Use Your Head
by Tony Buzan · first published 1974
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It's difficult to describe what I call "properly" without doing it a diservice but the original book is called "Use Your Head" by Tony Buzan and I would highly, highly recommend it. The first half doesn't really touch on mind mapping and is more on how memory works but that sets up for the mind mapping section and is just as…
on “Show HN: Subtask – Organize projects the way your mind works” ↗Use Your Head by Tony Buzan is totally worth a read and is how I learned mind mapping 22 years ago. I can still remember the rough layout and shape of many of the mind maps I made for GCSE and A-level revision. I’m…
on “Show HN: Create mind maps to learn new things using AI” ↗…learning how to learn) is a way too commonly overlooked subject. Unpopularity notwithstanding, there are some excellent books on the subject. What are some of your favorites? Mine is probably Tony Buzan's "Use Your Head".
on “Ask HN: Books on meta-learning” ↗I use mind maps all the time. They were instrumental in helping me pass GCSEs, A Levels, UnderGrad and parts of my PhD. Before I read the book (Tony Buzan, Use Your Head) I did OK in exams and school but nothing to write home about. With mind maps I went from a C to an A across the board. Whats most amazing about them, for me, is that even after 7 years I can still remember…
on “Show HN: Subtask – Organize projects the way your mind works” ↗While I agree that will power is based on your belief of your ability I cannot help but wonder of how effective it is to keep studying without breaks for memory retention and recall. If you read in "Use Your Head" by Tony Buzan there are graphs that show that the longer someone studies for the worse memory retention and recall becomes thus making it totally ineffective and pointless to exert the willpower to keep…
on “Need a Study Break to Refresh? Maybe Not, Say Researchers” ↗