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Get the Summary of Kam Knight's Mind Mapping in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Mind Mapping" by Kam Knight explores the visual technique of mind mapping, which structures and organizes information around a central idea, reflecting the brain's associative nature. Historical figures like da Vinci and Picasso used mind maps, and Tony Buzan later popularized the method. Mind maps improve memory retention by leveraging...
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#1 You are a terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad multitasker. I know you're thinking, I'm not a bad multitasker, or perhaps I'm really good at multitasking. For example, I simultaneously: Respond to an e-mail Send an e-mail Call my mom Call my sister Call my client Call my friend Call my boss Call my wife Call my mom again! I once read that C-list celebrities are known...
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#1 The choice to continually broadcast stories of unhappiness is why viewers stopped watching. When I ask in my talks at companies and schools how many people have decreased the amount of news, they watch because of the negative effect it has on mood, more than 50 percent of the audience members raise their hands.
#2 We cannot live our lives ostrichcized, meaning we...
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#1 Our current technological state has made our productivity crisis worse, not better. We have gotten very good at getting things done, but at what cost. We are forced to choose between doing anything well and doing everything decently. We are being strangled on the vine by our own productivity. This book is about setting the record straight about how to do the most...
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#1 The best place to start when it comes to gravitas is to know yourself. You must develop the awareness to recognize thoughts and feelings as they happen. This gives you inner strength and boosts your confidence, decisiveness, and grace under pressure.
#2 Leadership of the self starts with knowing yourself. Self-awareness is key to finding a deep and compassionate center...
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#1 The human brain is capable of comparing and abstracting patterns, even those that have nothing to do with each other. People are able to identify and compare domains that have nothing to do with each other except for a common, abstract intellectual scaffolding that they themselves construct.
#2 Analogy is a fundamental part of human decision making. We are capable...
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#1 Work is where we form our identities, feed our egos, and derive self-worth. We do all of that alongside our colleagues. When our relationships with people at work are strong, they are a source of energy, support, joy, and growth. But when they fracture, they cause us anguish, frustration, and even grief.
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#1 When you're a college student or an early-career professional, your work is generally defined and parceled neatly into a syllabus or work plan. All you have to do is channel your nervous energy into constantly reviewing or preparing for the assignment, and you will progress.
#2 The nine tools in this book that can help you harness your nervous energy are extremely...
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#1 Don't worry about the rules. Just start communicating. The rules of communication are important, because American business and political communication is rife with bad habits and unhelpful tendencies that can do serious damage to the companies and causes they seek to promote.
#2 Communication is a two-way street, and the people are the true end. You must first speak...
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#1 The two sides to every presentation are speaking, but an audience is listening. If you want to give a great presentation, you need to understand how people think, learn, hear, see, react, and decide.
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#1 It's hard to know what different roads any of us might have taken had we begun to imagine our lives shaped by our loves and passions early on. But I don't think that when we begin to imagine is what matters. What matters is that it happens finally, and that we determine to live it.
#2 I was raised in a strict and structured home. I was the last of my parents' four...
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#1 Attention management is the ability to be more proactive than reactive. It means you decide where your attention goes instead of letting outside demands decide for you.
#2 There are four general quadrants of attention management, based on how attentive you are and how much control you're exerting. You've mastered control over your attention when you can routinely...
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#1 The dreams I want to hear about are the emotional fuel that helps people take control of their lives and be what they want to be. They are the goals and aspirations of golfers who are passionate about the game.
#2 I heard something similar from Byron Nelson recently. He had always dreamed of owning a ranch, and golf was the only way he was going to get it. He was all but done as...
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#1 The test I took involved reading many different statements and then indicating if the statement was true or false. I scored low in all the primary markers except one: learning approach, for which I was in the eighth percentile. I seemed to have no drive, few social skills, and an inherent apathy toward most of the ideas our modern business culture seems to find so...
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#1 The three sports of mountain running, skimo, and ski mountaineering are complementary in most of the demands made on the body. They can be combined for training. Where they differ, you'll learn how to apply different training techniques.
#2 The book is designed to be used as a reference manual to guide your training over many seasons as you apply what you have learned....
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#1 Lance Armstrong's mother, Linda, has made a career off telling the story of how she raised the greatest cyclist the world has ever seen. She has said that she was the only constant presence in his life.
#2 Linda's mythmaking did not sit well with the rest of Lance's family. They had their own version of his childhood to tell. For example, they called Sonny Lance's...
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Book Preview: #1 Chhiring's first name, Cheerful, was a reflection of his determination. He was always cheerful, and his clients praised his attitude. He was always moving fast, and he couldn't control the pace. Speed was hardwired into his DNA.
#2 The Sherpa people of Rolwaling Valley are a small ethnicity that inhabit Beding and the other villages of the Rolwaling Valley. They rarely...
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Book Preview: #1 I announced my retirement from international cricket on 21 December 2006, almost exactly 15 years after first appearing for Australia against India at the Sydney Cricket Ground. I was done, physically and mentally, and had the feeling that I'd run out of arse anyway. I knew there would be sadness.
#2 I was first at the ground on Boxing Day morning 2006, before the...
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#1 I began writing my book in 1992, when I walked into the Camp Nou as a twenty-two-year-old. I had never known Barcelona was such a beautiful city. I played bad chess in the sun at Kasparo bar, and decided I wanted to return here one day.
#2 I had always wanted to understand how Messi performed the tricks he did on the field. I began researching Barça, thinking I was...
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#1 I was eight years old and living on our family's small farm in northeastern Missouri when I saw Baron von Raschke on TV. He was a villainous German who resembled Freddy Krueger. I would later find out that professional wrestling, which evolved into what we know today as sports entertainment, had a significant impact on my life.
#2 My parents got married shortly after...
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