Mind Map Mastery by Tony Buzan

Author:Tony Buzan
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Tags: Mind map mastery
ISBN: 9781786781413
Publisher: Watkins Media
Published: 2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00

MIND MAP FOR MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR SPARE TIME

As a Mind Map like this is all about freeing yourself up to express your creativity, try to be as inventive as possible in your use of imagery. The example on page 109 is full of inspiring images, including a ribbon-wrapped clock representing the gift of time that you are giving yourself and illustrations expressing goals, such as doing more painting, hiking and travelling.

You can use a Mind Map not only to find out exactly what you want to do in your spare time but also to work out when you can do it: some activities you might be able to enjoy at lunchtimes or even during your commute, while others you can fit in on weekday evenings or at the weekend. Perhaps you have a dream that would mean taking a sabbatical, such as travelling to Africa or India? If you do, put it on your Mind Map! Only by recognizing our goals can we make them happen.

Creativity can of course take many forms – from painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel to preparing a delicious lunch, from writing a book to throwing a party, from composing a symphony to playing the penny whistle. Whatever form creativity takes, a Mind Map can facilitate its expression.

A Creativity Workout

In Chapter 1 (see page 33), I explained the concept of Radiant Thinking and introduced you to the Human Language. We discovered how every human – you and me included – is fluent in the twin faculties of association and imagination from birth. Now I’d like to invite you to play a little game.

I have used versions of this exercise for many years when teaching Mind Mapping and memory-improvement techniques, and I was intrigued to discover the late great British poet Ted Hughes simultaneously developed a similar practice when showing his students how to write poetry. It’s an exercise that reveals the creative spark that exists within each and every one of us. Have a dictionary to hand before you start.

• Pick an object at random. This could be something that you see in the room or something that pops into your mind.

• Close your eyes, flick open the dictionary and place your finger on the page.

• Now, open your eyes and write down the word you have chosen.

• Repeat nine times, randomly dipping into the dictionary, until you have ten different words.

• Now find as many associations as you can between the object and each of those words.

If you find this a little difficult to do at first, keep going and I promise you will find associations – however outlandish these seem!

After approximately 20 minutes, read through your connections.

Pretty creative, aren’t you?

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