? Introduction
I thought I’d already written an article for Léo’s Rainbow Mind Map, which has become such an important tool for me on various levels, but it appears not, so here goes!
Way’s I’ve Used Léo’s Rainbow Mind Map
Being the spontaneous sort, I reckon I can structure this article around what I just imagined in the sentence above: various ways I’ve used this mind map thus far. And it ain’t over till the Mad Mapper sings!
I’ve used Léo’s Rainbow Mind Map to:
? Explain mind mapping principles
? Get people excited about the idea
? Teach the colours to pupils
? Stimulate the imagination
? Have creative fun with my son
? Promote my new English school*
Keep on reading the full article just after the download links below – hope you like it!
*Which just happens to be called… wait for it… Rainbow English School!
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Welcome to the Ultimate iMindMap 10 Review ?
Sneak Preview of iMindMap 10 (See below!)
Yes, we’re in sneak preview mode folks! Our complete iMindMap 10 review should be ready before the end of the year. In the meantime you’ll find links to all the ThinkBuzan teaser videos highlighting the new iMindMap 10 features we can look forward to!
I’ve written a short commentary on each new feature or improvement where I outline the main points and implications for future workflows, productivity and various other thoughts and observations.
If you’d like to read my major iMindMap 9 review from earlier this year just click below. It’s still totally up to date (and the best independent review available IMNSHO) as iMindMap 9 is still the current version as I write..
What’s more, practically all of the core information in the iMindMap 9 review will still be relevant for our soon-to-come iMindMap 10 review which will be published on this page very soon!Read more…
? Introduction
The Wheel of Life coaching tool is an interesting activity often used in official life coaching sessions, but it can also be self-inflicted, as it were.
In other words, you can use it yourself just as easily as with a coach, although a good coach will be able to bring its usefulness to a whole new level with wise guidance and pithy insights.
You might be wondering how it works and I’ll try to explain, in broad terms, here.
The idea is that you split your life into a few big chunks, and I give some examples in the sections below. This is the first step in getting a grip on where you stand in relation to your goals, or just how happy you are in each of the areas that are important to you in your life.
I’ve used five concentric circles here for clarity, but they are each given two points, which meant they go from zero in the centre to ten on the outside. (continued below…)
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? Introduction
Whilst working on my new brain-friendly teaching project, Rainbow English School, I had the idea of creating a sort of rainbow of teaching and learning values or inspirational guiding lights.
The mind map you see on this page is the result and it may well change over the months and years to come. It’s a living, evolving thing and I’ll update the links below if it changes significantly.
I’ve always been a sucker for the colours of the rainbow, and notably the simpler Red / Orange / Yellow / Green / Blue / Purple set as opposed to the ones I learnt at school along with the Roy G. Biv mnemonic given to us by my first and scariest-ever science teacher, the formidable Mr McGee: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet!
So anyway, I started playing around with objects and emotions we often associate with each of the major colours. This fitted in very nicely with an article I wrote recently for my Creative Business Mind web site on the psychology of colours in marketing, called Blue For You.
My aim was to create a powerful and restrained set of words and icons for each colour, covering some basic aspects of teaching, learning and simply living. I will attempt to explain these ideas in the sections which follow the download and copyright notes just below.
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? Unravelling The Strands… ?
I created this mind map just after the attacks in Brussels this spring which I passed through the week after. I’m also in Paris several days a week, so there’s that too.
And now not-so Nice, and that’s just staying in France. But hey, this could be about anywhere, anytime, any people, any era where irreconcilable perceived differences push people to do things which leave on-lookers incredulous and cursing.
On the other hand the onlookers aren’t in the skins of those carrying out the attacks and so it is very difficult to truly understand where the real problem lies and even more challenging to know how to fix it if it’s even possible.
It’s a real casse-tête (head-breaker) as the French would say, and they’re not wrong.
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Recognising Amazing Mind Maps Worldwide…
The Mappy Awards
(VOTE & chat about your favourite maps HERE)
February 2016
Recognising Amazing Mind Maps Worldwide…
The Mappy Awards
(VOTE & chat about your favourite maps HERE)
January 2016
iMindmap 10 Is Here NOW!
Mind Mapping Friends
