big fan of Brianstorming and have given presentations on this subject. Sometimes I had used brainstorming with no one else, but myself generating ideas. But I know that there is a name to this process :- Mind-storming.

Mind-storming is called as 20 idea method that is a very powerful tool that could help transform anyone’s life. Whether it is a problem to solve or to create an execution plan for a goal that you had set to achieve, mind-storming would help anyone progress quickly. I heard about this powerful tool in one of the books of Brian Tracy Thinking Big: The Keys To Personal Power and Maximum Performance. It immediately attracted my attention as I felt it is a very powerful l tool that would help generate ideas.

1. Take pen and paper and write down the problem or goal at the top of the page. Try to be as specific as possible. The objective is to find a solution to the problem or generate ideas as to how to achieve the goal.

2. Now start to come up with ideas through solo brainstorming. Goal here is to come up with at least 20 ideas / answers / solution. Do not judge or think whether it is a good idea, bad idea, stupid idea or practical. Objective is to generate as many ideas as possible. Weirder the idea is, the better it becomes.

This process should be very free flowing. To me this step felt like the key to the entire process. During this process we should not bring any constraints to any ideas that may appear not feasible.

3. Now go back to the list of ideas you have, pick one of them based on your gut and act on it immediately. You may optionally want to mind-storm again on the one you had picked. Depending on the complexity of the issue you had begin, the process might become recursive.

Mind-storming is a excellent tool that uses creating thinking to break through the complex issue or goal. Happy mind-storming...