| Mind mapping is a technique to keep a track of | | | | concentration is very essential to remember what |
| your thoughts and ideas through sketches and | | | | is being said. If you are putting in an effort into |
| words that represent the flow of your mind | | | | listening, you are automatically engaging a greater |
| when you are thinking. It can as simple as how | | | | part of your brain into the lecture, presentation or |
| your brain went from thinking about the local | | | | the conversation. Have a mind map planner handy |
| caf?o the great movie you saw last summer. The | | | | and you can instantly start to associate the key |
| caf?ad a poster of the movie when you last | | | | phrases and terms on paper and thus make sure |
| visited and hence you thought of that movie. Or | | | | that you remember right from that point. |
| else it could be a complex process through which | | | | Another very important skill to develop is your |
| you realized that your company's product could | | | | reading skill. I cannot emphasize enough on how |
| be effectively advertised in a particular niche. | | | | important a skill this is. When you are reading |
| Whatever your thoughts are, retaining them or | | | | something, you are using a large chunk of your |
| remembering them is equally important and mind | | | | brain by using your vision and processing it to |
| mapping can help you here. What you need to do | | | | understand written or printed words. Due to this |
| is to cultivate a few habits so that whatever you | | | | factor, you have a better opportunity to |
| read, see or hear, remains in your memory for a | | | | memorize something written and visual instead of |
| long time to come. Photographic memory is a | | | | just something you have only just heard. What |
| rare gift and nothing can give you that kind of | | | | you need to do now is to create a mind map of |
| retention. But every one who has a great | | | | the logical flow of the items that you are reading. |
| memory is not born with it; they have trained | | | | By doing this you will be engaging your brain and |
| themselves to remember things better than other | | | | immediately recalling what you have only just |
| people. | | | | read. You will also be processing the ideas that |
| There are many memory devices that are used | | | | you have just absorbed. This will really help you |
| by people for remembering facts and figures and | | | | improve your memory. |
| these include things like mnemonics and rhymes. | | | | These are two of the most important ways |
| However, mind mapping can help you remember | | | | through which you can improve your memory |
| things even better because when you are using | | | | and you will find many basic methods of |
| mind maps you are actively creating a flow of | | | | improving both of these areas using mind maps. |
| thought that is associating itself with the idea or | | | | Having a good mind map planner in front of you |
| fact that you are trying to remember. | | | | when you are doing this is very important. It helps |
| One sure way to improve your memory is to | | | | you make the process more efficient and |
| improve your listening skills. Listening with deep | | | | effective. |