Tag Archives: Lateral Thinking

Xmind – Mind Mapping Software for Planning Expeditions

By Andy | Published: August 5, 2010

I recently used a program called Xmind for planning the Mongolia expedition. I have always been interested in mind-mapping. It is like brainstorming but somewhat more focused on the ‘associative’ way that the brain structures information.

Posted in Constructive Ranting, Expedition Journal | Also tagged expedition, Ideas, mind-mapping, planning, productivity, xmind | 3 Comments

New Year’s Resolutions

By Andy | Published: January 23, 2009

1. Eat fresh local fruit and vegetables when possible. 2. Get up early (6.30 is a good start) 3. Use lateral thinking 4. Involve people 5. Be sure to record the details. 6. Be polite, respectful and listen in the face of (one or all of, what I may consider to be) hysteria, stupidity, staring, begging, crowding, bad English etc. [...]

Posted in Expedition Journal | Also tagged Bad English, Begging, Buying Local, Crowding, Fruit, Get the Details, Get Up Early, Hysteria, Insensitive, Involve People, Listening, Politeness, Positivity, Respect, Staring, Stupidity, Vegetables, Warm Feeling, Wild Camping | Leave a comment

Headspin

By Andy | Published: January 17, 2009

Macho, ego says: ‘what if you regret not continuing East?’ My heart says: ‘Go back to Georgia and then see what happens’ My realistic head says how? – 3 onward travel options: 1. Nepal, Tibet, China 2. Pakistan, Central Asia 3. Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, Georgia 1. = Expensive, painful… 2. = Waiting until May to cross KHH and a whole bunch of [...]

Posted in Expedition Journal | Also tagged Central Asia, China, Continuing East, Different Route, Ego, Expensive, Filming, Georgia, Going Back, Hysteria, India, Intrigue, Iran, KKH, Macho, Nepal, Onward Travel, Painful, Pakistan, Paranoia, Photography, Reversal, Sensible, Tibet, Turkey, Visas, Waiting | Leave a comment

Today

By Andy | Published: January 15, 2009

I intended to get up again at 5 this morning like I did yesterday. However, unfortunately today there was no mosquito to bite me and make me feel a bit strange and thus like getting up. Only my alarm clock which I was able to ignore twice. Eventually at 8 I naturally woke up. I [...]

Posted in Expedition Journal | Also tagged Alarm Clock, Bombay, Central Asia, Coffee, Cold Water, Couchsurfing, Funds, Future Route Plans, Georgia, Getting Up, Ideas, Internet Cafe, Joy, Mosquitoes, Nepal, Post Office, Reassurance, Rickshaw, Ride Earth, Right Decisions, Shampoo, Shower, Soap, Tent, Tibet | Leave a comment

Swimming with dolphins

By Andy | Published: December 7, 2008

I’ve had a strange last week. The urge to use some of my newly rediscovered lateral thinking skills has been bubbling to the surface. I found Edward De Bono’s book Lateral Thinking in a book shop in Quetta and through reading it, I’ve found inspiration to find new challenging adventures and varied experiences.

Posted in Expedition Journal, India | Also tagged Acupuncture, Adventure, Almond, Aroused, Bhaji, Bizarre, Cake, Challenge, Cricket, Cycling, Daughtered, Dhaal, Diet, Dogs, Eating With My Fingers, Edward De Bono, English, Experience, Fingers, Good Decision, Grandfather, Gujarat, Healthy, Hinduism, Hospital, Husband, India, Indian Culture, Inspiration, Jainism, Language, Limit, Main Road, Massage, Meat, Milk, Milling about, Mothered, Noise, Passion, Physical, Process, Procrastination, Quetta, Reading, Relaxing, Religion, Rice, Rolling Pin, Rural, Saddhus, Satisfying, Side Road, Smiling, Solutions, Soup, Spice, Spoon, Strange, Tasty, Temples, Thali, Thighs, Touring, Variety, Vegetarian, Villages, Wedding, Wild Camping, Zone | 2 Comments

“If you want to learn to swim jump into the water. On dry land no frame of mind is ever going to help you” -Bruce Lee
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