How to Make a Mind Map

Mind Maps are an incredibly powerful method of combining both sides of your brain to get a clear picture of any task and enable you to become a more powerful thinker.

Mind maps have been used by great thinkers like Leonardo Da Vinci, Charles Darwin, Beethoven, Mark Twain and Michelangelo and can be a powerful tool to help you. Successful mind mapping requires the use of your entire brain and can be used for problem solving, daily planning, creating new products and goal setting among many other things.

The strength of using mind maps is their power to convey what you’re thinking to paper.Through the use of keywords, images, curves and colors, you can create a mind map that will allow you to understand the best ways to accomplish many tasks.

You can begin your mind map with a picture or symbol representing your topic. Then use lines radiating out from your central topic connected with keywords to associate your ideas to the central image. Each radiating line should have only a single word or phrase printed on it. However your mind maps are your own, each one should be a reflection of your own personality and uniqueness.

Through the use of regular mind mapping you’ll become better at starting projects quicker, generating ideas in less time and be able to unleash your creative mind. You’ll find by using a mind map you can meet problem solving and tasks in a relaxed and fun way and get a much clearer overall picture.

Here’s a short video from Tony Buzan who has been instrumental in developing mind mapping in to what it is today:

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlabrWv25qQ[/video]Watch a video on how to organize your thoughts and solve problems quicker with Stephen Pierce.
http://matthewsherborne.com/2007/02/08/mind-mapping-video-with-stephen-pierce/

Watch a very good video about business building and find out how Rich Schefren uses mind mapping in his business.

http://matthewsherborne.com/2007/01/30/rich-schefrens-business-building-video/

Posted in Goal Setting, Keyword Research, Mind Mapping, Product Creation