Mind Map Tactics: Tips & Examples For Memory, Creativity & Focus

What is a mind map?

It's an incredible tool that creates better memory, creativity, focus and comprehension.

You can even use a well-formed Mind Map as a Memory Palace if you follow certain rules.

And with these mind map techniques, you'll soon find your creativity, memory and focus will soar.

Ready?

This video takes you through my best tips based on years of experience using mind mapping for different purposes.

0:29 My most powerful mind map
0:54 Join us!
1:08 What is mind mapping?
1:28 Sea Shell mind map example
1:42 Tony Buzan mind map example
2:01 The earliest mind map
2:11 Ramon Llull, Isaac Newton, Da Vinci mind map examples
2:38 Codex Amiatinus
2:43 Antonio Libertino mind map of my 2016 Polyglot gathering talk in Berlin
2:51 Semantic network mind map example
3:03 Tony Buzan enters the picture
3:25 Why Mind Map Mastery is Buzan's Best Book
3:52 Warrior of the Mind
4:00 What Tony Buzan thought mind mapping does for you
4:14 Mind map example used to generate multiple Memory Palace ideas
4:30 Tony Buzan's criticism of other kinds of "mind mapping"
4:53 My hard-to-interpret mind map failure
5:23 Presenting from mind maps
5:37 Using a mind map to teach in a live setting
6:48 Why this kind of note taking works so well for learning
7:09 The personalization factor
7:39 The variety factor
8:03 One of my favourite mind mapping tactics
10:01 Memory Detective
11:47 How mind maps help you focus and concentrate
12:14 The rule of three colors
12:44 Why switching colors works (hypothetically)
14:21 Art of Combination for decision making with a mind map (mention)
14:36 Planning and pros vs cons Benjamin Franklin-style
15:24 Why flow makes this approach better than concept maps
16:39 Some of the best research in support of mind mapping
17:31 The problem with spider diagrams
17:45 Why I use clockwise formations
18:12 Logic and creativity balanced
19:45 Language learning with a mind map with mnemonic example
21:47 Medical terminology option
22:20 How this learning tactic supplements the Memory Palace technique
22:46 Why the limits of this technique are its strength
24:36 Why you should follow rules like Da Vinci
25:08 Metivier's Razor
27:23 What to do next for the next level with mind mapping

--- Further Resources ---

Use a Memory Journal and these 3 Mind Mapping Exercises

Ars Combinatoria or the Art of Combination (A Renaissance Mind Mapping Example)

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[Storykate]

I was so lucky to interview Tony when he was alive! Your explanation is amazing, helped me to revisit my journey of mind mapping which started 20 years ago

[StarKInvestor]

I just discovered you and I’m so grateful….game changer
….thank you

[dk]

On the one hand I feel you deserve many more views and subscriptions - for sure. And then on the other hand I am somewhat glad that it doesn't go viral and mainstream as things usually do nowadays (social media, tiktoks etc.) Respect from Poland, a Mind Palace practitioner since 2015.

[SnakeAndTurtleQigong]

The mine maps that I have created over the last few years have been invaluable and keeping me focused and directed along particular life paths that are healthiest for me.
In a world of infinite possibility, it’s nice to have a visual reminder hanging on the wall of how our small daily actions are all leading toward a thought out goal.
Strategy and tactics and inspiration all combined into A colorful explosion on the wall.😁

[scottwatters]

Will use this for studying/preparing
for the NREMT exam-Thanks

[TheOz]

Dr Metivier, not sure if you'll be reading this, but I recently found your channel and a couple of your videos recently and I think I'm going to come here a lot more often. I want to explore how to learn better and how to do things better, and I don't know why I didn't discover the powerful tool of mindmapping--among others--6 or 7 years ago when I was a fresh young student. Now with Covid and struggling with finding a new job (and something that actually relates to the field I graduated with), I guess I want to explore bettering myself and how I do things, especially that I have ADHD thus having problems with working memory, attention, and executive function. I have done a few mind maps to learn how it is from other creators, too, and it does seem to be superbly powerful tool to help offfload the jumble of mess that is my mind.

Now I should remind myself to pick up multi-colored pens and watch more of your videos.

[knw-seeker]

This was a great video of mind maps plus demonstration

[carolinafuentes]

Thank you for this video! I feel blessed that i found your channel.

[samuelcariaga]

Your Ted Talk have 2, 5 millions view, wow! Congratulations 🍾🎈🎉 🧠 🗺

[jorgegeneral]

iLoved the video! Super inspiring and informative. Just a quick tip: using hand gestures intentionally could enhance your delivery (Toastmasters helped me!).

[weeboo]

Hello Anthony, I hope you're doing well dear wise memory master. Once again thank you for producing yet again, another brilliant "magnetic" video. In fact I myself have created mindmaps on some of your videos to go back over again once I start executing them such as the "How to read and succeed with ANY memory improvement book".


Btw, I have a question if you don't mind. Speaking of Tony Buzan, I'm interested in his A *memory matrix/Sem3/Grid system* which I found in articles such as the art of memory forums. However, I can't find much information on the topic and most of the information is found in Tony Buzan's books which I'm unable to find for sale, e.g. "Master your memory".


I was wondering if you have any articles or videos on the topic? If not, then that's completely fine. I'm supercurious about this memory technique as it seems promising. However, there's not much information about it.


Take care.

[salvatoremarino]

i hope this is as good as i want and expect it to be

[rstritmatter]

Hello Anthony, Congratulations on a truly impressive series of videos. You're an impressive educator. I look forward to going back and watching as many as possible in the coming weeks. I wonder if you have any thoughts about the way in which during the 17-19th centuries the ancient fourth part of rhetoric was removed from the standard curriculum of teaching rhetoric? Perhaps you've already covered this in one of your other videos - if so, a link would be great, if not, don't you think that's a subject worthy of further inquiry? Why did this happen? What were the implications?

[shant]

Awesome Video! but i got to ask do you ever blink?

[Mohamed-estr]

I noticed that when I read a book I find that I can remember everything in it. Even I get full grades in the MCQ in the end of the chapter. But I can't recall that book and I can't write my own version of that book from scratch. And that makes me unable to remember the information when I need it besides I forget the book by time and the solution I thought about is 2 versions of mind maps.
1) the back bone:
Which is a table of content that I create to fit me and contain more data than the original table of content and they are organized as directories and subdirectories linked together with vertical and horizontal lines from top left to bottom right. Like a CLI software represents a computer directories
2) A map:
This one is closer to a mind map than the back bone because it takes more directions and angles and dimensions and moves more freely. But it is more like a city map or country map than a mind map

[simplyapleb]

I was hoping to mention something brief I think you touched up on @anthony that the mind maps ought to be, in some sense, AESTHETIC(imagery). This could very well be a key player in unlocking your brain in a 'pun' colorful way. Perhaps while listening to baroque on the way, we may access an artistic AND analytical side as well... Thoughts?

[johnpark]

Thank you Anthony a really helpful explanation on mind mapping. I have a podcast series that I want to mind map it is 8 episodes each one containing multiple details I would like to get into long term memory. Would you suggest a map outlining the 8 plus 8 separate maps with the points from each episode that I wish to memorise? I suspect a single map would be overloaded.

[taj]

Hi Anthony,
i am currently studying for the german law bar exam.
Instead of learning a lot of precedents as the anglo american law system we requires, we need to study a lot of abstract principles which relate to another.
The german law system is primarily based on a hierarchy of norms, so it forces you to abstract from higher norms (Das Grundgesetz = constitution) to lower norms and remember many principles and their interconnection with each other.
I think that mind maps are the best way to understand the systems, but my problem is that i need collapsable branches in order to make a mind map of basically everything. That is why i need a computer software. I know you are not a fan mind map software as such, since they do not bilt a strong the mind-hand connection.

Would you recommend any mind mapping software? Tonys Ayoa software isn't really available any more.

[mohammedelgamal]

My friend, you are really creative. I love mind maps, and I love summarizing books with them, but I find it very difficult to find keywords, what can I do for this? 😞

[jobmunneeram]

Hey there can you do a video on dyslexia and ways you can improve