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[[Image:Personal.jpg|right|439px|thumb|Mind mapping in your personal life    '''[http://www.informationtamers.com/WikIT/Flash/Personal.swf Interactive Flash]'''    '''[http://www.informationtamers.com/WikIT/PDF/Personal.pdf Interactive PDF']''']]
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[[Image:Personal.jpg|right|439px|thumb|Mind mapping in your personal life    '''[http://www.informationtamers.com/Flash/Personal.swf Interactive Flash]'''    '''[http://www.informationtamers.com/PDF/Personal.pdf Interactive PDF]''']]
 
Mind maps and concept maps can be used in personal life, for hobbies and as a supporting technique in your work.
 
Mind maps and concept maps can be used in personal life, for hobbies and as a supporting technique in your work.
  
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Alternatively you can navigate by a mind map like the one on the right: The following two links open an active mind map in a separate browser window.  This map has expanding branches and hyperlinks to other parts of WikIT.  
 
Alternatively you can navigate by a mind map like the one on the right: The following two links open an active mind map in a separate browser window.  This map has expanding branches and hyperlinks to other parts of WikIT.  
 
   
 
   
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Interactive map: [http://www.informationtamers.com/Flash/Personal.swf Flash (recommended)]
  
'''[http://www.informationtamers.com/WikIT/Flash/Personal.swf Interactive Flash version of the map in the right]'''   
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:::     [http://www.informationtamers.com/PDF/Personal.pdf PDF] [http://www.informationtamers.com/Mindjet-Player-problems.html (problem?)]  
  
'''[http://www.informationtamers.com/WikIT/PDF/Personal.pdf Interactive PDF version of the map in the right]'''<br>Needs Acrobat 9 or later.
 
  
 
== Goal setting ==
 
== Goal setting ==
  
'''[[Goal setting with mind maps|More...]]'''
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== Deep and fresh analysis of something you know well ==
 
== Deep and fresh analysis of something you know well ==
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== Projects ==
 
== Projects ==
  
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== Planning ==
 
== Planning ==
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Prepare for interviews, plan for new jobs, get ready for your next appraisals (or map out your subordinates' appraisals), map your way to promotion.
 
Prepare for interviews, plan for new jobs, get ready for your next appraisals (or map out your subordinates' appraisals), map your way to promotion.
  
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=== Life ===
 
Consider your further education in a mind map, decide if you want to hire a life-coach.  Or if you are a life coach yourself, maybe map out your coaching plans or coaching tactics with individuals.
 
Consider your further education in a mind map, decide if you want to hire a life-coach.  Or if you are a life coach yourself, maybe map out your coaching plans or coaching tactics with individuals.
  
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== Time management ==
 
== Time management ==
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For larger-scale time management, see also [[project management with mind maps]].
 
For larger-scale time management, see also [[project management with mind maps]].
  
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=== [http://www.pomodorotechnique.com/ Pomodoro] Technique ===
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* [http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=http://groups.google.com/group/pomodorotechnique/browse_thread/thread/fc36614fec9ddeb4/ea35828a2efd7be1&usg=AFQjCNEA9pjzhbSFItrnNHv0yuvSSfefzw here]
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* and [http://groups.google.com/group/pomodorotechnique/msg/ea86e4b71d77ba2a here] (To see details you will need to join the Pomodoro Google Group.)
  
 
'''[[Time management with mind maps|More...]]'''
 
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Taking personal notes during meetings using a mind map.   
 
Taking personal notes during meetings using a mind map.   
  
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'''[[Extending knowledge with mind maps|More...]]'''
  
'''[[Extending knowledge with support from mind maps|More...]]'''
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== Building a reference source ==
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Mind mapping software often allows for the addition of files and notes to nodes.  A mind map on a given subject can act as a useful repository of your own selected items.
  
 
== Organizing personal records and documents ==
 
== Organizing personal records and documents ==
  
  
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== Thinking methods ==
 
== Thinking methods ==
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Favorite questions of schoolchildren (or their teachers, anyway), reporters and researchers.
 
Favorite questions of schoolchildren (or their teachers, anyway), reporters and researchers.
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An addition well worth thinking about (recommended by Richard Veryard) "for whom".
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These questions can help with analysis, planning an enquiry, writing a report and in many everyday thinking activities.  They also help at the first, sometimes the hardest, point of [[How to make a mind map#The_hardest_part|making a mind map]] -- the first layer of breakdown of the central topic.
  
 
=== De Bono's Six thinking hats ===
 
=== De Bono's Six thinking hats ===
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== Giving Presentations ==
 
== Giving Presentations ==
 
  
 
'''[[Presentations and mind maps|More...]]'''
 
'''[[Presentations and mind maps|More...]]'''
 
== Organizing personal records and documents ==
 
 
 
'''[[Organizing personal records and documents with mind maps|More...]]'''
 
  
 
== Taking personal notes during a meeting ==
 
== Taking personal notes during a meeting ==
  
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Latest revision as of 09:38, 3 July 2018

Mind mapping in your personal life    Interactive Flash    Interactive PDF

Mind maps and concept maps can be used in personal life, for hobbies and as a supporting technique in your work.

Below is an outline of personal uses of mind mapping. It is not just a list of possibilities. Follow the More… and other links to find ideas and explanations of how to use mind maps for these actions yourself.

Alternatively you can navigate by a mind map like the one on the right: The following two links open an active mind map in a separate browser window. This map has expanding branches and hyperlinks to other parts of WikIT.

Interactive map: Flash (recommended)

     PDF (problem?)


Goal setting[edit]

More…

Deep and fresh analysis of something you know well[edit]

More…

Self-study[edit]

More…

Projects[edit]

More…

Planning[edit]

Mind maps are an excellent tool for planning. Weddings, parties, travel – your whole life, in fact.

Career[edit]

Plan out your career, or your next career move if you are already on the ladder.

Prepare for interviews, plan for new jobs, get ready for your next appraisals (or map out your subordinates’ appraisals), map your way to promotion.

Life[edit]

Consider your further education in a mind map, decide if you want to hire a life-coach. Or if you are a life coach yourself, maybe map out your coaching plans or coaching tactics with individuals.

More…

Time management[edit]

Mind maps work well with To Do lists, Getting Things Done (GTD), managing study plans and organizing freelance writing work.

For larger-scale time management, see also project management with mind maps.

Pomodoro Technique[edit]

  • here
  • and here (To see details you will need to join the Pomodoro Google Group.)

More…

Extending knowledge[edit]

Explore subjects that are new to you with a paper mind map on the desk beside you, or a mind or concept map open on the screen. Learning new material and build reference sources with a mind map or concept map.

Taking personal notes during meetings using a mind map.

More…

Building a reference source[edit]

Mind mapping software often allows for the addition of files and notes to nodes. A mind map on a given subject can act as a useful repository of your own selected items.

Organizing personal records and documents[edit]

More…

Thinking methods[edit]

5W1H (WWWWWH)[edit]

What? Where? When? Who? Why? How?

Favorite questions of schoolchildren (or their teachers, anyway), reporters and researchers.

An addition well worth thinking about (recommended by Richard Veryard) “for whom”.

These questions can help with analysis, planning an enquiry, writing a report and in many everyday thinking activities. They also help at the first, sometimes the hardest, point of making a mind map – the first layer of breakdown of the central topic.

De Bono’s Six thinking hats[edit]

More…

Visual thinking guides[edit]

More…

Giving Presentations[edit]

More…

Taking personal notes during a meeting[edit]

More…