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Mind mapping (or mindmapping) is a system of recall and idea creation that
has proven very effective and has been adopted by many in the accelerated
learning and business communities due to its ease and effectiveness.
Mind Mapping (mindmapping) so the story goes was created
by Tony Buzan while he was studying genius’s notebooks. Edison, Einstein,
Isaac Newton to mention a few creative geniuses. He noticed that their
notebooks were organized in a different way, appearing to be messy but
with a different sense of order…many lines connecting ideas…abbreviations
and generally messy as they were done quickly. No one ever said creativity
has a formula to it.
From this he (Tony Buzan) realized that this was reflective
of how the brain’s thought flow process works. Its quick, random,
not necessarily in any order, many thoughts connect to other ideas, regardless
of a logical relation. Mindmapping doesn’t require a logical relation.
Neither is creative thought.
That’s why Mind Mapping (mindmapping)
works! Because it reflects the natural flow of thoughts and allows
one to quickly grasp concepts and write them down without being bogged
down by rules of grammar, spelling and structure which prevent the thoughts
in the brain of moving at light speed. That’s where “Writers”
s block often occurs”.
How does one mind map? Various methods
and books show different techniques. The method taught in the Reading
Genius® method, used for recall after reading, has the following steps:
Steps to Mind Mapping: For Recall and/or Creativity
- Write the 1st word that represents a thought/ idea that
comes to mind.
- Abbreviate wherever possible. The brain works fast, don’t
slow it down unnecessarily because of spelling
- Do it fast. Same reasoning
- Don’t care about looks. As if you do, step 1, 2
and 3 are more difficult and slower. The ego cares about looks. The
brain doesn’t.
In the Reading Genius® course, it is put to fast
paced music that helps one get in the flow. As well, Mindmapping demonstrations
provided on video by Ed Strachar, author of Reading Genius® demonstrate
how to do Mind Mapping well. Other authors on MindMapping include Tony
Buzan himself, and many of Tony Buzan’s students, Notably MIND
MAPPING—by Michael Gelb—Liberate your Natural Genius...and users
of mindmapping have also published many works.
