INTERVIEW
SR: These days, we often hear the ter m
“Information Overload” in the business world.
How can mind-mapping methods help to combat
this problem?
TB: Most cur rent methods of handling
information is based on the 19th century Linear,
Verbal and Monotonic model. Although, this
worked comfortably for the Industrial Age.
It does not work comfortably in the age of
knowledge, creativity and intelligence.
For example- standard linear and verbal
organization techniques contain only 10 per cent
of information that is relevant for the brain in its
thinking processes. This means that they are 90
per cent ineffi cient. Using Mind Maps and other
mental literacy techniques, all thinking becomes
more effi cient, condensed, refi ned, rapid and
clear. One businessperson said that before he
had learned Mind Mapping and Mental Literacy
skills, it was as if he were driving through his
life with a windscreen, caked with mud. When
he learned how to use his brain appropriately,
he said that it was as if a windscreen wiper
had suddenly, with one sweep, cleared away the
mud, and for the fi rst time in his life he could
see clearly. Mind Maps and mental literacy
techniques give you that new clarity. They also
give you a much greater control of your thinking
processes and therefore a much greater control
over your life.
“Mind Maps are described as
the ‘Swiss Army Knife of the
Brain’. They allow individuals
and groups to think, learn
and create. They can be used
to explore the universe in a
manner that refl ect people’s
natural form of thinking.”
SR: What else would you like to share with our readers
about the power and usefulness of Mind Mapping?
TB: All branches of science are now confi rming that
the human brain once set free, has no limits. Professor
Pyotr Anokhin, of Moscow University, estimated that
the number of thoughts available to the average human
brain was the number 1 followed by ten and a half
million kilometers of typewritten zeroes!
Mind Maps are described as the ‘Swiss Army Knife
of the Brain’. They allow individuals and groups to
think, learn and create. They can be used to explore
the universe in a manner that refl ect people’s natural
form of thinking.
A recent IT article said, “if you are not interested
in thinking, creativity, learning, communication,
analyzing, ne gotiation, innovation, or mental
development and self-enhancement, then Mind Maps
are not for you!”
Mind Maps can be applied to the improvement of
every form of thinking, and the forms of thinking are
themselves infi nite.
When you use Mind Maps you will be commencing
a journey that will transform and amaze you! The
amazement will be the realization of just how
magnifi cent your mind truly is.
SR: Finally, what interests you outside of your
professional life?
TB: Mostly I like socialising with my friends, induldging
in recreational activities like sports and art, and apart
from that, I am much interested in reading about
Animal Intelligence and Astronomy.
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| Vol. 10 Issue 3 • MARCH 2019, Delhi NCR