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π§ Mind Mapping: The Key to Unlocking Your Creative Potential
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Prefer to read (or listen to) this newsletter in your browser? Click here. π‘ 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:
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: βππΌ Read the whole post hereβ 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. β Mike |
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A weekly newsletter where I help people apply values-based productivity principles and systems for personal growth, primarily using Obsidian. Subscribe if you want to make more of your notes and ideas.
Prefer to read (or listen to) this newsletter in your browser? Click here. π‘ The Big Idea: Your PKM System Has to Have an Output. Recently, I read a newsletter by Ali Abdaal where he talked about an idea he called the creation-to-consumption ratio. Itβs a simple formula: # of hours spent creating Γ· # of hours spent consuming For example, if you spent 10 hours consuming content made by other people in the last week and only 2 hours creating something of your own, you would have a .2 ratio. But...
Prefer to read (or listen to) this newsletter in your browser? Click here. π‘ The Big Idea: Not All Core Plugins Are Created Equal. Obsidian ships with a bunch of core plugins, but some are definitely more useful than others. This week, I completed a full tier list ranking of all 30 core plugins. My tier list rankings for all 30 Obsidian Core plugins. If you don't recognize the icons, it's because I made them all myself π Here's the full breakdown of my Core plugin tier lists rankings: S Tier...
Prefer to read (or listen to) this newsletter in your browser? Click here. π‘ The Big Idea: Humans Are the Ultimate Context Machines One of my favorite new podcasts is the AI & I podcast with Dan Shipper. It's a great podcast if you're looking to make sense of the rapidly evolving AI landscape. One of my favorite episodes was the recent interview Dan did with Box CEO Aaron Levie about the role of AI and why he believes it won't take your job. Aaron does a great job of explaining what the...