Do you know the 2 things that stop most people from creating and using mindmaps, most of the time? Here they are:
1. Stop trying too hard not to mindmap!
Mind mapping is different from my normal routines and I don’t have the time to change this right now. People are just too busy managing their information. They are overwhelmed already and can’t seem to find a little bit of time to start mind mapping.
I think this is a big catch 22. You don’t have time and mind mapping will be able to give you more time… but you can’t start mind mapping because of lack of time.
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Please read first and then create your own opinion then. I believe we need to change the world of mind mapping and you and I are able to do this. Here’s why I write this and what we have to do:
Have you been listening to all these people who are stimulating left and right brain thinking and their use of mind mapping?
They know exactly what their left and right brain side are doing. They understand that normal linear writing is very left brain oriented. And to improve our ways of managing our information and improving creativity, we need to use our right brain side as well.
This is great… until you see what they do next…
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A very interesting question from Brian Tracy: Do you know how often people try something new (on average)?
The answer: Less then once!!!
That’s right. People often don’t even try something new. Most people are saying they want to learn and have exciting jobs. We all want new experiences. But when it comes to it… people just want to keep things the way they are.
I wonder.
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Most people look at mindmaps as being a nice picture of some information. They see the art of the map. The end result is an image. The end result is art.
Business people look at mindmaps as a cold/logical approach to visualizing all this information they have to deal with. They create the map using the rules and directions of mind mapping, or more in general visual mapping, and they simply create the map: Just follow the steps and you are fine…
The end result is an overview of the information. Sometimes it looks like a real image, often is it just a diagram of schematic overview.
I truly believe mind mapping is more than following the rules of mind mapping that Mr. Tony Buzan writes about in his books.
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You probably create your mindmaps yourself. You may even be working together with others on mindmaps. Bottom line: You are working on the mindmaps you need and use.
Here’s something to think about.
Do you remember creating book reports when you were in school? I do and I know that I didn’t really like to create them. I love(d) to read books, yet writing a report on them while and after reading… not the most interesting thing to do for me.
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I’m sure you heard before of the Pareto principle or the 80/20 rule (or principle).
This principle tells us that 20% of what we do accounts for 80% of our outcome. This is of course an average number. There are numbers that tell us there is an 70/30 60/40 or a 99/1 ratio. The interesting thing is that in nature the majority of these ratios is unevenly divided. Balance tends to lean towards 100/0 in stead of 50/50.
Today, I want to make you more aware of this powerful principle in mind mapping.
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