30 days to Mind Map Mastery- Productivity boost for everyone

• How people traditionally take note and why it causes you distracted or overwhelmed
• What Mind map is, how it looks like, and its important elements

• Why Mind map is a highly effective productivity tool (Hint: it works as how your brain is built to work)
• The 2 brain's principles of Mind map
• "Brainy" explanations why traditional note taking method is ineffective and distractive to your brain

A short lesson to give you an overview of Mindmap's wonderful benefit and wide applications

• Supplement resources if you want to learn more about Mind map
• The 3 ways of drawing Mind map
• Digital and physical tools you will need (depending on your preference)

Objectives:

• To give you a glimpse of drawing Mindmap.
• To find out your preference in Mindmap tools: pen & paper or digital devices or Mindmap applications
• To briefly understand your challenges in drawing Mindmap

• Why you have to know and follow MM official rules
• Introduce to rules of the 3 elements of MM

Image is essential in MM as it triggers your brain to work and imagine. Learn what the rules of quality impressive images are.

Branches are the one thing that distinguish a good and a not-so-good Mind map. Learn the rules of natural and flowing branches.

We process information with images and words. If you can catch right keywords, they stick to your brain. Learn the rules of efficient sticky keywords.

Besides the 3 key elements, MM is productive thanks to the connections between these elements. Learn the rules to make great and fast connections in MM.

A downloadable summary of MM rules for your reference.

A super fun exercise to test yourself on common pitfalls one may make in MM.

Detailed answer to the previous exercise. From the answer, you will learn the most common pitfalls in MM to avoid.

Objectives:

• Apply your knowledge in MM rules (referred to lesson “The rules of Drawing MM”)
• Learn to recognise and avoid common pitfalls (referred to lesson “Common pitfalls in drawing MM”)
• Find out any other challenge you may face when drawing MM

List of top common challenges you may face when drawing MM. List will be updated frequently. Please send me your top challenges when practising MM so that I can add them in as well:)

Top barrier when people practise MM. Some say that they just were not born with drawing ability. Is it, however, really true that you cannot draw?

Exercise from previous lecture to practise drawing.

Branches distinguish good to not-so-good MM. Here I will show you an easy way to drawing branches fast and natural.

It takes you more than 30 minutes to draw a simple MM? Maybe something goes wrong in the process. Let's identify the root causes and learn how to solve them.

You draw your MM, but you just cannot remember it. Moreover, you forget many things in life as well. Let me show you the 5 tips to greatly improve your memory in MM and life.

For those you use pen and paper to draw MM, this is certainly one of the most annoying challenges. But there's a will, there's a way:)

Sometimes MM makes you see your information and thinking clearer. Sometimes it looks even messier than your mind. How to avoid that?

If you are a book lover, or you simply have to encounter much information, this lecture is for you to find keywords fast and efficiently.

You draw a MM, then when you read again you cannot understand what you have drawn. Don't worry, you are not alone! Let me show you why it happens and how to solve this (hint: it's much easier than you think!)

Objectives:

• Overcome the challenges you may face when drawing MM
• Feel comfortable with the rules and the process
• Spend appropriate duration and effort to draw MM that serves your purpose

Summarizing information is one of the most popular applications of MM in work and life. Let's learn the process to summarize any articles/books/materials using what I call "proactive learning approach". You will never feel bored again!

Exercise to practise "information summary" application.

How to use MM for brainstorming and experience exhilarating creativity and innovativeness.

Exercise to practise "brainstorming" application.

How to use MM for planning efficiently, in work an in life.

Exercise to practise "planning" application.

A marvellous certificate to appreciate your time and effort to accomplish this course and become a Mind map master.

Now that you have finish the course, what will come next? I also include a small gift for you to show my gratitude that we have this opportunity to work together. Thank you and see you again!

UPDATED 16/11/2016: Please use the coupon ILMMM20 (20% OFF) 

Your user-friendly checklist to use after drawing any Mind map (especially on your journey to mastery) to make all important rules are followed.

I draw this using Sketchbook - an iPad app for free drawing. You can download both pdf and jpg versions.