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Creating Your Powerful Why: Mapping

Scholar| Warrior| SW-WHY
October 30, 2023•1 min read

ASSIGNMENT:

Using your notebook, write in the topic right corner: "YOUR NAME - My Why"

Here's where you should not edit, but write.  Don't think but get all your possible ideas out of your gut and heart (past that darn 'logical' head) and onto the page.  Your logical brain will say 'that's not possible' nor 'reasonable' nor 'smart'.  Forget the logical brain. 

Work with your HEART, your dreams, your 'Bigger than you can have right now' Ideas.  You might let these thoughts percolate for a few days.  Redo your vision. Add pages.  Connect thoughts with a highlighter.  YOU make up YOUR own Rules for this answer because you are creating your own Life by Design. 

Dream BIG. Dream BIGGER. Create FASTER than you think!

INSPIRATION:

Use your grid notebook for Mindmapping.  We will cover more of this later but essentially drawing, doodling and more for ideas, thoughts, crazy ideas, crazy thoughts.  

RESOURCES:

Stuck?  Check out these articles.

 "10 Dreams That Changed Human History"

"12 Incredibly Successful People Who Overcame Adversity"

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Michael Mandaville

Michael is a writer, filmmaker and dedicated World War II historian who studies martial arts, action films and is learning more about VFX every single darn day. Oh and a Scholar Warrior

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