Care Factor
May 13, 2008
Well Paul started it. The idea is that you product a graphic which outlines the stuff that you are interested in. The core stuff is what you are most interested in, and which you interest is possibly growing. The middle is what is still interesting but your interest has stabilised, and the outer is the stuff that you are getting less and less interested in. Paul has slightly different definitions – but the web is less about democracy and more about battling ideologies right? 
I nominate Andrew Matthews, Roger Lawrence, Craig Bailey, Schnubbs and Catherine Eibner. Spread the meme!
May 14, 2008 at 12:25 pm
[...] it was really difficult to find anything to write in the outer circle :p Thus, I decided to follow Mitch Denny’s example and use ‘negative’, ‘neutral’ and ‘positive’ circles. As he says, "The core stuff is [...]
May 15, 2008 at 11:29 am
[...] on 15/05/2008. Prompted by Mitch Denny who was in turn prompted by Paul Stovell, I am also exercising my Smart Art prowess [...]
May 19, 2008 at 1:20 am
Ok, so if I understand this right, the primary motivation for the “circle of interest” exercise is to prioritize your life? Is that correct? I could see the circle expanding exponentially if we include all areas of our lives. Would you create giant circles, or multiple circles for the different areas? If the latter, would you then have to prioritize them somehow?
May 21, 2008 at 3:37 am
Hi Cory,
I would suggest that you are over analysing it a little bit