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🌳Mind Map Three Layers

Designing Your LifeAdult Learners · Goal Setting · 90-Min SprintMedium

for the one stuck on a single word with no idea what branches off it

Goal

Fan one anchor word through three layers to surface options you'd otherwise miss.

Source principle

From one anchor word, fan out three layers of associations to surface options logic would miss. : from Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett & Dave Evans.

The plan

  1. 🎯
    0:00-0:10
    Pick one anchor word. Just one. Write it center page.
  2. 🌿
    0:10-0:25
    Write 5 first-layer associations around it. No judging.
  3. 🔴
    0:25-0:30
    Pick the most interesting first-layer node. Circle it.
  4. 🌱
    0:30-0:50
    Fan 5 second-layer branches from that node.
  5. 🔵
    0:50-0:55
    Pick the most interesting second-layer node. Circle it.
  6. 🍃
    0:55-1:15
    Fan 5 third-layer branches from that node.
  7. ⭕
    1:15-1:25
    Circle 3 surprising combinations. The ones that made you pause.
  8. 👣
    1:25-1:30
    Prototype one as a tiny next action. Smallest real-world version.

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