Through training, consulting, and hands-on work, OrderWITHIN helps people succeed, and thrive by providing simple and effective solutions for organization and productivity work.

The result is people:

  • Are able to focus on the things that truly matter
  • Make more strategic and conscious choices about where they invest their time, energy and resources
  • Have more time and space (literally!)
  • Can feel and be seen as competent as they really are
  • Think more clearly and creatively in a calm and ordered workspace

OrderWITHIN helps organizations and employees make meaningful and lasting changes.

Sep 29, 2009
Weekly tip
Mind Maps

Often times when I find myself procrastinating, or focusing my attention on low value activities, it is because the big picture overwhelms me. I use mind mapping for myself and my clients to help clarify the big picture, and then move to figuring out the details and action steps that need to be taken.

According to Wikipedia, a mind map is a diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks, or other items linked to and arranged around a central key word or idea. Mind maps are used to generate, visualize, structure, and classify ideas, and as an aid in study, organization, problem solving, decision making, and writing.

Here are the basic steps for creating a mind map from Tony Buzan, the godfather of mind mapping. Check out this You Tube Video to see a mind map being created.

  1. Start in the center of a landscape page with your central theme
  2. Use an image, idea, or picture to represent your central theme
  3. Use colors and pictures throughout
  4. Create branches and sub-branches that connect to your central idea
  5. Allow your branches to curve and flow, create some movement with your mind map
  6. Use one keyword per line
  7. Use images throughout

THE QUOTES

"A mind map is the Swiss-army knife for the brain."
~Tony Buzan

"Creativity is the ability to see relationships where none exist."
~Thomas Disch

Barbara Browning
Barbara is a woman with a passion and a mission to help people be more organized and productive so that they can thrive and succeed in work and life.

Prior to establishing OrderWITHIN, she worked in the nonprofit sector as an operations manager. Her responsibilities included, staff training and development, HR, project management, strategic planning, developing budgets and fiscal oversight.

Prior to that, she spent 20 years as a massage therapist. Training people in how to be more productive, and supporting them in developing the practices and habits to stay that way is a perfect blending of Barbara's skills.

"Helping people to be better organized, and focused on the things that truly matter, allows them to get more done with less stress, and a greater sense of well-being."