Tony Buzan developed Mind Mapping as a technique to make the most of your mind. As one of the world’s foremost authorities on the subjects of creativity, speed reading, and whole brain utilization, he has written numerous books, including the “Mind Map Book“, “Speed Reading“,  and “Use Both Sides of Your Brain“.

Mind Mapping helps in the taking and making of notes and assists in recording your thoughts in a non-linear, associative, and radiant fashion.  Activities like preparing for presentations; taking notes about books you read; doing a situation analysis; studying any subject; and working with groups to come up with creative and innovative ideas will become faster, easier, and more fun when using Mind Mapping.

Juggling

Learning how to juggle is actually fairly easy. It’s one of those seemingly complex patterns that, once understood, becomes obviously simple. I love teaching people how to juggle as part of any other learning activity; mainly because juggling is a great metaphor for learning itself. Learning how to juggle is in some way learning how to learn.

Persuasion

This is the outline from our workshop “Excellence in Persuasion”.  It shows not only the sales process, but also how the different NLP techniques and tools relate to the persuasion process.

Juicing

I love fresh squeezed juice – in the morning, afternoon, and evening…  I consider the Juiceman info commercial one of the few that actually pitches a really great product.  Shortly after buying my juicer, I have created this mindmap.

The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success

I created this mind map after reading Deepak Chopra’s book by this title.  I found this little, easy to read book quite fascinating at the time, and this mind map let’s me quickly remember all the key messages contained in it.

The Balance of Life

This Mind Map was also created a long time ago – years before I even knew about NLP…  Looking at it now, it seems to have been just a question of time before introducing NLP into my life as well…

Meeting Notes about Symbol’s Education Services in 1997

This example shows how a couple of differently colored pens can capture a two hour long meeting on one page, providing for some fun during those meetings and easy recall later on.

Situation Analysis of NCR Pen-based Business in 1991

This Mind Map was the result of an afternoon long thinking session about how to target and address the markets in Switzerland with one of the first pen-based computers, the NCR NotePad.  Sorry for the poor quality. I didn’t have the original anymore and one of my former associates in Switzerland, Heinz Sidler who drew this original, kindly faxed it to me. Thanks Heinz!