{"id":588,"date":"2012-11-01T10:56:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-01T14:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markkirkwood.com\/?p=588"},"modified":"2012-11-01T11:03:00","modified_gmt":"2012-11-01T15:03:00","slug":"mind-mapping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.markkirkwood.com\/?p=588","title":{"rendered":"Mind mapping"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is Mind Mapping?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mind mapping is a tool used for creating, thinking, organizing, note taking and brainstorming.<\/p>\n

All mind mapping begins with a “central idea” that is inserted in the middle of a map. From there, build branches or nodes around the mind map’s central idea, with the first layer being one hierarchical layer of thought down\/removed. Further layers, and subsequent branches are simply additional levels down in logical thought.<\/p>\n

Relationships within mind maps blueprint how concepts link together.<\/p>\n

Like this:<\/p>\n

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Mind mapping [See 6 common uses below] will make you more effective<\/em> [i.e., doing the right things] and more efficient<\/em> [i.e., doing the right things right].<\/p>\n

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  1. Book Summaries<\/li>\n
  2. Brainstorming and Ideation<\/li>\n
  3. Problem Solving<\/li>\n
  4. Content Creation<\/li>\n
  5. Note Taking<\/li>\n
  6. Organizing and Reorganizing<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Getting started with mind mapping is easy (i) You can use pen and paper to keep things simple, or (ii) Employ a high-quality mind mapping application, such as Scapple<\/a> [for simple trouble-free maps & note taking], or NovaMind<\/a> [for more complex maps and integration with project planning software such as the fabulous\u00a0Merlin<\/a>].<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    What is Mind Mapping? Mind mapping is a tool used for creating, thinking, organizing, note taking and brainstorming. All mind mapping begins with a “central idea” that is inserted in the middle of a map. From there, build branches or nodes around the mind map’s central idea, with the first layer being one hierarchical layer […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[8],"class_list":["post-588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-ideas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.markkirkwood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.markkirkwood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.markkirkwood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.markkirkwood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.markkirkwood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.markkirkwood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.markkirkwood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.markkirkwood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.markkirkwood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}