Being always a seeker of better ways to do things and the constant thirst for ideas led me to pick up a book titled 'How to Think like Da Vinci' by Michael J Gelb. Little did I realize that it would completely change the way I think or analyze in terms of the process. One of the topics I came across in the book fascinated me. It was the topic of Mind Maps.
In its most simplest form its just a way of depicting information about a topic which encourages free thinking and removes the shackles of linear thinking. It's been such a great asset to me that I would like to share briefly about it with Illustrations.
Steps involved
- Begin with a symbol /picture/Topic at the center of the page. This opens the mind to free flowing thoughts.
- Write down keywords relating to the central picture.
- Connect the keywords with lines(branches) radiating from the central picture
- Print one keyword per line
- Use colours and Pictures/codes for greater association and emphasis.
In this Sample using Free Mind I have used an example from my work.
Some tools that can be used for mind mapping are
- Freemind (A Free java based tool) available at http://freemind.sourceforge.net which requires Java Runtime atleast version 1.4.0
- Mindjet's MindManager available at www.mindjet.com
- Smart Draw available at www.smartdraw.com
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