Have a Fantastically Fulfilling 2010 and Goal Set!
Goal setting is fundamental to success in any aspect of your life – be it in personal pursuits, health, work or financially. Now that we have arrived at the foothills of a new decade, in the midst of widespread social and economic change, it is the perfect time [...]

How to harness the potential of wandering thoughts
Think back to the last meeting you participated in or the last lecture you listened to. Do you remember what the other participants were doing? Did they listen attentively or did they sometimes look a little absent minded – like being somewhere else? Have you ever observed your [...]

It is a far too common procedure for lecturers to prepare presentations with a few pages of notes made up of linear sentences. They stand up behind the podium and start to read, expecting their diligent audience to take ‘proper notes’. They drone on monotonously at a pace enabling their audience to copy their words. [...]

Improve Your Study Skills with Tony Buzan’s Mind Mapping – Tips in Note Taking
We all have had times when we tried out something new which was not yet part of the mainstream habits of people we get ridiculed. But if your resist to give up that new method because of that …you might be rewarded [...]

Memory can lead to the accomplishments of many astonishing feats. Take for example the story of Mozart visiting Rome in 1770, when he was 14, and listened to Allegri’s Miserere in the Sistine Chapel. The half-hour long piece of music was considered so special that the Vatican forbade its publication, but after the concert Mozart [...]

Radiant Thinking
So why do Mind Maps work? Can’t I just stick to my lists and my conventional tried and tested techniques? In a Mind Map, information is structured in a way that mirrors exactly how the brain functions – in a radiant rather than linear manner. A Mind Map literally ‘maps’ out your thoughts, using [...]