The Most Important Graph in the World ... and How it Will Change Your Life!

by Tony Buzan, Jennifer Goddard, Jorge G. Castañeda

In this completely new work, Tony offers an eye-opening and energising theory for what lies at the heart of any kind of personal or business success – your memory. (http://blog.thinkbuzan.com/company/co...)

Genres: Nonfiction, Education

210 pages, Paperback

Published April 2, 2012

About the author

Tony Buzan was an English author, educational consultant, and pioneer of the mind mapping technique, which he developed to enhance learning, creativity, and memory. Born in Middlesex in 1942, he studied psychology, English, mathematics, and science at the University of British Columbia and later became a graduate student at Simon Fraser University, where he served as the inaugural president of the student society. Buzan was a strong advocate for mental literacy and radiant thinking, drawing inspiration from figures like Leonardo da Vinci and Albert Einstein. He authored or co-authored over 80 books, including the bestselling Use Your Head, The Mind Map Book, and The Speed Reading Book, and gained international recognition through his 1970s BBC series Use Your Head. Buzan co-founded the World Memory Championships, the Mind Sports Olympiad, and the Brain Trust Charity. His legacy lives on through his books, seminars, and iMindMap software.

Reviews

[Martin Hassman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Výrazně lepší než jiné knihy autora. Kniha popisuje několik triků pro práci s pamětí, řadu prostoru zabírají příklady a použití v praxi. Funguje to skvěle. Srozumitelné i pro začátečníky, užitečné i pro pokročilejší.

[Ayesh Perera · Rating 5 out of 5]

Reading his books are extremely rewarding!
Specially when you utilise the ideas and techniques for a larger project.

[Hitessh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent Book !

The book explains many topics, drawing a Graph. It explains the curve of remembering and curve of forgetting. It takes into account, how surprise elements are key in remembering something.

There are startling revelation, which also explains, how, mind remembers cooked up stories more efficiently than factual.

The last chapters of the book, also explains all the aspects of Graph, with examples from Academic, Marketting, Customer Support and many other's point of view.

[Tuyet Lan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cuốn sách đem đến ánh sáng mới cho những điều thông thường ta tưởng đã biết về bộ não và trí nhớ.

Sách tổng hợp các nghiên cứu và kinh nghiệm thực tế của những bậc thầy trí nhớ và huấn luyện tư duy. Các tác giả chủ chương khái niệm "Sơ đồ quan trọng nhất thế giới" (MIG), sơ đồ hóa và phân tích rất cụ thể về 7 hiệu ứng tác động mạnh mẽ lên khả năng ghi nhớ của con người, đó là: 1) Hiệu ứng đầu tiên (P), 2) Hiệu ứng gần đây (R). 3) Hiệu ứng Von Restorff. 4) Hiệu ứng liên quan (A1, A2,A3). 5) Hiệu ứng hiểu và hiểu sai (Ux). 6) Hiệu ứng quan tâm (I) và 7) Hiệu ứng nghĩa (M).

Cuốn sách cũng tự nó áp dụng 7 quy tắc kể trên vào kết cấu nội dung và hình thức trình bày: "Hãy nói cho họ nghe những điều bạn sẽ nói, hãy nói cho họ nghe như thế, rồi sau đó hãy nói cho họ nghe những điều bạn đã nói". Với cách diễn dịch "tổng- phân- hợp" như vậy, người đọc khắc sâu những bí kíp mà tác giả muốn truyền tải, và thấy dễ dàng áp dụng vào cải thiện hiệu quả thuyết trình, truyền thông, giao tiếp và phát triển khả năng bộ não của mình hơn. Tuy nhiên do ý thức được dụng ý viết - tổ chức nội dung này của tác giả, mà mình thấy không được thoải mái lắm khi đọc, kiểu như biết mình là chuột thí nghiệm rồi mà vẫn phải chịu ấy :V

[David Roberts · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book I read to research this post was The Most Important Graph In The World by Tony Buzan et al which is a very good book which I bought from kindle. The graph that he refers to in the book is researched by Hedwig von Restorff and is the graph of our ability to recall things. We tend to remember the first and last things we read and anything that stood out because it was different to the rest. Everything else we tend to forget and this can be applied to our learning. In doing mind maps Tony encourages us to make them brightly coloured and make what is on it stand out. There is no limit on how many points that stand out we can remember. In fact there is nothing wrong with our memories as people who are trained in learning techniques can often outperform a computer. It is in our ability to recall it. If things are put in out minds in an ordered way say like if you have to buy an 18 carat necklace so to aid recall you think of yourself wearing a necklace with 18 carrots dangling from it. You must play with the idea for a while but will probably remember it. If you are doing a mind map one thing you can include is the similarity between even if they mean something completely different. The brains amazing ability to recall stuff and when you think of the huge amount of data stored it is a mystery how the brain can recall stuff often instaneously is a great scientific mystery. If someone did work it out they would definitely win the Nobel Prize because it would be an amazing discovery. In the future in another book I read there is going to be a huge leap in memory storage capabilities and the biggest challenge is being able to do a search and find an item stored on these hard drives and other types of storage. This book is fairly short but is an enjoyable read with probably not as much things you can try out as some of his other books.

[C. Spencer Reynolds · Rating 5 out of 5]

This has some of the best memory tips of any book I have ever read. I would HIGHLY recommend this one to dedicated learners!!!

[Sven Meys · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nice explanation of how we can optimize our learning and memory. Complete with practical guidelines (7.5 steps) and a lot of real world examples to apply them.

[Alex Milburn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved reading this book. Lots to take away and think about when applying it to my business