Nobody drifts to success
Napoleon Hill, the author of ‘Think and Grow Rich’, stated that you don’t have to be a fortune teller to be able to predict someone’s future. You can do so by asking him or her one simple question: ‘What is your one definite purpose in life – and what plans have you made to attain it?” He goes on to say that if you asked 100 people this question, 98% will say something like, “I’d like to make a good living and become as successful as I can.” He believes that while this sounds good on...
read moreBloom’s Taxonomy – The Psychomotor Domain and Mind Mapping
I’ve had a few comments about the last few articles being a bit too academic. Words like taxonomy, cognitive, psychomotor, etc. don’t roll easily off the tongue. I’ve tried to make it as simple as possible and to paraphrase the great Einstein, ‘I’ve tried to make it simple enough, but not too simple‘. I will nevertheless publish an article summarising all of this next week in one simple to read article. I am putting together a Mind Map of the article at the moment and hope that all the principles of the...
read moreMind Mapping is for everyone
I often get told that Mind Mapping is only for ‘clever people’. Nothing is further from the truth! When you look at the life of Tony Buzan, the inventor of the Mind Map, you will quickly see that the man is a genius. And that was BEFORE he even invented Mind Mapping. He was the editor of the International journal of MENSA from 1968-1971. In case you don’t know it, MENSA is the ‘Hight IQ Society’. From the Mensa website: ‘…Membership of Mensa is open to persons who have attained a score within the...
read moreUsing Mind Maps
If you’ve been observant, you may have noticed that I’ve been referring to, and providing links to, articles on UsingMindMaps.com. Today, I would like to position the reason for setting up UsingMindMaps.com. MindMapTutor.com is a blog, which is the final resting ground of my weekly articles. My steadily growing subscriber base can go to MindMapTutor.com for archives of older postings. While this has served me, and my subscriber base, very well, it is not the easiest site to navigate. The current highlights and featured articles are...
read moreMind Maps and Lifelong Learning
Lifelong Learning Arie de Geus ‘Your ability to learn faster than your competitor may be your only sustainable competitive advantage’, is a quote by Arie de Geus that I often use because of the great message it carries. Arie de Geus gets my admiration because he is not a pure academic only. He started out in ‘the real world’ and progressed to management in Royal Dutch Shell, retiring after working there for 38 years. He was largely responsible for developing the concept of the learning organisation. His reputation as...
read moreMind Map your milestones
Philosophical Since November last year, my articles focused quite a bit on my philosophy of success. Philosophical discussions are often controversial and spark lots of debate, but it’s something I quite like. You should perhaps also develop your ‘own philosophy of life’. This will ensure that there is always a higher purpose for everything that you do. Getting Practical During the first few articles of this year, it started to get more practical, where you actually had to define what it is you wanted to achieve and by...
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