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A Brief
The Importance of Mind M
Mind
mapping is one
ones
elements of complex

of
ver
learning capacities and u
structures

- And why is that?


The brain works in w different ways. However, while follow a
structure that is per
number of techniques
certain programs
programs are your
them included with your mind
But most people stop

...

Compare it with your computer:


or Mac, you get an
Mac
They are not perfect.
the
foundation. And if
complex tasks, you need more.
- What will you do then?

in

appl
y
thi
w

s
OS). These software progra
oper
want

When you suddenly notice that for your needs, you run down t and
get a new piece of softwar running Windows 95, you might j
Windows XP. If you want orga track of your tasks, you need
manager.

And guess what


1Your brain works in exactly t
You are born with brai learn and memorize
lifetime. You have one brain-p occasions, one program that re
remembers structures,
The fantastic thing
existing brain-

etc

mind
and

Mind mapping simply


have in your mind.
My point is this: The
principles, and
them to
improve

wo
you can use m
your creativi

There are several


are the
most critical
Pictures
What you see, you will remembe You have an enormous capacity
images.

for

The
brain constantly
ph
these in a gigantic
albu
can
actually retrieve
at
very critical for mind mapping remember a picture than it is pure
text.
Headlines
It is far more easy to remembe and striking headlines, than t This is
quite self
entire chapter through hundred
surely fail anyway. Or
headline for each
the important
Connection
Your consciousness
connected to each other. And w creates an image to

cou
po
it
anal

brains work is based on assoc links different subjects toget


important to let your
it, instead of forcing
will be much happier,
rewards you with

to t
when
an

As you can see, these


of using mind maps and
hand with your natural brain

head
min

-So when should ,I youuse


now.

mappas

Well my friend, the


is:
things done faster, more effect
results. Here are a few exampl
1.When you want to speed up you
If you want to be able to absorb kn to use. Personally, I have managed to
learn by about 70% since I began compromising the amount of informat

2.When developing new ideas


I always use mind mapping to aid me quickly. It becomes so easy to come
understand the big picture, and it

3.When you want to work with ot


When you suspect that your colleagu or if you just want an easy way to
mapping helps. For example, if you your company - create a mind map an
same. Then compare. You will often

appear with surprisingly

wor

4.When you need to

It can sometimes be hard to see


thousands of
factors to keep in
already have
distracted by the
to get an overview of the entire pr

the
min
everything structured,
compo

5.And thousands of other situat


...that I can think
of unlimited possibilities when it
complex tasks easier
to
1-

u
co
A

Shall we get started?


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Brainstorming!
Imagine yourself with a specia an important project you virtually
thousands of thought in your head, and its making y
big
you

picture, where to

yo
need to include. Everythin

Congratulations, we have all b


Your problem is that are do, too much you need to take
reached
hit the
with your work.
1-

the point where you ar


wall - and

havi

Lets change that now

What
mind

you should do is
mapping technique: Brains

the

The map itself is quite simila head. Its all one big mish-mas seems
to be structured.
But it really doesnt matter, b this technique is to get all t

a picture of everything you wa everything you can think of! A select


the best ideas to inclu
The best thing with freethis yourtechn mind!
When
yourself
your
angry
work.

you

develop
banging your
mind. You think too much.

p
aga
because you cant come u
And often you end up ter

- That wont get you anywhere.


You can easily overcome that s mind maps. By doing this you c
thousands of ideas and virtual develop itself.

These techniques are especiall


situations
like this,

they

- OKso how can I use

brai

In fact, its
experience

sim
or expertise to get

For example, if you are writin come up with as many as your mind
map might look like

As you can see, there is no di


map. But that is
the
and
all your
thoughts
big
picture,
the
together.

at
pri
an

And secondly: You can generate want since you will now be abl the
thoughts fl ow.
Every single category
if you want to,
ideas
for every
thing

be d
sub-

you can come u


i
restricting you is the s

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And you can see, if you take a it is not as chaotic as you ma subheadlines are in orga are all related to each other.
in

the chapter about

.)

More or less, the fl ow


as
follows:

crea

Begin with the main topic


2.
Write some of the major, i
3. Link these to
4.
Repeat step 2 and 3 until
1.

If you compare use of map idea development, the conclusi a


superior technique to get yo
You will never get good result
essays when
unnecessarily hard) to
big picture is essential if yo

. It
the

In other words, focus on headl point. A good mind map helps y


graphically, and from
develop more detailed

on
.

Your creativity will


w
From here, you have the abilit develop themselves, and the sm into
place automatically Youl thousands of new
results you are after!
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The Flow...
This is a somewhat t useful when you need to see th step-by-step
plan.

1-

Let me explain

Lets imagine that you are abo yacht in a few short b million things
you need to att launch happen in time.

Its an
of the
of events you have
follow, calledstep
by-step, when

mind the one


right:

As you see, the mind map begin headline Fix Boat. is t to do in


your chain of events.
The major headline is surround For instance, you need repa get
new ropes, etc. And for ea are included. Painting your bo and
repairing the sails requir and to list the ones to choose

Lets move on, and get your fi nding a nice place in the ha You
wouldnt want it to drift you?

Here you have other to harbor offi ce, you need some r
electric cable to

the

And fi nally, the launch itself in order to make it work prope critical
hour when your boat i

1-

I believe you get the point.

As you can
performing
You get a clear and
the last. And that is
execute every step in

a special

see, this technique


with
o
val
to

Of course, this was just ONE e


endless variety
the Flow technique.
novel, planning
virtually in every

of
th
for
w

The critical thing to remember actions vertically, and let eve the
desired action
above.
Everything becomes
so
can get a full and
and free up your time to focus planning. Just let your mind g
down in a chronological
plenty of space for new
By doing
and
with
So

this you will


better results.

whe
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ideas
able

start creating now!

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This is a very and technique, which also happens
Actually, this technique is ve very hard for me to e it may apply. But
I will try t general.

The mind
about to

As you can see, the


several different
will notice that both
are being used, as
and this is exactly
be able to combine

map below was


write this e-

one
.

min
brai
well as a f
all

The
tec

For example, in the mind map a


different types of
to illustrate the
to minimize the size of the mi the next chapter.)

and
more

The critical point I to g needed for your project. Every map easier
and more
used.
Take everything you have learne use it together for best resul
is what
develop

I mean by The
your own

Pict
tha

When you do that, you


mind maps, optimized for your development of your

be

abilities, and make your inspi

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How To Create Your Mind


There are a great number of to creating your mind maps. As Iv
using mind
maps
is
easier and
more
different parts of a structure together.

to m
- an

Therefore it is a good idea to the mind map easy to understan


keep in mind
mind
map you
together, these
maps
easier to

that you

And when its easy to understan


creativity and your
On the following pages
different components you can u

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create, regardles
and
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followingtheideasdescr

LINES
The lines are perhaps the most since they connect the pieces o very
structure of your project.
Without the lines, you would on
mishmash of short
understand the
that
the lines
map instead of

big

One
example of how it
this
(yes, yes, I know. Its no
somethingshouldntlook like, but
this example)

.T
follow a logic
making it hard
NOT

Did you enjoy this mind map? P

be

It looks like a
hard time understanding this
structure of the lines

nest
i
i

so

A better example might look li

You see here that i structured. There are no lines


entire
Each
linked

mind map is very easy t


line proceeds
to.

Here

is

You can see there are of


lines topics.

to

Some are drawn as archs, some


subject, some
favorite.)

are

lin

If you
take a
look at
mind
main
topic and
follow
line
what
I
mean by
a
line
favorite since you have the fr virtually anywhere you like, a map
together to create a clean structure.

And by the way, looking at a mi pleasure, so if you are gifted


congratulations! :-)
As you can see, even in the mo
you
organize the
creating a clear
And

it is clarity that

lines plays a
.
stri

BULLETS
The use of bullets is a very e when building your mind maps. below:

As you can
Bedroom,
topics,
related

to

the

see, this
and this
displayed as
main

map
h
.
.

The good thing


about
amount of lines, spheres and h good structure. This e you keep the
blurriness to a m
Keep in mind that you should
30 bullets for each
important headlines
1-

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in order
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THE LAYOUT
When you have practiced mindma ability to create good, clear
But

for a beginner

it

requ

One
problem that can
is
your headlines and
in
need to move them around a few combinations to get the struct hard
when you have you of paper, and thats why Im ve programs to
handle most of the about these in The Mind Mappin

There are millions of to headlines, and it would be a f describe


every possible combin
you a few
The critical creat
a clear
it easy for
follow the
mind
map. And as
in the examples right, they
all have sub that
are organized
to
their importance
internal
connections.
placing the and
Macintosh near
on one side, and keeping CD, Harddrive and DVD on the other your
mind to see the structure

COLORS
The human mind quickly adapts environments. You will notice t
twenty minutes on the highway that when you slow down, it fe

Exactly the same


and therefore
when you
brain quickly
tunes in
you
can experience some proble
the
different components
idea
is to use colors to divid
want
to avoid this

occ
usi
the
We d
.

As you see in the mind maps be the other one has just col easier to
understand and you c different categories.

Besides,
we are all
children
deep inside. It can b
different colors - And

it i

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ASSOCIATION
All right. I will now
that
After that, I want you read
done that, read it once more.
I would actually like
to r
- This chapter is that importa create effective mind
This two things are the golden when making great mind maps:

1
2

WRITE HEADLINES
Andfiyou necessarily need t
longer, make

shor

Imagine for a moment


you
about to take a test.
need
chapter from your
-book
you need to remember, certain these years, there are differe must
know exactly what they al
Lots of information...
In
fact, your history70
pages, and you
wasting your time

want

So, how do you do

this?

des
lear
on unnesseca

This is the way to go: job information on these 70 pages, or several


mind maps. you important facts.

It will NEVER work to write a important headline. You need to


create a label for
Now, this is how

majo
your

wo

You have certain


pieces
kno
you have gathered during your of these information packages
label.
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event that took p the only thing I said to trigg Birthday 1998.

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he

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and recall the im one label could be used to sum book compressed to one singl

This means that, whether you l


to learn those four
you can
now learn a
the
information much
all
you
have
to do is
facts appear
in your

. But
ti
af
al
.

Mind mapping wont give you kn


course. No miracle
But what mind mapping
to remember. Your map
helps you recall the
compressed,
it takes to

will

yo
you
. Whe
and consists of pi
learn

dram

If you would just copy the h all the information, it would it would
only lead to a vague memory of a few events, and no connected
and linked together.

So

to conclude this

Distill all the


Break them down
your
in
a
Do this, and your
will increase signifi

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disposal to make it
logical manner that

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