What’s in My Bag?
Golf Digest magazine has a regular article called ‘What’s in my bag?’. The article highlights a pro golfer and shows the clubs in his or her bag. Each one has a similar mix of clubs to handle the various golf shots that you need to be able to make in a round of golf. Clubs for long shots, clubs for short shots, special clubs for special situations like hitting out of sand traps or putting on the green. But what makes the article interesting is the differences from one to another. The differences reflect the strengths and weaknesses of each player and their approach to getting the best result for them. A player with a good short game may carry more wedges for short shots than the average player. A player that hits the ball high may play clubs with a different profile than a player that hits the ball low. But it’s all about personalizing your toolset to what works for you.
The same can be said about the tools that you use to read and write the various information encountered in a given day. It varies from short text messages to long books, from email responses to papers and reports. It can include special situations like reading hard copy books and articles. It also goes beyond just reading and writing to include taking notes, doing outlines or drawing concept maps. Each of us needs to put together our ‘bag’ with the set of tools to deal with the various information we need to deal with in a way that works best for us given our individual strengths, weaknesses and preferences.
So we at Dyscuss will be kicking off a ‘what’s in my bag’ series to highlight the tool sets that people have put together to assist them in meeting their needs to process information every day. Watch for our first one in an upcoming post.
