THOUGHT MAPPING

POWER OF THOUGHT MAPPING

“Great ideas often start as scattered thoughts. 

Thought maps help them find their way”

INTRODUCTION

          Human thoughts are like ocean, it is probably unstoppable till we alive.  But thoughts can be minimized on focusing towards a target.  A common person experiences around 40,000-50,000 thoughts a day and in a minute 20-30 thoughts are generated.  We create thoughts but never notice thoughts. These increments of thoughts are big problems for mental stress and depression. To avoid these thoughts in raw, first we should earmark the thoughts or ideas of our professional and personal nature and focus on it with the help of thought mapping.  This art of mapping thoughts will engage our mind to utilise most of its potential to work on that central idea and further evolve its with other connecting ideas.

           Thought Mapping is also known as Mind Mapping.  It is an art or tool to memorise⁄ understand the complex concepts with the help of a visual⁄ structure-based diagram.  The central idea further will be divided into many more connected ideas.  It is based on hierarchy or tree structure explaining relationships with a central concept and its related concepts based on connections between concepts in more diverse pattern. 

           

BEST WAYS TO GENRATE YOUR QUALITY THOUGHTS AND IDEAS

1.       Try to meditate and keep your mind concentrated.

2.       Spare a few minutes for yourself every day and talk with yourself.

3.       Never be overthinker, it will harm your creativity and creative ideas.

4.       Always forgive the people who hurt you.  To do so, the negative thoughts will not come.

5.       Visualise yourself as you want to be. It will create a positive energy. In a long term, it will force your subconscious mind to create ideas to achieve your goal.

6.       Exercise goal writing.  Writing goals are more powerful than the goal you think.

7.       Make a plan to achieve your goal.  Decide cut-off date to achieve your goal.  Write down your obstacles and efforts or ideas to fix these obstacles. Start your work, make a mind map and focus on your quality thoughts.  

8.       Define your Why     Your reason to achieve your goal should be definite and Crystl clear.  Create an emotional connection to your goals.  Write down your  and keep them visible as daily reminders.

9.       Create Structure Routine.

10.     Eliminate distractions.

11.      Use Accountability Systems.

12.     Practice Mindfulness and Self-Awareness.

13.     Celebrate Progress Properly. 

  

HOW THOUGHT MAPPING WORKS

1.       Central Idea.

2.       Sub Ideas connected with central Idea.

3.       Visual, Images and symbols.

4.       Keywords and Phrases.

5.       Relationships and Connections

BENEFITS OF THOUGHT MAPPING

1.       Help in understanding the complex concepts.

2.       Save time during planning, review and execution.

3.       Effective learning.           Mind mapping is very effective in academic and educational preparation.  Student can easily remember the complex topics.  It also help to summarize chapters, essay writings.  Teachers can use mind maps to explain the complex concepts and chapters for long retaining it in memory of students and easy understanding.

4.       Long retention in memory as comparison to text.  Mind mapping help to retain the complex things for long terms.  It breaks down large topics into smaller, easier and in manageable manners.  The human brain remembers images and connections more easily than text.  Colours and images add emotional value and visual cues.

5.       Helpful in brainstorming.    Mind mapping concept is very helpful during brainstorming⁄ group discussions.  We can make a structure and kept the ideas in short form, which will be easy to revise and reframe the thoughts later on.  This concepts also reinforces understanding by linking complex concepts in a meaningful and easy way.

6.       Mind thinks in visuals and images.  Easy way to align with mind.

7.       It creates interest and easy to remember.

8.       Easy to revise.

9.       Easy to carry in the form of photographs.

10.     Easy in teaching and less time consuming.

11.      Boost up creativity and Creative Idea Generation.  Mind maps provide a positive environment for creative thinkings.  In this positive environment, every body allow free association and non-linear thought process.  It encourages spontaneous ideas, connection with central concepts and easy to explore multiple perspectives. 

12.     Help in clarity of thoughts.

13.     Easy to brief and understand.

14.     Help in better organization and Planning.     Mind maps is very useful for organizing information and planning tasks in short span of time.  It clarifies the goals and sub goals associated with main goal.  It is easy to explain the team and easy to Understand.  Better clarifies the connection between teams and identifies the most important tasks.

15.     Enhance Productivity.     Mind mapping enhances our productivity by helping users to visualise their goals, set priorities, calculative risks⁄ repercussions and manage time in more effective way.  Finally, it saves our time during planning and execution.

16.     Help in problem solving ability.    Mind mapping clarifies all the doubts and clear the goal and its priority.  So, this clarity provides the users to new perspective to look the problems if any occurred from different angles and its solutions with full of energy.

17.     Promote Team Work.       Mind map is an excellent tool for promoting team work. It make meetings more dynamics and interactive.

18.     It enhances personal development and mental clarity.

19.     Help in mindfulness by focusing on the present moment.

20.     Encourages Lifelong Learnings.

21.     Keywords trigger memory pathways more effectively than full sentences.

22.     Tree like structures help to earmark the connections between two concepts and ideas.

23.     Colours and images add interests and creativity.

24.     It enhances decision making abilities by eliminating the options.

ITS TIME TO ACTION

CONCLUSION

      Thought Mapping is a very essential tool and it shows clarity, creativity and thoughtfulness.  By judging our visuals, its easy to organising our thoughts in a better way.  It helps us to see patterns, unlock hidden ideas and make sense of complex concepts.  Thought mapping strengthen us in problem-solving, personal and professional growth.  The more we practice it more we realise that our ideas and thoughts are our best friends which guides and lead us towards unlock our hidden potentials.

 

 

“Clarity comes not from more thoughts, but from

organizing the ones your already.”