Did you ever start doing something and before you knew it, you were working on something else than the goal? I can assure you… we all know this (some people better than others).
The problem is that you get ’sucked into the activity’ and you don’t really know where you are heading. The only thing you do know is that you should finish your current task.
Many people know this, most don’t take action to make it stop.
You and I have an advantage.
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I’ve been writing a lot about mindmaps, mind mapping, visual mapping and related topics. I speak with many people and I write with even more people about how to USE visuals to create clarity in our lives.
I have a very important and serious question for you.
A question that I hope raises many, many new question. Here it is:
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This quote is from Emerson. Since you and I are into visualizing our information and thoughts, we know this is a very important line.
You can only change when you know what isn’t right or what holds you back. But before you ‘know’, you have to see it.
This is why mindmaps and related visual thinking methods are so powerful. They help us to visualize our situation.
I am less and less talking to people about mindmaps. It seems that here in The Netherlands most people know about mindmaps. Many people use the system in some way or another (and the ones who don’t…. don’t care).
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I’ve been really busy these last couple of weeks/months training people and creating new materials for practical solutions. Right now, I only want to share with you a tip I saw helps so many people every day in their usage of mindmaps.
You see, most people don’t really want to create mindmaps that use images, colors and are fun to look at.
People want to get clarity on the things they are thinking about, what bothers them, what makes them move forward, what holds them back and what they actually don’t know 
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All these things are important to people. They are important to you!
That is why I (often without knowing) have been preaching to people they should use their mindmaps in such a way their mindmaps work for them. No point working on your mindmaps simply to create a mindmap. When you do that, the tool becomes a goal and you don’t move forward.
Create maps that work for you. In 95% of all cases, this means you hardly use any images in your mindmap. You only give structure to the thoughts, ideas and information you have in your head. You combine this with the information that floats around you.
For me, this results in visual maps that give me overview. I might call them practical mindmaps. I could also call them summaps (summary maps) that summarize the information into practical knowledge I can use to move forward.
You do this as well. Create practical overviews. I don’t really care how you like to call them. Call them mindmaps, visualmaps, concept maps, idea maps of summaps. The name and the (software) tool are the least important, the result is what counts.
Imagine yourself setting at your desk… looking at the map you just created and finally understanding your life, business or personal situation. You see in one overview the path you have to follow to create the results you are looking for.
At that single moment in time, you don’t think about a name to describe the technique that led you to this overview. You simply want to move forward… because you now know how to.
That is the feeling I give people when I mentor them into creating practical overviews.
That is the feeling I want you to experience.
Create practical overviews and you are on your way to realizing that!
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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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Did you hear that some people tell you that you can save an hour each day simply by mind mapping your thoughts and ideas?
I wonder if the only reason for this is them creating a mindmap. An hour a day is a lot of extra time!
Sure, by using a mindmap you will be more organized. You can create a nice planning and know when to do what. Still… an hour each day is a lot of time for people like you and I. (I mean people who are already enjoying an above average level of productivity ).
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