the years that followed, I used Mind Mapping techniques to help Jezz coach
athletes who went on to row for Great Britain and to become Olympic
medallists.
In this way, I discovered the power of Radiant Thinking, which I will explain in
more detail in
Chapter 1
(see
page 33
). As my understanding grew, I gradually
began to build up the architecture of the Mind Map using connections such as
arrows, codes and curving lines. A pivotal meeting with the talented Australian
landscape artist Lorraine Gill helped me formulate the next steps, as she
challenged me to reappraise the role that pictures and colours played within the
Mind Map’s structure. Her insights inspired the ways in which imagery is used
in Mind Maps today.
When I compared my evolving techniques with notes made by historical figures
such as the Renaissance artists Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) and
Michelangelo (1475–1564), and scientists such as Madame Curie (1867–1934)
and Einstein (1879–1955), I found some interesting parallels in the ways in
which they used pictures, codes and interconnecting lines: their words and
diagrams explode in all directions across the page, free to roam in whichever
direction their thoughts happen to take, rather than remaining glued to a straight
horizontal line. (See also “A Short History of the Thinking Behind Mind Maps”,
page 42
.) However, the real-life experiences of my growing number of students,
clients and colleagues suggested that the techniques I was developing were so
accessible, they could help people from all walks of life: you didn’t have to be a
world-class genius making ground-breaking discoveries to benefit from them.
Mind Maps are analytical in the sense that you can use them to solve any
problem. Through the use of associated logic, Mind Maps delve right to the heart
of the matter. They also allow you to see the bigger picture. They are on the one
hand microcosmic and on the other macrocosmic.
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