. Mind maps are practical.
You’ll notice that in the ‘how to mind map’ section I kept on asking you to change the colour of your pen, node or text. The reason for this is quite plain –mind mapping is essentially a photograph of your thoughts, and nobody thinks in black and white! Similarly, our brains don’t think in sentences. Brains think in ideas. Mind maps encourage you to use keywords and images, which put your point across clearly and cleanly.