Today’s post is going to be about mind mapping, mostly because I found this cool mind mapping video that I wanted to share. When I first heard the term “mind mapping” I had visions of a hospital operating room and lots of doctors prodding some poor saps brain with needles and whatnot trying to map out the guy’s brains.

Basically, mind mapping is just a way to organize your thoughts. Some people call it brainstorming, but I feel it’s differnet from brainstorming because mind mapping involves organizing thoughts, not just thought diarrhea.

I’m getting better at making mind maps and organizing my thoughts as time moves on. I really think it’s an acquired skill.

A quick note about the video, it features an online mind mapping tool called mindmeister. I don’t use mindmeister, I use a tool called Freemind, which essentially works the same as mindmeister only it runs on your local computer.

I may switch over to mindmeister since I like the idea of not having to keep track of which version of my mind map is on which computer/ thumb drive/ ftp server.

As usual, your mileage may vary, but ever since I decided to get seriously organized, I’ve been mind mapping everything. Organizing everything has made it easy for me to systematize what I need to do to launch my new services.