[BPSI] The Genius Tool + Bonus  (Email 2 of
3)

Da Vinci did it.  Darwin did it.  Beethoven
did it.

And so should you.

If you start to use associations, you start
to use images externally, you can join the
pantheon of the great geniuses.

Leonardo Da Vinci did it.  Darwin did it.
Beethoven did it.

Every genius used image and associations.
And a mind map is a process by which you can
do that.

It is a genius tool.

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WHERE THERE IS A WILL THERE IS A WAY
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In the first email of this three episode
series I introduced you the the simple steps
of mind mapping.

Why?

I used mind mapping to pass the hardest exam
that can be thrown at you in finance. Mind
maps helped me pass my comprehensive exams
for my Ph.D. in finance.

I was a doctoral student with a daunting
task.

I was soon to be tested on every course I had
studied in the University of South Carolina
doctoral program in finance.  Failing the
exam a first time would add another year to
process.

Failing a second time results in expulsion
from the program.

The Ph.D. in finance is the most difficult
degree in the social sciences.  The high pay
is such that people frequently come in with
doctorates in physics or math.

This just pushes the bar higher.

We are the Navy Seals of applied mathematics.
But only if we pass comps.

The tension was palpable.


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THE GENIUS TOOL
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In failing I would not have been allowed to
finish my Ph.D.  If it weren't for mind
mapping I would not be communicating with you
today.  I would not have passed comps.

Let's continue covering the steps in mind
mapping.

Step Three:  Use single words.

One word is added to each branch.  Why?

If you have one word, that one word, with all
its associations is free.  If you put words
together the mind map becomes more rigid.

Take "stock trading" as a subject.  Stock and
trading are stuck together like glue.

If "stock" is the central subject and trading
is a first association there is more freedom
to add associations to the word stock.

Can you see the power of the one word?

This gives you the freedom to radiate out.
The single word per line gives you much more
liberty.  It gives you much more creativity.

It gives you much more clarity.

Step Four: Adjust line length to the relative
strength of association between words.

Closely associated words use shorter
curvilinear lines.

Step Five:  Use different colors for
different branches.

We don't use color in notes traditionally.
We are told not to in school.

Multicolor assignments are hard for college
professors like myself to grade.  My red pen
won't stick out.

This makes it easier for me as the professor.
But research shows that this may make
learning harder for the student.

A study at London University shows that
people who use color in learning and
imagination do better on tests than those who
don't.

Step Five In addition to words use images.

Throughout a mind map there should be key
images.  Instead of writing the word "people"
you can just draw three little stick figures.

The image is a picture.  A picture is worth a
thousand words.

Another important point about the use of
images, the use of associations.  Is that all
the great geniuses did that.

-Doc "Light Speed" Brown


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