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