How to Organize your Ideas and Notes Effectively by Creating Simple Drawings

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When I have an idea for my blog post, article or work; I would tend to procrastinate due to several reasons:

I couldn’t find my favorite pen.
I was outside and I left my notebook at home/office/car.
Just being lazy when ideas popped out during bedtime and I would actually forget it in the next morning.

So I’ve come out of solution to these problems as mentioned above with simple methods:

I don’t actually bother what should I use to draw. I’d normally use any pencil, pen, marker and etc – as long I can draw and jot down short notes.
Based on the previous point, I would draw simple diagrams or write short notes on a simple piece of paper, post-it pads, rough paper, back of an envelope, or anything that is writable – personally I would prefer post-it pads.
If I don’t have both as mentioned above, I would use my cell phone in which has one of the “Organizer” features like “Notes” – it is meant for texting short message as your simple note-making.

Yesterday, I was looking information about earning a certified MBA (CMBA). At first, I didn’t know what is CMBA was all about. Then, I browsed through some information on the internet and drew some pictures on my notebook and also on post-it pads.

I would prefer to draw on post-it pads because:

I’m not good at drawing from ‘A-to-Z’. Ideas just popped up all of sudden and it’s not based on correct sequences. I’ll rearrange the sequences after I’ve completed all my drawings on respective post-it pads.
It is disposable and I can redraw on a fresh sheet of post-it pad.

Here are some simple drawings used as my notes on CMBA:

Figure above shows the problems of excessive MBA graduates in the view of the employer or the recruiter firm. Earning of an online MBA is current fad that increased numbers of MBA graduates worldwide.

The next one is drawn on a post-it pad. It shows the advantage of earning a certified MBA to be noticeable during the job recruitment process. This represents the employer’s/recruiter’s view while searching for the right candidate to work for his organization.

You might wondering this – Who’s eligible to take up this certified MBA course? I’ve answered it this way:

Those who are still enrolling at a MBA course and they have just completed their core MBA courses or
Those who are MBA graduates/completed their MBA program.

It is some sort of “transformation” process – to add a ‘c’ on the word ‘MBA’. This makes a lot of difference when it comes to job recruitment.

Here’s the application process of getting yourself a certified MBA that is depicted on my notebook. It involves eight steps from application submission to completing the final exam – source: Certified MBA

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