Seeing as a I used to be a teacher I have always had an interest in teaching, education, learning. I have a particular interest in the thinking processes and how the brain works. I have read a good bit on the subject and including ‘Emotional Intelligence’ by Daniel Goleman. There was another I read about that I can’t remember the name of right now but will update when it comes back to me which was along the lines of thinking processes and creativity with thinking. When I was in business I read a number of books which have some great ideas in about things like Neuro Linguistic Programming, and how to get the best out of yourself and the muscle in between the ears.

One of the area that interested me a huge amount was the book by Tony Buzan. In it was the story of a young guy that decided one day that he should be a A student and not a C level student. His teachers didn’t believe him and nearly laughed at him for his audacity, but he had made up his mind. Though working out what it was he needed to do from the business end, such as the product he would have to hand in to get the best marks, to the way that he would have to work on himself to be able to achieve what he wanted from his educational life.

Much of it comes down to attitude and the desire to do the best you can do. But there are also tools that you can use to enhance your own learning such as MindMaps and making your short term memory become long term memory. There are tricks that do work and when you know and understand what sort of a learner you are, such as how you best learn material, audibly, reading, visual like video or by doing, then you can design a system for yourself that will ensure the top marks in the tests and exams that you have to put yourself through.

Another of the reasons that I believe this is because of my own story. I was failing at the English class at school, in particular and in other classes too. I was given a talking to by the English teacher, Mrs Dawson and she turned my head around. I had to get a certain number of essays done in a short time or I would be on the educational scrap heap. I didn’t fancy being a van driver or a road sweeper, I knew I was better than that. My attitude changed beyond belief and weirdly I found I enjoyed doing the essays and being successful. I think I even did extra work.

Tony Buzan has a product that is really useful and every person in any form of learning or education should consider investing in themselves by buying and using it. It is the MindMap. You can of course just get a piece of paper and draw the mind maps with coloured pens and that’s great but these days the computer is the way forward. Better legibility, speed of creation of Mind Maps and extra tools all make it worthwhile to get your hands on a copy of the iMind Map. There is a trial version you can use to see if if is worth your while getting so there is no need to just take a chance, spending money before you know if it will suit you or not.

The software will work on Windows as well as on the Mac and is good for writers that want to explore some ideas, getting some ideas out in the open and also for a business project management tool. I am using it in my quest to learn to be a software programmer. There is such a huge body of information I have to learn that I need iMindMap to be able to learn faster and get up to speed.

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