Are you familiar with the situation when there are a lot of thoughts in your head, interesting ideas constantly come, but the problem does not even think to be solved? The fact is that ideas are randomly hanging out in my head. It is necessary to sort them out on the shelves in order to see the whole problem, to look at it "from above". This can be done with the help of a thought map. It helps to engage both hemispheres of the brain, create a system of ideas and see a complete picture in front of you.
Drawing a map of thoughts was invented by Tony Buzen, an English psychologist who has been looking for ways to make the mind work faster and more productively all his life. The method spread quickly. Now you can find various programs and services for drawing maps on the Internet, including the free iMindMap application. In general, it doesn't matter where you create your map: on a mobile device, on a computer, or manually, on a piece of paper. The effect of this is not lost.
All your actions, ideas and plans are somehow connected to each other, but these connections are not reflected in the to-do list. It turns out that you see your goals separately, which is why simple and obvious solutions are often lost.
If you try to write all the cases on paper and use arrows to indicate how they are related to each other, you will get a more complete picture. If you also make the labels colorful, draw small pictures and icons, the information will be better remembered, and an understandable problem or task will appear on the sheet in the form of a structure.
The thought map is suitable for brainstorming, solving personal or professional issues. Multicolored schemes help students well, therefore, in many universities, especially in creative specialties, they advise drawing such structures.
The mind map helps the brain to get involved in the problem, fully embrace it and better remember the result. This will be useful for solving any task, starting with business development and ending with memorizing a history summary.
So, the map will help you if:
Creating a thought map is similar to the process of thinking itself. It combines two types of activity (creative and analytical), for which different hemispheres of the brain are responsible. The right one is responsible for spatial orientation, imagination and thinking, and the left one is responsible for analysis and logic.
When, during a complex explanation, you start walking around the room or drawing something in a notebook, it is an unconscious attempt to make both hemispheres of the brain work.
The map helps on the same principle: in the process of creating it, you use the whole brain. As a result, most of its cortex is working, more neurons are involved, which means that the abilities of memory, perception and thinking are growing.
As mentioned above, there are special applications for creating maps, but it is better to draw your first scheme of thoughts manually.
As a result, you will get a unified picture of your idea. After that, you will surely see some new features.
There are some tips that help make the map more understandable.
Everyone will have several topics that are constantly postponed "for later", so you can start with them.
Buy colored markers, take the time and draw your first thought map.
Drawing up such a scheme may seem funny. Just have fun with the process and you will definitely find a solution to any problem.
