![]() ![]() I think pulling a crisp mind map off the top of a pile you have printed out would be a pretty good way to get your ideas onto paper. In Choose Yourself, he talks about ‘ideas’ extensively, going so far as to say that we should put aside time each day to write down at least 10 ideas. You don’t stop there- he goes on about becoming an idea machine, but you start with those 10 ideas. James Altucher talks a lot about the power of ideas. If you want to stay digital, here’s a list of the 15 best (online) mindmapping tools. I’m trying to give my eyeballs screen-breaks as much as I can and this is the perfect time. There’s something fantastically freeing about taking pencil to paper and covering the hell out of the surface. I’ve seen mind mapping software, templates, apps, etc all over the place, but I prefer the pencil and paper approach. It helps to focus your mind while at the same time allowing you to empty out all the information you have swimming around in there on a specific topic. You can use this technique in tons of ways: studying for tests, forming an outline for writing a book or article, even just trying to figure something out by breaking it down as far as you can take it. You can shoot circles and lines out of those circles, too! Inside those you break down the main idea further. ![]() Then you draw a few lines shooting out of the main circle and draw some more circles. In it’s simplest manifestation, you would take a pencil and paper, and draw a circle in the center with a main idea written in it. It’s where organization meets messy visual flow. I’ve used mind mapping to churn out blog post ideas like crazy, and it works for anything you can think of that you need to organize in a visual way. If you have not heard of it, mind mapping is a totally simple and awesome way to brainstorm and get a TON of ideas out onto paper (or the computer) in a short amount of time. ![]() So say ‘ mind map‘ with me 10 times fast and now let’s get onto mind mapping. Have you ever mind-mapped? The more I’m thinking of this term, the more surreal it’s sounding, I’m in one of those moods. ![]()
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