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Monthly Archives: May 2007
The Annotated Scanner’s Toolbox
Version 1.0, 5-12-07
In addition to the inspiring stories, perspective-altering advice, Life Design Models, and career possibilities Barbara Sher serves her readers, Refuse to Choose also contains about forty tools that Scanners can put to work when they need a little organization or motivation. These tools are listed in an index in the back. Unfortunately, in spite of the creative names she has given them, I had a hard time remembering when I should use each tool. Hence, I have added descriptions of the circumstances in which each tool would be helpful, based on Barbara’s discussions.
If |
Then You Need The |
See Page(s) |
---|---|---|
You don’t finish what you start because you don’t have a clear sense of direction |
15-Month Goal Calendar (use it with the Rotating Priorities Board) |
152 |
You have many interests that you’d like to explore deeply, but you don’t have time |
20 or 30 Three-Ring Binders |
84, 157–158, 174, 253 |
You have ideas you want to put into action, but you’re anxious about it and/or you have trouble keeping in mind what you need to do |
Appointment Planner (use it with the Success Team) |
95 |
|
Avocation Station (use it with the Setup) |
153–156 |
You think about your ideas but don’t get around to doing anything about them |
Backward Planning Flowchart (use it with the Real Deadline) |
91–95, 97, 98 |
You are interested in practically everything and you want to study each of those things deeply, but that’s impossible, so you don’t do any of it |
Big List |
77–79 |
You feel you can’t pursue your interests because it would be irresponsible |
“Busting Open Either/Or Thinking” Game |
127–128 |
|
Career Tryout |
56–57, 207 |
Ideas enter and leave your mind too quickly without being written down, so you forget them, can’t show them to anybody, can’t do anything with them, and start to forget who you are |
Catalog of Ideas with Potential |
244–245 |
You have an idea for a project |
Da Vinci Write-Up (use it with the Scanner Daybook or the 20 or 30 Three-Ring Binders) |
11–17, 110, 243–244 |
You live two lives, and you want to keep your gear for your other life in one place while you’re waiting to get to it |
Destination Steamer Trunks |
139–140 |
You’re doing a project you intend to finish, and you need a little pressure to keep you going |
Down-to-the-Wire Tear-Off Calendar |
251 |
You want to find out what your interests have in common so you can find a job that matches that theme |
“Everything I Don’t Want” List |
216–217 |
You can’t fit all your interests into one job (and maybe you don’t want to be pressured to do those things anyway), yet you still need to pay the bills |
Good Enough Job |
60, 136–137, 143, 159, 233–235, 264 |
You can’t keep track of your ideas or follow up on your interests |
Interest Index Binder |
83–84 |
|
Kitchen Timer (use it with the Avocation Station) |
155 |
You want to find a career that can use all your experiences, or you’d like to find a theme to your interests, but you tend to get lazy about writing |
Letters from the Field (use it with the Web E-mail Account) |
189–190, 225 |
You need to adjust your environment, schedule, and/or career to give you the ability to pursue all your interests |
Life Design Model |
128–129 |
You finish a project, either completely or via a Scanner’s Finish, and especially if you aren’t used to appreciating your own wonderful mind or you think you never accomplish anything |
Life’s Work Bookshelf |
112–113, 210, 236–237, 252 |
You’ve started a lot of projects you haven’t finished and your home is cluttered with them, and you’re embarrassed by it |
Living Quarters Map |
17–19 |
You’re afraid of committing to a job long term because you know you’ll get bored with it |
LTTL (Learn, Try, Teach, Leave) System |
58–59, 169–171 |
You have a lot of stress and anxiety because you’re so busy all the time |
Micro Nervous Breakdown |
66–67 |
You keep accumulating a variety of skills and experiences, but it would look bad to put them all on your résumé |
Never-Ending Résumé |
188 |
|
Portable Dream Deck (use it with the Alternating Current Life Design Model or just by itself) |
69, 167 |
You finish a project, either completely or via a Scanner’s Finish, and you want a creative way to display it |
Private Museum |
237 |
You have interests that are too 3-D to put in a binder |
Project Box |
157 |
You need some accountability to keep you moving toward your goal |
Real Deadline |
91, 94, 95, 97, 99, 250–252 |
You can’t decide if your idea is a good or bad one just by thinking about it |
Reality Research |
97–99 |
|
Rewards and Durations |
29–36, 38, 79–81, 103, 117 |
You’re juggling several projects, and your interest level for each one is unpredictable, so you don’t know how to prioritize them from day to day |
Rotating Priorities Board (use it with the 15-Month Goal Calendar) |
152–153 |
|
Scanner Daybook (use it with the Da Vinci Write-Up) |
11–20, 24–25, 33, 36, 57, 68, 77–79, 105, 109, 110, 140, 155, 156, 165, 167, 198, 209, 213, 225, 244–245, 252 |
You have several projects you want to work on, but you can’t organize your time well enough to juggle them |
Scanner Planner (use it with the School Day Life Design Model) |
146–148 |
You have a project that you feel bad about not finishing, but you’re not interested enough to keep working on it |
Scanner’s Finish (use it with the Life’s Work Bookshelf) |
111–112, 210 |
You’re really busy and have only two minutes here and there to work on your projects |
Setup |
69–70, 153 |
|
Show-and-Tell Party |
237–238, 250–251 |
You want to learn and do a lot of different things, and you think informal learning would work better than college classes |
Soiree |
230–231 |
You learn something that calms your Scanner Panic |
Sticky Notes |
47 |
You need accountability and moral support to keep you moving toward your goal |
Success Team |
92, 94–95, 99 |
You keep accumulating a variety of skills and experiences, but it would look bad to put them all on your résumé |
Three Scanner Résumés |
266–267 |
You’re afraid you’ll never get to do everything you want to do |
Wall Calendar Poster |
45–47, 138–139, 140 |
You need a convenient place from which to write your Letters from the Field |
Web E-mail Account (use it with the Letters from the Field) |
189–190, 225 |
You think you haven’t accomplished much in your life |
“What Have I Done So Far?” List |
24–25 |
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