Michael Jackson and your ability to GROK
I first discovered the word ‘Grok’ in Joyce Wycoff’s book, Mindmapping about 15 years ago. I covered the word in my article ‘The Mind’s unknown potential’ based on a chapter in her book. ‘Grokking’ falls into the category of gestalt psychology, where humans are able to see things as a whole despite apparent contradictions and ambiguities. One’s understanding of the situation is so good that it becomes a part of us. Its pattern is understood completely as a gestalt. Gestalt psychology also...
read moreFive Minutes to better Time Management – using Mind Maps
Time is the one resource that has been given to every human being in the same quantity. How you use it is up to you. By using Mind Maps as your main Planning and Time Management tool, you will always have a handle on your time. There are numerous Time Management Principles which you can use with your Mind Maps to ensure that you are always focused on the correct things. By using good time management principles you can actually ‘gain time’. Good Time management will leave you with more time on your hands to do what you really want...
read moreAwaken your creative genius with Mind Maps
The world is divided into people that almost match the way the brain is structured; creative people and uncreative people. As knowledge of the brain grew, this divide became more entrenched instead of being eradicated. People are now being labelled as being ‘left-brained’ and ‘right brained’. The left brained people are the logical, mathematical people and the right brained are the creative, artistic people. The result? Quotes like: ‘I am not logical’, ‘I cannot problem solve’, ‘I am not...
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