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Mindmap: How to be 10X more productive<\/strong><\/h1>\n

How can I structure all this information?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

For an avid reader<\/a> or a simple high school student, there could be too much information to absorb. We struggle when we want to teach, express and structure our ideas. We even consider \u201corganizing our ideas\u201d to be the oldest problem in the world.<\/p>\n

If the traditional system taught us to make plans, we soon encounter its limits. We now discover a better and richer way that will engage the whole faculties of our brain.<\/p>\n

The problem with traditional methods<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Text and linear taking-note methods use only a tiny fraction of our brain’s real potential. Traditional education system favors the sole use of our left brain. For example, we were taught to develop logic, rational thinking, order and language with subjects such as mathematics, algebra and programming. To help you understand better, think about a computer. A computer “thinks” in a linear and sequential way. To solve a problem, it uses different functions such as conditionals and \u201cif-statements\u201d.<\/p>\n

For years, even decades, we rarely used our right brain\u2019s functions in occurrence imagination, global view, analogy, creativity\u2026 We were “trained” to conduct our activities in a way that reduces our ability to think and value.<\/p>\n

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What is mind mapping?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Mind mapping is a visual representation of ideas and information using diagrams called mind maps. It is a powerful visual method (not linear) for organizing our ideas, exploring and generating even more ideas. A Mind map mixes both logical and creative thinking. It then solves the linear method\u2019s limits.<\/p>\n

The organic arborescence and architecture of a Mind map reminds us of how neurons function. The transmission of information uses a system of links where two neurons transmit information via their synapses.<\/p>\n

Whereas a traditional note-taking is made up of dashes and sentences copied word for word with a dull black pen, a mind map is funny, colorful. It starts from a core of ideas and grows in all directions into branches.<\/p>\n

The origins of mind map<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Visual information representation practices have existed since Socrates\u2019 time. For centuries, we used spatial organization of information by drawing mind maps. Graphic representations however were solely used in medicine, education and engineering.<\/p>\n

Tony Buzan<\/a> who was an English educator, writer and psychologist spread the concept of Mind map in the 1970s. Note that Tony did not create this old concept of Mind Mapping. He promoted on a large scale this concept as old as Aristotle has taught them.<\/p>\n

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Understand why mind mapping is so powerful: How an idea is generated<\/strong><\/h2>\n

A new idea is generated by a large network of older ideas.\u00a0 When we have a brainstorming session, we can see that a new idea is generated by multiple old related ideas. Instead of thinking like a computer, our brain adopts a more multilateral and spreading fashion. When we draw new branches in our mind map, it has the advantages of generating even more new ideas.<\/p>\n

How to use a mind map?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Imagine a better way that helps us structure information. Mind mapping visually structures information and helps us better understand, synthesize and analyze. It is such a fabulous way to represent concepts and ideas graphically. Why do I love mind mapping so much? In addition to its simplicity and efficiency, maybe it\u2019s also because I am left-handed, using mostly my right brain.<\/p>\n

You always start from the center of your page. This is the heart of your mind-map. You can write a word symbolizing your problem. For example, in 2010, I used a gigantic mind-map to organize my summer holidays. The heart of my mind map was simply “Vacation 2010”, which I surrounded with a kind of cloud.<\/p>\n