Hour by Hour
Try making a Mind Map planner entry for today.
Begin by drawing a clock
in the top left-hand corner of your page. Divide
this into 24 segments.
Fill the segments of the clock
with appropriate words, images and codes,
blocking out your use of time.
What is the most important thing
you need to consider or achieve today?
Use this to inspire the central image of your Mind Map. In the space below
the clock, draw your central image, leaving plenty of room around it.
Now create branches
from the central image, relating to the main areas or
themes of your day. Colour these main branches in different colours. Create
sub-branches from the main branches.
Link the main branches and sub-branches
to the clock with connecting
arrows where relevant, so that the two are working in harmony – like
clockwork!
Are there any events,
experiences or considerations that deserve to be
made into mini Mind Maps of their own, circling the central Mind Map?
When you have finished,
consider what perspectives the Mind Map offers
on the way you use your time?
ADVANCED MIND MAPPING AT WORK
The business community has adopted Mind Mapping with incredible enthusiasm
over the years. Sometimes this has produced mixed results: as we saw in
Chapter
3
, many of the diagrams that purport to be Mind Maps are not true Mind Maps at
all. However, when the Laws are followed properly, Mind Maps can achieve
spectacular results in the workplace, where they have an infinite range of
applications, including researching projects, creating presentations, writing
annual reports, managing time, brainstorming, negotiating and thinking
strategically.
Scaling their applications up a notch, Mind Maps can be used to plan the vision
for a company on a grand scale, and have other sophisticated uses, such as
resolving company disputes (see
page 169
). On an individual basis they can help
you decide which career path to pursue as well as plan how to climb the
promotion ladder.
Decision Making
We saw in
Chapter 4
how to tackle indecision when considering the outcome of
a Mind Map. Here we are going to look at how Mind Maps can be very helpful
in decision making itself, enabling you to see the pros and cons of any given
situation at a glance. Of course this is a skill that is useful in any arena of life,
but it is perhaps most valuable of all in the workplace.
Decisions that lead to simple yes/no responses are typically known as dyadic
decisions (from the Latin
dyas
, meaning “two”). To use a Mind Map to help you
make a dyadic decision, create it as you would any other Mind Map, starting
with a strong central image and using your imagination, association and intuition
to create main branches from it that relate to the most important considerations
you wish to address.
When you are making a Mind Map to help you make a decision, be aware that
the colours and pictures you allocate to the different branches will give you an
insight into the subtle workings of your subconscious, perhaps revealing hidden
preferences through the use of favourite colours for likes, or less favoured
colours and images for dislikes.
When you have completed the Mind Map about your dilemma, take a moment to
consider and try the following:
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