How to Mind Map: The Ultimate Thinking Tool That Will Change Your Life (Paperback)

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Jacket review

'The whole world should Mind Map.' THE EXPRESS 'Tony Buzan will do for the brain what Stephen Hawking did for the universe.' THE TIMES 'If you put Buzan's theories to the test, you could find yourself memorizing pages from a phone book or becoming the brainiest person in the world.' PC WORLD MAGAZINE 'More than a few serious minds out there are paying attention.' INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE

UK Kirkus review

Mind maps - spider diagrams showing subtopics radiating out from a central point - are, Buzan claims, the 'ultimate organizational thinking tool', using the brain's natural thinking processes to help us learn and remember. Buzan is the master of this technique, and here he explains very simply how the brain actually thinks, what mind maps are and how easy they are to construct and use. Suppose you are planning a holiday. You should set down all the basics, possibilities and things you must remember not in a linear way like a list, but with spidery drawings that do indeed look like street maps. In the centre of the map would be the subject, 'holiday', and radiating out from it all the things we must remember. Like this, we can encapsulate all we need to be aware of and be sure not to miss anything out. Simple as they are, can mind maps actually make the radical difference to our lives that the author promises? Apparently they can save us time and both organize and clarify our thinking in ways other methods cannot. And as it's so easy to construct a map, it's certainly worth a try. Public speakers can benefit from this technique, and so can students taking notes at a lecture. Often people lose concentration and fall asleep during a talk, because the mind gets bored and simply switches off. Using mind-maps as a note-taking aid will keep the mind lively and attentive. From the simplest shopping list to planning the week ahead or reminding ourselves what to say in an important phone call, mind maps are the answer. Tony Buzan's system has been around a long time and has many advocates. This small book is easy enough to read over coffee, and the technique is certainly worth a try. (Kirkus UK)

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