I just started thinking why idea maps seem effective. Usually blogs or journals are the easiest way of expressing our inner thoughts and feelings. Perhaps because the spoken and written word is the way we are taught to express ourselves so it comes easily to us.
Now visual thinking introduces a different way of expression. We can express ourselves and our inner thoughts visually. Mind mapping provide simple rules to follow (to prevent us from descending towards incomprehensible doodles). Are we headed towards a way of visual communication where all we do is send idea maps to communicate? No more verbal or written e-mails but mind maps.
Sometimes the same feeling of relief is felt when we finish a blog or journal entry as when we finish a mind map. It's as if some pressure or stress has been released with the act of writing or visual mapping. The psychological result is the same: serenity (due perhaps to clarifying thoughts or experiences and expressing ourselves). So which method is better? Do we communicate more effectively in a visual manner?
I wonder if the princess can focus and express herself better if she practices visual thinking. She again wrote an email pointing faults and grandstanding. I sometimes feel she like to read her mails in the same way that some people like to hear their own voice. But I am being unkind. She is just getting emotional but she has a way of zeroing out into off tangent subjects that never fails to provoke me so I end up being emotional as well. So I have to stick to the high ground and focus on the issues.
I attach a map on improving relationships at work. One key skill in this area is negotiation and persuasion. I need to move away from being reactive and emotional and focus more on the issues at hand.
Now visual thinking introduces a different way of expression. We can express ourselves and our inner thoughts visually. Mind mapping provide simple rules to follow (to prevent us from descending towards incomprehensible doodles). Are we headed towards a way of visual communication where all we do is send idea maps to communicate? No more verbal or written e-mails but mind maps.
Sometimes the same feeling of relief is felt when we finish a blog or journal entry as when we finish a mind map. It's as if some pressure or stress has been released with the act of writing or visual mapping. The psychological result is the same: serenity (due perhaps to clarifying thoughts or experiences and expressing ourselves). So which method is better? Do we communicate more effectively in a visual manner?
I wonder if the princess can focus and express herself better if she practices visual thinking. She again wrote an email pointing faults and grandstanding. I sometimes feel she like to read her mails in the same way that some people like to hear their own voice. But I am being unkind. She is just getting emotional but she has a way of zeroing out into off tangent subjects that never fails to provoke me so I end up being emotional as well. So I have to stick to the high ground and focus on the issues.
I attach a map on improving relationships at work. One key skill in this area is negotiation and persuasion. I need to move away from being reactive and emotional and focus more on the issues at hand.
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