The
Bullet Journal Method – Ryder Carroll – (Portfolio)
Leaders of all stripes and leadership coaches in an
array of business sectors, have almost universally endorsed the practice of
journaling as a way to grow leadership skills ranging from strategic planning,
communications skills, self-awareness, core values, and goal development and
measurement.
Like planners, there are a multitude of journals and
journaling systems that include old school pen to paper and electronic programs
and apps. I have been amazed at the number of folks that I respect who have
extolled the virtues and capabilities of a range of cloud based/accessible
applications. Then a few short weeks or months later they return to the old,
reliable pen and paper route; or as I have become fond of, pencil and paper –
there’s nothing quite like the scratch of a Dixon Ticonderoga or Mirado Black
Warrior. Lately I found that for some inexplicable reason – ideas flow to life
with these old school tools.
Much like the multi-faceted apps, there are any number
of journaling systems on the market. One of the most ballyhooed of the bunch is
the Bullet Journal or BUJO. The system’s inventor Ryder Carroll posted the
detail of his system on the web and things took off in a viral fashion.
Now Carroll has put together what I have dubbed the
BUJO Bible in the form of the book, The
Bullet Journal Method. Carroll fills in the details of the story behind the
development of the concept as a way to not only address his struggles with
attention deficit disorder (ADD), but also what he felt were shortcomings with
other systems.
Bullet Journal always struck me as a bit on the
obsessive compulsive disorder side, with its pretty intensive focus on so many
moving parts. It seemed to me that I would spend so much time building out the
pieces of the journal and moving journal entries around that I would miss out
on doing actual work of projects.
Carroll goes a long way towards clearing up that
misconception by demonstrating that BUJO gives you the freedom to take the
parts of the system that work for you, to create your own system. You can get
as complex or as stripped down as you need, which the brilliance of the system.
If what you need is not in here, why not go out a create your own.
