24 Part I: Mind Mapping: The Swiss Army Knife for the Brain

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Visualising Information as a Core Skill

You are aware of it every day: the plethora of information and its complex-
ity are increasing all the time. And yet you have to deal with it somehow.
This makes the ability to visualise information, thereby allowing the brain to
assimilate it easily, comprehensively and efficiently, a core skill for modern
brain workers.

Linguistic training (learning the alphabet) is an essential element of our edu-

cational system. Linguistic competence denotes the ability to make sense of
written or verbal language. Some researchers believe that not just linguistic
competence but also visual literacy needs to be taught. Visual literacy is the
ability to assess, apply and generate visual representations.

Of course, you can present information graphically in any way you like. But
there is already a host of visualisation methods, which have been continually
improved over many years, to help you.