Mind Media Review

If you’re like most of us, you wrote down, or at least formed in your mind, a hot list of resolutions for 2003. And if you’re like many people, you’ve forgotten them about this time of year—about three and a half weeks into January. The Mind Media Life Enhancement Network is dedicated to making your new year’s resolutions – and any other goals you set during the rest of the year –a reality.

I know that until a few years ago, I found myself making the same short list of resolutions year after year. Of course sometimes I used to purposely come up with some new ones every few years just so I didn’t have to look at the old ones and realize that I had forgotten them three weeks into the new year. But in the course of starting the Mindware catalog, and in working on developing the Mind Media center on the web, I have obtained the tools to help me break lifelong patterns of procrastination, and begin to methodically realize my goals. I also have tools to help me understand myself and others, and have become not only more productive but more creative in everything that I do.

Nobody can make you more creative, more intelligent, or more organized. You still have to supply that key ingredient: motivation. But if you hadn’t already taken the first step in the process of realizing your goals, you wouldn’t be reading this. You are one of those people who have had a lifelong interest in understanding yourself and others, and as Mind Media is now ready to make the leap to the next level in providing the resources you need to achieve what you have wanted, I invite you along.

Mind Media was born as the Mindware Catalog in 1988, and is beginning its fifteenth year bringing you interactive software and solutions to help make you happier, healthier, and more successful in your personal and professional life. Mind Media launched its Mindware online catalog in 1994 when the web first began to reach the general public. We have grown gradually and now are the premier web portal for self-improvement and personal development. Some of you are familiar with us and will want to read ahead to the third section of this article where I will introduce you to the new features you will find on our site in the months ahead. For those reading this who have only seen our home page, let me show you around.

1) Mindtools This site has been considerably upgraded since it was last mentioned in the Mind Media Review  From a general “mind tools” site, it is now more focused on mind tools aimed specifically at people looking to become more successful in their careers including finding a new job, finding a new career, and improving skills to advance more quickly in your present career. There is some unique online content here in a number of useful mind tool categories including:

• How to Use Time Effectively -- Time Management Skills
• Techniques for Controlling Stress
• Information and Study Skills
• Tools to Improve Your Memory
• Creativity Tools
• Tools for Mastering Complexity
• Techniques for Effective Decision Making
• Project Planning & Management Skills
• Job Hunting Skills - How to Find Your Ideal Job

The site also features links to other sites, a newsletter, and much more. This site is updated frequently and worth revisiting often.

2) Innovation Tools Innovation has become critical to success for businesses (companies such as Microsoft and Apple use the word in their marketing campaigns) and for individuals. The ability to think outside of the box isn’t easy, but it can be facilitated by online and software tools. In the Mindware catalog, products such as Idea Generator, Mindlink (now Thoughtpath), and our own Roger von Oech’s Creative Whack Pack software are among our most popular products. This site has the latest news on creativity techniques of all kinds including books, seminars, and software. It also provides some useful online techniques. Innovation Tools is a web site which I highly recommend for those of you who could use some new technologies for inspiration

3) http://www.innerself.com Innerself is an online magazine for personal development. A bit on the New Age side for some, there is nonetheless something here for anyone who digs a bit. The subjects listed on its home page include Personal Development, Relationships, Finance and Culture, and much more. Take a look at each of these main categories because beneath each of them are subcategories which expand the scope of this site dramatically.

Each of the subsections has a number of article which are constantly updated, providing a rich resource of information on topics that would be interest to Mind Media subscribers. Recommended browsing!

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5) Advisor Team I know from your emails and letters that you love when we give you free links to online tests and quizzes of all sorts. Two of the most popular programs we sold in our full-color glossy Mindware catalog were Typewatching and Please Understand Me. Well, go to the Advisorteam’s Temperament Sorter II – which is an updated version of the Keirsy Temperament Sorter (the heart of the Please Understand Me software).

These programs are all based on the simple yet elegant personality system developed by the late Swiss psychologist Carl Gustuv Jung, the man who coined the term “self-development.” Self-development should be on everyone’s list of new year’s resolutions for next year. I know it will be on mine!