Introduction
Do you want to:
If you have answered ‘yes’ to any of these questions, then you have the right book in your hands! Mind Maps are a unique thinking tool that will bring out your natural genius and enable you to shine in every area of your life. The Ultimate Book of Mind Maps is the definitive guide to using this remarkable tool.
Chapter One, What is a Mind Map?, introduces you to Mind Maps and how they work. It explains the basic Mind Map ‘rules’ and takes you step-by-step through your first Mind Map.
Chapter Two, Know Your Brain, Unlock Your Potential, digs deeper into the reasons why Mind Maps work and how they actually help your brain learn and think creatively. The better you understand your brain and how it works, the easier it is for you to help it perform to its best.
Chapter Three, The Ultimate Success Formula, looks at learning how to learn. It gives you a foolproof formula for learning and success that you can use in combination with Mind Maps. With the TEFCAS success formula and Mind Maps you’ll always succeed!
Chapter Four, Mind Workouts for Mental Success, delves into the world of creativity and shows you how Mind Maps are the ideal tool for quality creative thinking. It also looks at how strong creative skills help your ability to remember things with ease, and gives you important memory principles that you can use with Mind Maps.
Chapter Five, Physical Fitness for Mental Power, highlights the importance of physical fitness for mental fitness. It looks at optimal ways of getting the right balance of exercise, sleep, and quality nutrition, and shows you how Mind Maps can help you achieve this balance.
Finally, Chapter Six, Mind Maps for Everyday Success, shows you just some of the infinite ways you can use Mind Maps in the workplace, socially, and in your general life planning. Use the Mind Map examples in this chapter to inspire you and your fabulous imagination, and you can be sure you will demonstrate your brilliance in everything you do.
Mind Maps wonderfully and dramatically changed my life for the better. I know that they will do the same for you, too.
Be prepared to be amazed – by yourself!
chapter 1
What Is a Mind Map®?
A Mind Map is ‘the whole-brain alternative to linear thinking. [It] reaches out in all directions and catches thoughts from any angle.’
Michael Michalko, Cracking Creativity
Overview of Chapter 1:
What You Need to Create a Mind Map
Seven Steps to Making a Mind Map
A Mind Map is the ultimate organizational thinking tool – the Swiss army knife of the brain!
A Mind Map is the easiest way to put information into your brain and to take information out of your brain – it’s a creative and effective means of note-taking that literally ‘maps out’ your thoughts. And it is so simple.
You can compare a Mind Map to a map of a city. The centre of your Mind Map is like the centre of the city. It represents your most important idea. The main roads leading from the centre represent the main thoughts in your thinking process; the secondary roads represent your secondary thoughts, and so on. Special images or shapes can represent sites of interest or particularly interesting ideas.
Compare a Mind Map to a map of a city
Just like a road map, a Mind Map will:
