Creating Mind Maps E-Book

50MINUTES

• Herausgeber: 50Minutes.com
• Kategorie: Lebensstil
• Serie: Coaching
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 23

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017

Beschreibung

Ready to take your career to the next level? Find out everything you need to know about mind maps with this practical guide.

Mind maps are an extremely powerful tool, particularly when it comes to innovation, presentation and memorisation. By mapping your ideas in the same way that your brain thinks, you will be able to remember things more easily as well as triggering new, creative thoughts. Whether you are looking to boost innovation within your team, or you hope to organise your personal life, mind mapping is the way forward. 

In 50 minutes you will be able to:
• Understand the benefits of using a mind map and how you can use them to harness your creativity and assist in the thought process 
• Read about the different steps involved in creating a mind map
• Discover the different ways you can use mind mapping in any situation to boost your thinking potential and come up with new ideas

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Leseprobe

The power of mind maps

Problem: The human mind is complex and clear thinking is not always obvious when there are many factors to take into account; therefore, why and how can we use mind mapping to structure our thoughts?Uses: By creating a mind map, you can quickly get ideas down on paper, while directly showing the links between each of the different elements.Professional context: Internal presentation or in front of a client, note-taking, brainstorming, project planning, innovation, etc.FAQs:Why is a mind map so original?Where do I start?Can I use a mind map to present a project?What are the major benefits of mind mapping?How can I read a mind map?Do I need to use software to map my ideas?Do I need advanced computer skills?Can mind mapping help me with my studies?Can a mind map really be used for any project?

Today, and in modern society, everyone should be able to adapt to the increasingly intense flow of information that assails us every day. Moreover, the requirements and constraints of managements, who expect us to operate at the speed at which data arrives, often leave us helpless in the face of a need to deal with things effectively and in record time.

This is where a technical drawing of how the human brain works comes in – mind mapping. This allows users to synthesise and organise information by stimulating a debate, within both individual and collective work. In addition, it deviates from linear thinking, in favour of divergent thinking (the ability to consider many possibilities from a situation of an idea or problem).

In practice, mind mapping is used to achieve a visual “tree” of ideas, on paper or another medium, beginning with a central idea (the trunk) and adding related categories (branches) leading to other ideas. Following a process of mental associations, each group of ideas can be distinguished by a different colour, which visually makes the whole thing clearer, as well as more logical, attractive and structured. “Accessories”, such as arrows, caps, signs, drawings, annotations and other facilities can also complement your mind map.

The fields of application are also very diverse. You can use mind maps however you wish, according to your current concerns, whether in business (productivity, events, etc.) or at home (education, leisure, life in general, etc.). This powerful graphic process provides a universal key that is more suitable for unleashing the creative potential and logic of an individual, regardless of their intellectual or social level.

In a simple and affordable way, this book will open the doors of mind mapping, a valuable tool that draws from our two cerebral hemispheres during a brainstorming session on a particular topic.