The analogy of a “map” is a fairly classic one that most people will be familiar with, but the great thing about this analogy, as reflected by the corresponding influence tools, is that it raises a few important points:
- Make sure it’s the right map: if you are in London, a map of Paris won’t help you much. In the same way, the “map” that you use for your own personal development needs to be your own, not somebody else’s, because you need to make sure you can find your own way based on where you are and where you want to go;
- Make sure you know where you want to get to: if you don’t know where you are going, you will not be able to work out how you are going to get there. Not only that, but you will not know if you are in the wrong place and you will not have a way of knowing for sure that you have reached the destination that you wanted to reach;
- Make sure you know where you are now: if you don’t know where you are now, it will be very difficult to work out how to get to where you want to get to, because you won’t know how far you have got to go and what obstacles you need to overcome to get there;
- Make sure it’s a good map: maps can vary in quality, in terms of how clear they are, the level of detail they provide and their accuracy. Taking the time to create a good map will save a lot of time in the long run;
- Make sure you take the optimum route: once you know where you want to get to and where you are in relation to that location, there are many possible journeys that you could take to get there. Taking a look at others who have been successful in taking a similar path could help a lot in ensuring your own success. Likewise, steering clear of pitfalls that others have fallen into will save you time and help avoid failure.
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