100 Reasons to Mind Map

100 examples of how you can use mindmapping whether completely new to mind maps or a seasoned pro.

I hope the list helps generate ideas for you.

100 Reasons to Mind Map

1. Explore a subject

2. Study & learn a new topic, culture or country

3. Plan your schedules

4. Innovate & invent

5. Create new ideas

6. Expand existing ideas

7. Tap your unique talents

8. Increase your brain power

9. Consolidate your existing knowledge

10. Summarise your skills

11. Plan your career

12. Plan your life

13. Plan your learning

14. Outline your business or a potential new business

15. Outline your writing

16. Outline your hobbies

17. Study, learn & pass exams

18. Boost your memory

19. Manage your day/week/month/year

20. Unlock your potential

21. Solve problems

22. Increase motivation

23. Take notes & create overviews

24. Develop your creative thinking

25. Plan presentations

26. Plan speeches

27. Fire up your imagination

28. Clarify your thoughts

29. Simplify your life

30. Summarise your budget

31. Create targets

32. Teach others

33. Improve thinking skills

34. Control time management

35. Plan story writing

36. Self-investigation

37. Plan an event

38. Summarise books

39. Plan recipes

40. Explore your past

41. Contemplation & relaxation

42. Researching

43. Planning your retirement

44. Freeing up your mind

45. Planning a party

46. Learn a new language

47. Plan your medications

48. Take meeting minutes

49. Explore existing knowledge

50. Map out your interests

51. Create instruction templates

52. Summarise humour & fun

53. Investigate what makes you happy

54. Investigate what makes you unhappy

55. Devise checklists

56. Analyse your dreams

57. Create acronyms for memorisation

58. Discover what you want to do with your life

59. Plan a blog post

60. Use as a therapy

61. Organise & bring order to daily life

62. Map out a holiday

63. Summarise an event or concert

64. Plan a website

65. Pinpoint your values

66. Unlock associations

67. Delve into your family tree

68. Plan your reading material

69. Organise house or business materials & paint colours/codes

70. Log car improvements

71. Pinpoint your goals

72. Categorise your Music CD’s & DVD’s

73. Discover new combinations

74. Outline daily tasks

75. Create teaching overviews

76. Plan & present your resume

77. Family planning & year summaries

78. Investigate lessons learnt from failures

79. Find your unique personal qualities

80. Research inspiring & successful people

81. Categorise crops, plants & flowers in your garden

82. Summarise content of videos/DVD’s/Films/Talks/Speeches

83. Organise your favourite books

84. Organise your favourite websites

85. Explore potential answers to world problems

86. Stretch imagination & fantasy

87. Log home improvements

88. Plan foods & diets

89. Meal planning

90. Unearth hidden talents

91. Plan exercise regime

92. Explore the lives of geniuses

93. Research your idols

94. Research a business or niche

95. Create a journal of self discovery

96. Create a log of valuables & possessions, antiques & values

97. Log personal challenges

98. Take charge of your emotions & plan positive action

99. Plan Birthday & Christmas gifts

100. Organise your life

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