ImaginIT

By Megat Ahmad Sani Megat Hashim

You WILL ALWAYS be creative.

Our work, personal and family life; and our lifestyle compete for our precious time. They present challenges and opportunities. We must have a simple tool and technique to solve problems and issues. Imagination is fascinating and extremely useful. Imagination can unlock the keys to hidden treasures. Logic requires structured thinking. Imagination can help you find a dream job. It can help you sell your products or create a market for someone. It can help you realize your dreams.

ImaginIT is an incarnation of imagination. It is simple but effective.

Don't let your next great ideas disappear into thin air! How many a time you see great ideas morphed into a great product or service? "Hey, that was my idea!", you said to yourself ... licking your wound.

The book also provides some pointers on the use of ImaginIT for students, parents, job-seekers, employees, entrepreneurs, reinventing a business and asset management. There are no limits to imagination.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Megat Ahmad Sani Megat Hashim
• Release date: Jan 7, 2018
• ISBN: 9781642559699

Megat Ahmad Sani Megat Hashim

M. A. Sani was born to Megat Hashim and Tengku Zauyah in the year 1953 in the state of Kedah, Malaysia. After completing his secondary education, he went to Brighton Technical College, the UK for an Ordinary National Diploma course. He graduated from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), the UK in 1977. Much of his time in Manchester was spent outside lecture halls. He studied philosophy, economics, sociology, politics and other branches of humanities in the UMIST and John Rylands Library, Victoria University of Manchester. These years taught him to be an activist, writer, and editor of a journal. Beginning with the year 1982, he studied and developed a number of tools for a better, effective framework and methodology to improve one’s productivity. The year 1986 marked the beginning of the real-world-proving of his management concepts. It is his ardent belief that those lessons of life should be disseminated for posterity. The result is TULIS, an acronym for Transformational Universal Linguistics - Intuitive Semantics. It is a framework, methodology, and toolbox for analysis and design of any entity and its system(s). ImaginIT is a primary tool of TULIS. He can be reached at [e-mail] and [e-mail]. Drop him a note for any suggestion or to simply connect with him.

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ImaginIT

when nothing else works

Second Edition

Copyright 2018 M A Sani

Published by uniStreet Press at Smashwords

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The information contained in this book serves only as a guide. The author and publisher have made every effort to ensure that the information in this book was correct at press time. The author and publisher do not assume and hereby disclaim any liability to any party for any loss, damage, or disruption caused by errors or omissions, whether such errors or omissions result from negligence, accident, or any other cause as a result of the use of this book or any idea promulgated therein. It is the duty of the reader or user to test his/her own ideas for suitability or applicability for any development or application.

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Do You Need This Book?

Give yourself a 15-second of your precious time to answer the following questions:

1. Do you want to excel in whatever you do?

2. Do you want to have a successful life?

3. Do you want to take control of your destiny?

If you answered no to any of the questions above, you don’t need this book. Congratulations! You’re already on the right track.

If the answer is yes, perhaps you may need this ImaginIT stuff. I said perhaps because, in the final analysis, it is you, my dear readers, who will have to decide whether to spend your money on this book or for a cup of Starbucks coffee ... or both.

I find imagination to be fascinating and extremely useful. Imagination can unlock the keys to hidden treasures. Logic requires structured thinking. Imagination can help you find a dream job. It can help you sell your products or create a market for someone else. It can help you realize your dreams.

Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.

-Albert Einstein, from Goodreads

ImaginIT is imagination in 5 easy steps.

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Preface

You may have hit a brick wall, so to speak. We all have our ups and downs ... perhaps, mostly downs. Our age may have let us down. Friends may have abandoned us. The horizon appears to be cloudy and bleak.

Despair not. Abandon not your hope. Be positive. There is always a silver lining after every storm. We must stand every time we fall. We must pick up the broken pieces and mend them back ... or create new ones.

We need to step back and reflect.

What have I done wrong? What have I done right? Do I have what it takes to undertake a mission and be successful? What kind of resources and preparation do I need?

The answer lies in ourselves. The world revolves around ourselves. But don't take it too literally. Beliefs, credence, actions, behaviors, and habits form the foundation of our life (and living).

We need a toolbox to improve our own selves and surroundings. Imagination is one such a tool.

We need imagination for three reasons:

1. to define our dreams and visions

2. as an analytical and design tool

3. prospect for wealth and prosperity

There are no limits to the powers of imagination. ImaginIT is an embodiment of imagination. It attempts to provide a systematic approach to sets of issues and/or problems.

The original ideas about the technique occurred around the mid-1980s. It has withstood the test of time.

ImaginIT can be applied to all areas of analysis, design, and development. You can imagine about ImaginIT. Just as life has complex dimensions, so are the applications of ImaginIT.

ImaginIT is such a simple tool that it can be deceiving. It consists only 5 steps. You will be tempted to say, I know it! and life goes on as usual. When you hit a wall, only then you might ask What have I done?

Knowing ImaginIT is not the same as using it. When you are faced with a specific issue or problem, you might not know where to start. We learn by associating something with something. That’s the first step. This is the minimum lesson you must not forget ... if you are too busy to learn anything else.

As with any tool, you need to practice it. The next time you are faced with a problem, however simple, put it onto paper or on any software application canvas. Associate, associate ... associate. You have begun your journey as an ImaginIT ninja! Unfortunately, there is no shortcut to success. Should you find it daunting in your first attempt at its practical application, remember this:

Patience is a virtue.

Good luck!

M A Sani

December 2017

Ipoh, Perak

Malaysia

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A Short Guide to Using the Book

You may skim through the book from anywhere you wish.

However, should you be stingy with your time, I suggest you use 8-15 minutes to explore the book for a quick appreciation of ImaginIT. You can then delve deeper into whatever is relevant to you.

To better achieve the objectives, I have now included posts on the topics of interest in WiseNet Exchange Central. Please visit the site at wisenetxc.com. Please feel free to explore the site. Please note that the site is not a companion site for ImaginIT. It covers a lot more areas that you find of interests. You may choose any section, whichever might activate your curiosity button.

Readers are advised that the demonstration of the application of ImaginIT is not meant to be an exhaustive treatment of the subject matter in question. They are meant to serve only as a guide to the use of imagination to demystify the subject matter.

As an important advice, I beseech you to apply ImaginIT in your real-life situations. The principles of ImaginIT are easy to grasp and remember. The real challenge is: How do you use it to change your destiny and your loved ones for a better future? Do you need to have a better understanding and ways to have effective control of your life?

Don’t let the simplicity of imagination (and ImaginIT) to deceive you. With this tool, you can prospect assets around you and create wealth. All you need are:

1. the habit to write down the issues and problems at hand, instead of trying to see what’s inside your head.

2. a pencil and a piece of paper.

3. if you imaginative enough, you can draw anything on a virtual canvas ... something only seen by yourself. Caution: do it discreetly! People might think you need to be put in a mental asylum!

Good luck!

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Table of Contents

Disclaimer

Do You Need This Book?

Preface

A Short Guide

Introduction

First Minute: You Were Creative

Second Minute: You Will Always be Creative

Third Minute: Now is the Time

Fourth Minute: Associate

Fifth Minute: Now you Draw Them

Sixth Minute: Linking the Elements

Seventh Minute: Annotate

Eighth Minute: Repeat

Frequently Asked Questions

The Anatomy of Intent and Action

Using ImaginIT (Summary)

Using ImaginIT as a Student

Using ImaginIT as a Job Seeker

Using ImaginIT for Parenting

Using ImaginIT as an Employee

Using ImaginIT as an Entrepreneur

Using ImaginIT for Reinventing a Business

Using ImaginIT in Asset Management

Glossary

About the Author

Acknowledgments

Dedication

Your Inputs Are Valuable

Editorial Committee

Credits

Cover Design Philosophy

Introduction

Our work, personal and family life; and our lifestyle compete for our precious time. Even if we had the power to add time to the present 24 hours, the additional workload would just simply overload it. It is a vicious cycle.

For the economy of time, I have divided the book into two (2) sections:

Section 1: An 8-Minute Guide

Section 2: Application of ImaginIT

Why an 8-Minute Guide? Most of us have a short attention span. On top of it, we may have problems in memorizing and retrieving data/information/knowledge.

Micro-Learning is about acquiring knowledge in micro steps and elements of a particular information. We break down information into smaller sizes and digest them accordingly. We build superstructures by assembling their elements in a natural order. We try to sustain knowledge-prospecting over a period of time. Short bursts of learning energy are not sustainable.

I have organized the lessons in an 8-minute interval. Of course, it may take longer depending on one’s reading and prospecting styles (or management). How can I be effective?

Simple! Do this:

1. Focus on key expression under the heading

2. Try to understand the intended meanings. Don’t bother to check whether