🧠 Mind Mapping: The Key to Unlocking Your Creative Potential

Published 3 months ago • 1 min read

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💡 The Big Idea: Mind Mapping is an Important Part of Any PKM System.

You've been doing everything right with your PKM system.

You're capturing notes. Creating links. Adding tags. Building your knowledge base in Obsidian.

But when it comes time to actually CREATE something from all those notes? You hit a wall.

That's because there's a gap between collecting information and generating insights. And there's a specific tool that bridges that gap.

It's not another Obsidian plugin. It's not a new note-taking method.

It's mind mapping.

Mind mapping isn't a productivity method for right-brained visual thinkers. It's the key to getting more out of your notes and ideas.

This week, I published a deep dive into my mind mapping process that covers:

Why Obsidian really isn't a mind mapping app (even with plugins)
Where mind mapping fits in my Creativity Flywheel
How to get started with mind mapping yourself
My favorite mind mapping tool (spoiler alert: it's MindNode)
Real-life mind map examples (writing, workshop planning, etc.)

I've used mind mapping to develop ideas for hundreds of articles, videos, and workshops. It's the creative engine that actually makes my PKM system work.

This ended up being about 3000 words (far too long for an email), so I recommend you read this one on my website:

👉🏼 Read the whole post here

The breakthrough insights you're looking for are already in your notes. And mind mapping is the key to unlocking your full creative potential so you can do more with them.

— Mike

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