When your head is packed full of ideas, you might fall short at organizing them. You will quickly become overwhelmed, stressed out, and it could even lead to some bad decisions. Few people work efficiently like this, having multiple directions of information and keeping it clear.

It might sound like torture, add that to your life goals, a job could be on the line. Imagine dropping those tasks and goals, on a map and drawing lines between them and keeping the steps to achieving the goals clear and manageable.

A mind map tool allows you to lay it all out; this small change of formatting your ideas into a visual representation changes the way you see it. When they are in the brain, your creative mind can remain active and overlap the creation process. The relationship between your memory and your thought process is your “Kryptonite.”

The left brain is regarded as the intelligent, rational, logical half, contrasting with the emotional, irrational, and creative right brain (in the 19th century, the right brain was thought to be the seat of madness, truly the Mr Hyde of the hemispheres!). The creative process is rarely thought of as rational.

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That explains it more depth; the connection from the creative side will prevent you from working the entire map in your head. Now, this is possible; for particular high functioning individuals can jump between reading, writing with little error.

Try this trick I learn from Tony Robbins, to replace memory with another. Close your eyes and picture something with great visual detail. Concentrate on it, looking to the bottom left and now, shift your eye to the top right and imagine a new event, and this delete the old one replace it.

Warning this does affect the brain in semi-permanence; outside factors can bring back or repeat this memory. When you Repeat the process, it will increase the chances. Tony does use this to help his fans with deep emotional issues.

Now, just like you can remember with the left side, you should look to the right to activate your creative brain. With some practice, I bet you could imagine your entire mind map, or you could use an app to display it for you.

Whether It is a specific mind mapping or multi-user software, I prefer to have the fewest apps possible. The mapping tool is time-saving; once you have it mapped out, you can add specific web pages or videos where more information is needed. That gives you can give you a sort 3d model with layers, more comfortable to keep track.

I use Webcull for this since I prefer a modest program; the simple folders structure allows me to design bracket styled view of my plan. Some programs can cause visual overload. After all, the added animations, other options are more than my need since I work from another application to achieve team goals. A simple one-way personal mind map is enough.

Examples of where a multi-directional mind map application will better suit your needs.

— You have a multiple-choice response product. (Email Responder)

— Your mapping as a team manager

To keep it organized, you can use tree branching from your focal point, sub-branches, and colours.

In conclusion, methods like task separation are the keys to success, when you are prepping to write, you map it out. When you’re planning a trip, you map it out. The importance of using a simple web page or software to help empty your brain is essential. It enables you to keep the focus on the process and to get the goal accomplished and get down to checking off the list because it just feels great.