I have been using mind mapping tools since 1996. In the early days, I drew by hand, and in 2002 I started using software to draw. Mind mapping helped me complete my undergraduate course in 2 years, and review for economist, consultant, MBA, etc. in 3 months. At the same time, mind mapping also helped me successfully complete 2 books on mind mapping applications in 3 months. Writing and publishing of books.
The following is based on my experience in mind mapping application, training, and student exchanges for more than 20 years. I hope it can help everyone. In my personal opinion, some of the beauty of mind maps is that they look "beautiful"; some are "beautiful" when you think about them. Therefore, when pursuing different "beautiful" maps, you need different abilities! To draw a beautiful mind map, you need to practice from the following aspects:
Beautiful conception is the core of drawing a mind map. Why draw a mind map? Did you draw the guide for yourself? Or are you drawing it for others to see? No matter who you draw it for, it needs to be understood by the other person, not just in the shape of a mind map. For elementary mind maps, most people just pile up content without any logic, and they don’t even know what they drew after they draw it.
(1) The content of the mind map can improve oneself and inspire others - altruism
(2) The content of the mind map is logically clear and consistent with the theme - organization
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(3) The presentation form of mind map helps to improve efficiency - efficiency
The way of classifying things is generally not the only way. The same information can be classified in multiple ways. Different classifications Methods can be used in different situations. For a certain situation, there is always the best classification. Good classification should be based on certain logical common sense, and the best logic conforms to the common sense recognized by the public.
Practice: Please group the 9 food shopping lists into certain categories to facilitate memory:
Grapes, grapefruit, milk, preserved eggs, potatoes, apples, eggs, yogurt, Chinese cabbage.
This mandala classification borrows the shape of the mandala in Tibetan Buddhism. It is actually the 6 grids of the "Nine Palace Grid" to express 6 common logics in life:
Note that when applying, branches at the same level should preferably belong to the same logic. If you take a look at the cases, you can understand the mystery. Many people draw mind maps that often focus on beautiful images, but the result is a mess of logic. Both themselves and others are just looking at things in a fog, and they are just abstract.
The literary talent of mind maps is more reflected in the summary and dismantling of "keywords". When many people draw mind maps, they organize the framework directory of the entire article, but have problems when presenting it at the next level? Because each paragraph of the article is a sentence, do you need to copy them all? At this time, you need to use the technology of "keyword" extraction. Keyword technology is a very critical ability in current learning abilities. When you don’t know keywords and do online shopping, your shopping efficiency is much lower than that of others. You may even be exploited by black networks, and you may even leave empty-handed. Companies that don’t know keywords will have a hard time getting traffic on the Internet, and content creators that don’t know keywords will have limited fans. Therefore, after you learn the "keyword" technique in the field of mind mapping, you can extend it to many fields, making it easier for you to remember the keywords and easier for others to identify, so that more people can relate to you, or find things through keywords. More information codes for the world.
Here is a "Thinking Rubik's Cube" keyword extraction method:
The beautiful illustrations are the envy of many friends who have just learned mind mapping. Compared with the visual imaging ability, It's very big, just like now, more people watch TV than listen to the radio; more people watch the entertainment version than the text version. In so-called expert terms, the human brain prefers information with pictures and text.
Mind mapping is also such a tool. Tony Bazin was inspired and developed based on the manuscripts of previous graphic notes (Leonardo Da Vinci, Einstein, etc.). Of course, this visual memory model of graphic presentation is not Bazin’s patent. my country’s "Book of Changes", "Tui Bei Tu", "He Luo Shu", etc. are all early classics that present visual thinking. Therefore, we do not need to worship foreigners. . My personal mind map was not learned from Mr. Bazin's, but evolved from the memory of the root words in "Spark English".
I digress, the pictures are beautiful. Some people worry that they can’t draw, have no artistic ability, and worry that they can’t draw mind maps well. This is a bit biased. The purpose of mind maps with pictures is actually It is to improve our memory of image associations, not for aesthetics. As the saying goes - there are many good skins, but too few soulful guides. No matter whether you draw by hand or with software, you don’t have to worry about matching pictures. What you need to learn to draw by hand is to draw "squares, rectangles, ovals, straight lines, curves" which children can basically communicate with in kindergarten. If you use software, it will be easier for you. Various online pictures and galleries on the Internet are all resources that novices can borrow.
The key to matching pictures is the consistency between the pictures and the keywords in the map. Whether you draw the picture yourself or choose a picture from the Internet, you must remember that the picture must be consistent with the online keywords. If you are embodying an objective thing, an apple picture can appear next to the "apple"; if you want to express abstract "thinking", you can have a "brain machine".
Exquisite layout means that the layout of the entire mind map looks comfortable and pleasing to the eye. This is an upgrade from the previous three beauties. There is a good idea, good literary talent, and good pictures, but the overall layout is patchwork, swaying, or visually confusing, which will make you or others not in the mood to continue to appreciate it. The key points of beautiful typography are: harmony and balance. Specifically, you can ensure the exquisite typesetting from the following four aspects.
(Evaluation: concise and clear, focused, applicability map)
(Evaluation: excessive use of colors, excessive use of pictures, artistic map, poor applicability)