Mind Maps

Posted on December 7 2007

I was amused by this on the AccountingWEB home page today (which means it won't stay there for long):

Editor's Note

I often marvel at the amount of work Richard Murphy gets through. When he's not blogging or campaigning as part of his Tax Research work, it seems he's jetting off to conferences with the UN or advising senior civil servants.

Whisper it quietly, but I think he even advises a few personal and business clients. After a passing comment a month or two back, I asked him to write an article about how he uses Mind Maps - could these strange graphical devices hold the secret to his hyperactivity? To find out more, read use Mind Maps to organise your thoughts, and life.

Best wishes
John Stokdyk
Technology Editor, AccountingWEB

I wrote the article for good reason: Mind Maps are phenomenally useful.

I wholeheartedly recommend them to all busy people.

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  1. Mark Lee says:
    December 8 2007 at 10:16 pm

    Great to see that your posting has had a phenomenal number of views/reads on the AccountingWeb site Richard. Even more than usual.

    I’m posting this here because if I add it to the comments on AccyWeb all the other comments there will fill my inbox!
    I’ve been using mindmaps for almost 30 years but as yet I’ve not used any of the computer programs – other than very briefly about 6 years back. I know it’s only a matter of time!

    In response to a comment on AccyWeb you seemed to express surprise that anyone would create paper based mindmaps. I do it all the time when preparing to write articles, talks and presentations – often on the train. I also create mindmaps to record other people’s lectures, talks, seminars and when brainstorming (alone).

    Tony Buzan, who created the concept, has written a number of books on the subject – mostly before the advent of the computer programmes. I’m delighted there are so many advocates for the concept and expect I’ll decide which of the computer based programmes to use soon. In the meantime I unreservedly recommend Tony’s books as it becomes even easier to get more value from mind maps when you understand the background thinking that led to their development and how we can get maximum benefit from them.

  2. Tax Research LLP says:
    December 9 2007 at 12:21 am

    Mark

    100% agreed re Buzan’s book – it got me started on this many years ago

    And there’s nowt wrong with paper Mind Maps – except that I find it vastly easier to use IT – and so much more flexible because I simply drag and drop ideas around. You can’t do that on paper, at least, no nearly so easily.

    That’s why I seriously recommend getting an IT version.

    Cheers

    Richard