Incubate your Mind Maps

People often incubate ideas before they act on them. It allows them to get used to their ideas, so they can expand and develop them.

Brainstorming is a great example of this. More often than not, brainstorming sessions are split up in order to allow the members of the group to re-focus. Your mind maps should be no different from this, as it’s your brain that’s driving your mind map.

Here’s some ways in which incubating your mind maps will help you:

Time

By re-visiting your mind map at a later time, you increase the information you are retaining from your mind map. You might not remember it all, but you will remember certain branches and information.

Association

Incubating your mind map will allow you to identify associations between ideas and keywords. These associations will help group and organise any relevant information you have on your mind map.

Develop

While away from your mind map, you can continually develop ideas and themes that are relevant to the main topic of your mind map. Once you get back to your mind map for a new session, you should be brimming with new ideas that can help expand your mind map further.

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Will on September 16th, 2008

Thanks for pointing out this helpful tip.
I have usually come up with new things to add whenever I revisit a mind map.

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Matthew

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