Workshop Review(9) — The Magic Of Mind Maps 心智圖 *法* 課的魔力
*Mind mapping is the additional branch of the thoughts in your mind.* That refers to how you practice the mind map, not how beautifully you outlined it. The core idea is about deleting the irrelevant ideas. We can filter them out and narrow them down to the same categories. Eventually, what remains would be the concentrated ideas we require. That is the step that takes your mind map to the next level.
＊心智圖是你心中想法的展現＊這句話也印證了簡老師在上課時開門見山的說，來上課是要學如何使用，不是為了要畫一張美美的筆記。並透過分類的方式，將發散的想法能化繁為簡的收斂。這才是心智圖的精髓。
So far, I have gained two and half years of experience in the workplace, But that still puts me at the level of a freshman in my career journey. When I look back on this journey, I have learned that the business world is silent. Nobody listens to your voice because your resume is what talks. So, to attract the attention of the Human Resource Department, I set a learning milestone to collect new skills to polish my resume.
我的職場年資為2年半，還屬於在職場新鮮人的層級。但我卻深深的體會到，職場是一個無聲的世界，沒人想聽你的聲音，大家只想看到你所帶來的價值。因此，為了轉職與自我優化的考量，會為自己設定學習進度，來累積個人作品。
However, obstacles pop out whilst you are running on the path to archive your goal. My obstacle is that I forget the things I learn before I memorize them. In order to fix this issue, I went to the bookstore to buy some books from the category of mind mapping or learning how to highlight the main idea. But a second issue came out of nowhere. Before mastering those books, the more knowledge I gained, the messier my brain becomes. Eventually, my learning percentage circled back to zero because my brain crashed.
接著，問題就出現了。所學的東西越來越多，常常會記得後面忘了前面，打開筆記找不到重點更是家常便飯。為了解決重點筆記的問題，會跑去書局買了更多書。當中，也包含心智圖的書籍，但後來不是沒搞懂，就是腦袋當機 ，然後就草草的結束了。
So I decided to sign up for the mind mapping workshop to complete the puzzle of learning a new skill. The negative experience of the workshop I went to is that I still have no clue when is the right moment to use the skill I learned to form the seminar or if I have used it the right way? But, the curriculum of this workshop is to explain the rule of mind mapping by examples, so you can be aware of when and how to use it immediately.
而問題就像腫瘤，就是你不解決它，他會一直擴大，不會消失。因此，為了解決這個”學習腫瘤“，我決定參加簡老師舉辦的心智圖法的課程。就我個人的經驗，外面有些課的內容都是無法立即使用，或是上完課後都會很空虛的找不到方向。這堂課所帶給你的是“如何”使用心智圖，不會教你畫出一張美美的心智圖。課綱方向主要是著重在直接使用在工作上，上課中會直接用情境式的方式來帶著你親身體驗，讓你可以直接現場演練，不怕回到辦公室的時候會手忙腳亂。所以才會強調這是一堂心智圖“法”課，而非心智圖課。
After the seven-hour seminar, I picked up the method and practiced it step by step. Here is the achievement I have made:
在上完一整天的課程後，也慢慢的將學到的技巧與觀念活用與使用。雖然速度很慢，但也完成了下列幾件事情 :
- Make writing more effective and coherent : Mind mapping would sort out my thoughts and outline the frame of the article. As well as dig deep into my ideas by lateral thinking and vertical thinking.
1. 寫作效率提升：在寫一篇文章之前，會用心智圖的方式講大綱描繪出來，並運用在課堂中教到的水平思考與垂思考，來增加深度與廣度。有助於提升寫作的完整性與速度。
2. Optimize my ideas : Highlight the main ideas in the books I read by mind mapping. Not only saving more time but also making my notes neater.
2. 精簡讀書筆記：雖然速度不快，但慢慢的可以將一本書的重點濃縮成一張心智圖，省下很多時間，也可以一鼓作氣的將心智圖用簡報來呈現。
3. No more long meeting records : Recording the highlights of the meeting and writing it down in the frame of mind mapping, not only saving more time but also making it neater.
3. 會議記錄不再雜亂：利用心智圖快速紀錄，使我的會議記錄不再是流水帳。開會後也節省很多整理的時間。
Mind mapping not only increases the capacity of independent thinking, but it also turns complicated things into something easier. On a personal note, I use mind maps to reinforce logical thinking so that I can lay a little groundwork for the blueprint that’s transformed from my fictional idea. You could have saved valuable time if you haven’t missed this step. Eventually, this becomes the concentrated version narrowed down from an enormous amount of work. That literally links back to the first sentence I used to break down the main point of this article, “Mind mapping is the additional branch of the thoughts in your mind”. It is all about how you demonstrate your main idea and not about how beautiful the paper looks.
做事情的時候最怕瞎子摸象，或是見樹不見林，最後做出來的效率與品質一定不高。而我就運用心智圖法這套方法，來強化思考的步驟與邏輯。因為我知道，若工作越複雜，越要提升思考力，才能夠幫助你思考事情時能夠化繁為簡，掌握問題的本質，對症下藥。
