Mind Map
Create a mind map to help structure information and gain a better understanding of it
if you just need to empty your mind, you can do a Brain Dump, but if you need to discover the structure of the information, this pattern should help.
When we have too many ideas swirling around in our mind, it can be difficult to see all the ways they’re connected.
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Creating a mind map can help you make sense of what seems like an unrelated group of ideas. A mind map allows you to make some connections in a dynamic way.
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A mind map is a relatively free-form way of structuring information. It’s called a mind map because it tries to mirror the way your mind thinks of information as connected in multiple ways. Often, a standard outline or writing ideas straight to prose blocks the flow of ideas. Letting ideas self-organize as they get added to a mind map is a good alternative.
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Mind maps start with the main idea in the center of the page, then ideas are written around that center one and connect by lines where there seems to be a natural connection. The ideas tend to end up in a hierarchical arrangement around the center, but lines can be drawn between hierarchies or upward within a hierarchy if needed. Often these kinds of links yield important insights.
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Create a mind map to help structure information and gain a better understanding of it.
As you build your mind map, use images along with words—Portrait; if you’re having trouble coming up with useful images, start by building your Visual Vocabulary