If you have not heard of the term mind mapping yet, now is a good time to learn about it. You will certainly be missing out on a lot of things if you are still using the old
‘listing’ technique or taking down notes when studying, mapping out a plan or drafting an outline for a project at school or at work.

Not only does mind mapping eliminate the need for tedious lists, but it also works the same way that the human brain works, so coming up with a mind map or concept map is a breeze for anybody who wants to try it out.

So how does mind mapping work? This technique involves the illustration of ideas on paper. Think of it as literally drawing a ‘map’ of what you are actually thinking.

First, what you need to do is write in the center of the paper a word which represents the main theme or central idea. From that one word, you can think of other words associated with this central idea which can be connected to the main word with the use of branches. A branch from the main theme could have a sub-branch which is another word associated with the keyword, and so on – let the process evolve from there.

Once the entire paper is filled out with your ideas, the entire illustration will merge into a whole, which you can easily remember, picture in your mind and understand.

Now that you have a basic idea of what mind mapping is, take a look at the numerous benefits of mind mapping:

•    You can save a lot of time and effort when using the mind mapping technique, instead of the traditional ‘listing’ method.
If you are fond of using itemized lists when taking down notes from a lecture, or even planning a vacation trip – imagine the amount of time and effort that you will save if you will use mind mapping instead. With mind mapping, you can eliminate the unnecessary details and just concentrate on what is important to you.

•    Mind maps are easier to understand and remember.
This is especially applicable for students who are studying for an exam. Use mind mapping during a lecture, and you will find that the illustration will help you remember facts better, rather than relying on the traditional notes. This is because it will be easier for you to imagine an illustration rather than memorize a bunch of lists about the topic discussed.

With mind mapping, you can use your brain to its utmost potential and enjoy the advantages of having a better time at planning, organizing your thoughts, remembering facts and analyzing data – skills that you can apply both at work and in your home life.

To learn more about Mind Mapping techniques read The Power of Mind Mapping report.

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What do you know about I.Q.? I.Q. stands for Intelligence Quotient, and it’s basically your brain’s abilities. Mankind created a lot of theories regarding intelligence, unitary and multiple. The unitary theory of intelligence limited intelligence to the linguistic and mathematical ability of the person. The theory of multiple intelligence, additional to linguistic and mathematical abilities, also counts visual, musical, and physical personal potentials.
There is even a formula of I. Q.: so-called intellectual age (IA) divided by real age (RA) (IQ=IA/RA x 100%)

Let’s talk about the ways by which a person can improve his brain’s potential. There are three common ways to make your brain work better.

First of all research yourself, your possibility, and your brain. If, let’s say, mathematics is not your favorite subject and you like art and music, don’t panic. You are still considered a smart and intelligent person; your art and music are stylish. If you don’t remember what a story is about but can easily memorize pictures and can even draw them, then you are a visually smart person. How about sports? Are you an athletic person? If yes, then you are body smart. How do you communicate with people? Good.  Then you are interpersonal smart.

Everybody has one or more of the types of intelligence. So what you need to do is just to find your type or types of intelligence. Define yourself as a writer, write something ( a story or poem). Maybe you are good with numbers. Try to draw a picture, sing, or play piano. Take some dancing or gymnastic classes. Try to do some craft. Join some clubs where you can meet some interesting people and have a good tie with them. Try achieving your goals by working on yourself. Remember: No man knows what he can do till he tries.”

Secondly, work on yourself and your memory. I am sure that there are a lot of people out there that have talent in a variety of intelligence that we defined before, maybe even all seven.   Can we say that they are geniuses? By the way, what is the definition of a genius? Are you a genius?  I read somewhere that a genius is a person with phenomenally excellent mental or physical abilities. Einstein, Mozart, and Bach are considered as geniuses, but they don’t have all defined seven types of intelligence.  In reality you don’t need to have all types of intelligence to be successful in life.  Just continue working on yourself, improve your abilities. Use your potentials to make your and other’s lives better. With your strength of will, you can express your potentials towards greatness. Balzac said: “There is no such thing as a great talent without a great will power.”

Next, constantly clarify your brain. Extend your possibility. Exercise your memory. Study, not just to know. Exercising your brain is different from learning. Exercising is obtaining knowledge throughout the senses- touch, taste, see, smell, and taste. Learning is the formalization of studies through the educational institutions. Exercising is related and internalizing all the information obtained through studies, education, and experience. There are two types of abilities, natural or accumulated. New knowledge can be studied – public speaking, entrepreneur skills, dancing. This is all up to you, just learn and practice.

This sounds like an uneasy position; you must try really hard to be able to survive and to succeed. Victory doesn’t relate to your level of I. Q. because I.Q. tests are not accurate and don’t display your real potential. Any person can maximize his or her brain potentials as long as he or she will work hard and put all the effort that is needed.

To learn more how to improve your memory, read the How to Exploit Your Brain’s Unlimited Power report.

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So, you wish to improve your memory. First of all you should know that a universal method to improve your memory doesn’t exist. There are many ongoing studies and tests being conducted to try and improve the quality of people’s memory. This work on memory improvement is helping people of all various age categories, starting from students that are preparing to pass tests and finishing with senior citizens that are taking care of their everyday needs. Any person can improve their memory. It doesn’t matter where he works and what he does.

There are special treatments and methods to improve memory. To use the entire portfolio of recipes is very difficult and is not necessary at all. Use only the one techniques that is most effective for you. Select a decent amount of them. If you choose only two or three methods, after a while they won’t work for you anymore. It is good if you select about ten methods and switch between them from time to time.

1. Method of external compensation:

a. Physical reproduction of conditions: it is easier to recall in the same place that
you memorized.
b. Mental reproduction of conditions: the same as above, but recollect
a background, a place, music, illumination, etc in the mind.
c. Tuning up trick: if the information is difficult to remember, try to repeat it
with different variations - loudly or silently, drawlingly or rapidly, with a
funny accent, knocking … .All of this tunes up the memory.

2. Method of shrinkage:

a. Use the base of the concepts: if you take and memorize the parts of the
concepts on which the text is built on, then it is easy to restore all
the concepts.
b. Fictional trick: write out and memorize the first letters of the words.
c. Editing: Put the text in more basic terms.
d. Material shrinkage: write out the text in your own words, making it as
compact as possible; sometimes with one word it is possible to replace
the whole phrase.
e. Block trick: make a block diagram using the principle of seven.

3. Chain method:

a. “Hook” trick: You have to connect (hook) new data with the data that is
available in your memory – by the sense, tune, color, or appearance.
b. Matrix trick: the material is carried to the table with a structure defined by you.
c. Semantic “tree”: the main idea becomes a tree trunk; the basic ideas are the
branches departing from the trunk (no more than seven), then go to small
branches obeying the principle of seven.
d. “City of knowledge “: for storage of varied information it is possible “to build”
a whole city; to recollect, we mentally travel in it.
e. Search in the chain: consistently go thought the parts of an imagined
chain in which the required information should be stored; having found in the
chain the missing part jump over it, pass forward and then come back; if you
still don’t remember the missing part - try to switch to a relaxation trick.
f. Search for the situation: when you see a person that seems familiar, you
search the various situations (on the street, in the building, in the college,
in the movie, etc.), and the information about this person will come out.

4. Method of contradiction:

a. The contrast background: come up with a bright background that creates
the effect of contrast.
b. Rephrase the contents in a paradoxical way: make a brief and metaphorical
formulation, for example, “the paradox is a quadrangular triangle “.
c. Select the opposite: find a meaning totally opposite to what you should
remember.
d. Absurd examples: absurd examples help to remember an essence.
e. Forget what you must remember: wishing to forget something we
concentrate our attention on it and as a result we remember it.
f. The relaxation: if within three minutes you can’t recall something,
relax your muscles for a few minutes and try to not think of it; the
relaxation helps practically everybody.

5. Logic method:

a. Search for the rules: find the rules that are easy to remember - semantic,
numerical, or rhythmical.
b. Use analogies: find to what the object is similar.
c. Trick of a logic conclusion: make a logical link of the object with familiar
information.
d. Modeling: make a logic links connecting the separate facts into one
system – a model for remembering.
e. Forecasting the consequences: Just imagine what will happen if you
forget the needed information.
f. Bring the solution to a logical end: you develop an idea contained in
the material further to its logical end.

6. Method of decorating:

a. The image of the material: you try to draw a picture about
the information.
b. Cast: (eight - the thick woman, seven – man with mustache,
etc.).
c. Empathy: the person mentally reincarnates in an object that easy
to remember.
d. “Smile”: search in the material for something cheerful.

If you are interested in other simple and practical methods that will help you to refine and sharp your wonderful memory, check out the Powerful Ways to Sharpen Your Memory e-book

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