How To Make A Mind Map - Version 1

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• mind
• map
• buzan
• mapping

[wallythewindowwasher]

You are limiting yourself in your thinking. Mind maps are, as you say, great. They are great for creative, joined up thinking. But there is also a need for linear thinking.

It is a mistake to adopt mind maps and discard lists. They BOTH have their uses and their place in the thinker's toolbox.

[wallythewindowwasher]

No. It's very different from a brainstorm.

Brainstorms are used for random thinking allowing one idea to spawn another, and the words are written in random places on the paper. The location of the words is of no significance.

Mind maps are for joined-up thinking and the location of the words is crucial.

[alexiabrittin21]

@slave2thecanvas for brainstorming, remembering and memorising

[slave2thecanvas]

sorry for sounding dumb, but what is mind mapping good for?

[SeymourSunshine]

@Dirtyratsdotwebs

* Obviously has some obsession with money ... It's a mind map about money.

* but giving it a name like mind mapping and comparing it with linear ... Who's comparing?

* and trying to project your own interpretations into others ... Who's doing this?

* don't for the love of oneself, mind map! .... Your map of the world only has relevance for you.

Friendly advice: Find pleasure in diversity.

Pointless discussion now closed.

[Dirtyratsdotwebs]

@SeymourSunshine I agree with your comment, but I am not fundamentally mistaken. Read my comment and quote me which part is fundamentally mistaken. Other than that, thanks for feedback on my comments, feel free to check out my dirty rat website.

[SeymourSunshine]

@Dirtyratsdotwebs That's as maybe. But you're assuming that the choice which is right for you is right for everyone. And that is where you are fundamentally mistaken. Just because others walk to the beat of a different drum doesn't make them wrong.

What you need to make your life MUCH healthier is to accept that others can differ from you and still be right in their choices. Until you can do that, you are limiting your own understanding of the world and your enjoyment of it.

[Dirtyratsdotwebs]

@SeymourSunshine A comment like mine shows lack of intelligence? I disagree, I can think for myself, I dont need labels like mind mapping to put me on the right track to a healthy life in body and mind.

[SeymourSunshine]

@Dirtyratsdotwebs Oh dear. Another amateur psychologist.

The truth is that some like mind mapping and some don't. If you like it, that's fine. If you don't, that's fine as well. You simply take your choice.

But comments like this really show a lack of intelligence.

[Dirtyratsdotwebs]

Mind mapping? What a load of tosh, The person who made those "mind maps" Obviously has some obsession with money which can be clearly seen in the "mandalas" that have been produced, The technique is creative imagination, yes it is good, but giving it a name like mind mapping and comparing it with linear and trying to project your own interpretations into others isn't the point. Be creative, have fun, but don't for the love of oneself, mind map!

Dirtyrats.webs.com

[DaynaGoldstein]

I found this obtuse and difficult to follow, even if it was quite pretty.

[akosigundam]

@wallythewindowwasher: I agree. When all you have is a hammer, everything else begins to look like a nail. Mind mapping has its strengths and limitations, just like any linear thinking activity. It really depends on which technique the situation calls for.