THE STEPS TO POWER STUDYING X

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STEP X: DISTILL & CONSOLIDATE THE MASTER MIND MAPS

If you have a third day available, you could take all eight Master Mind Maps, and interlink them into one Grand Master Mind Map!

Yes, everything does connect to everything else, no matter how different it all might seem. When you can do this trick, the world will see in you a magician of the mind!

Imagine, one Mind Map of eight books! You can do it!

A Note for School Students:

If you do this exercise with your school subjects, each group will be able to finish one year’s syllabus per subject in one week!

This is what I call A Learning Miracle!

How? Well, imagine that one of your subjects, say Geography, has 20 chapters in the text book.

Each person in a group of four can easily finish one chapter a day (I have seen kids do two chapters a day). This means four chapters per day between the four members of the group. Five days for 20 chapters!

Another two days to polish up and review. You will at worst have 20 sheets of paper each, that is, one Mind Map per chapter.

Of course, because you are smart, you will be able to consolidate the 20 sheets onto one LARGE sheet and voilahhhh! you’ve done it. This is rapid learning.

For lazy learning, all you need is to take two weeks instead of one; still top class! Go for it and claim your genius!

Note: It is a good idea to consult teachers and parents who can serve as ‘learning guides’.

[Excerpted from 'Unleashing Genius with the World's Most Powerful Learning Systems', by Dilip Mukerjea. All the images in this post are the intellectual property of Dilip Mukerjea.]

Say Keng's personal comments:

Although the proven power studying methodology as outlined by Dilip Mukerjea is apparently targetted at secondary school or junior college students, the entire systematic process is fully applicable to students in tertiary institutions as well as to entrepreneurs, managers & professionals, who are pursuing their MBAs, evening or otherwise.

In a nut shell, it's actually doing more with less. It's also leveraging on the synergistic brainpower of a group pursuing a common academic objective.

Just imagine: If a human brain contains the potential of a bazillion permutations of connections between synapses, two human brains, fully connected with a common objective, have a bazillion squared permutations. That's a lot more than double the brainpower!

In tactical terms, it is akin to the phenomenon of 'Knowledge Shared is Power Squared'. Please read my earlier post on this topic.

THE STEPS TO POWER STUDYING IX

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STEP IX: COLLATE THE 8 MASTER MIND MAPS

By the end of the second day, you will have 8 Master Mind Maps, one for each of the 8books covered by the four members of the group.

At this stage each person should have a good knowledge of the eight books; copies of each Mind Map should be made for everyone. This is so that the material can be reviewed (remember that it takes about 6 reviews to transfer information from short-term to long-term memory).

Because each book will have been mapped, the time for each review should be only a few minutes per book, as opposed to having to read all the books again. That would be unbearable, wouldn’t it?

[To be continued in the Next Post. Excerpted from 'Unleashing Genius with the World's Most Powerful Learning Systems', by Dilip Mukerjea. All the images in this post are the intellectual property of Dilip Mukerjea.]

THE STEPS TO POWER STUDYING VIII

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STEP VIII: DISTILL & CONSOLIDATE THE 16 MIND MAPS:

It should now be 7:30 p.m. You are in the final session of the day. Each book now has four Mind Maps; the group crosses out the overlapping, duplicate information, and distills the essence onto one Master Mind Map per book.

As this is to be done for all four books, we are now back to four Mind Maps in total. At this stage, these Maps contain far more information than the original four Mind Maps, because they now have four perspectives as opposed to one at the start.

The time is about 9:00 p.m. Break for a light munch, relax, and straight to bed. You have an early start in the morning for the next four books, which you deal with in the same way as for the first four books.

[To be continued in the Next Post. Excerpted from 'Unleashing Genius with the World's Most Powerful Learning Systems', by Dilip Mukerjea. All the images in this post are the intellectual property of Dilip Mukerjea.]

THE STEPS TO POWER STUDYING VII

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STEP VII: SHOW-AND-TELL POWER MAPPING

It is now 6:30 p.m. Each person should have his or her Mind Map of the book ready; this means that there are a total of four Mind Maps for the four books.

They sit around a table, and one person starts speaking about his or her book, using the Mind Map for reference.

The other members of the group are to listen and silently map what the speaker is saying. They do this in rotation, so that in the group of four, each person does three maps, and delivers one speech.

This means that each book now has four Mind Maps of the contents, giving a total of sixteen Maps for the four books.

The reason why the listeners map what has already been mapped by the speaker is that multiple perspectives are drawn out, providing a richness in interpreting the material.

Once all four members of the group have finished speaking, they should cross-check with one another as to what they have mapped.

Each person who originally mapped his or her book should oversee the other three maps done by the others; this should be done in rotation.

By articulating their thoughts, they learn better and remember more. Now everyone should take a 10-minute break. At this stage, each person in the group has a good idea about everyone else’s book.

[To be continued in the Next Post. Excerpted from 'Unleashing Genius with the World's Most Powerful Learning Systems', by Dilip Mukerjea. All the images in this post are the intellectual property of Dilip Mukerjea.]

THE STEPS TO POWER STUDYING VI

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STEP VI: FINALISE YOUR MIND MAP

You should have gone through your book by 5:30 p.m. At this stage, your Mind Map should also have been completed.

Take a 1-hour break for relaxation and supper. Everyone must be together but not to review their material.

[To be continued in the Next Post. Excerpted from 'Unleashing Genius with the World's Most Powerful Learning Systems', by Dilip Mukerjea. All the images in this post are the intellectual property of Dilip Mukerjea.]

THE STEPS TO POWER STUDYING V

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STEP V: MIND MAP ALL THE WAY!

Make sure that you are Mind Mapping from the word go.

As you build your Mind Map in parallel to what is being read, you will find the material easier to recall. Don’t worry if the Map looks ‘untidy;’ it is your thinking that must be tidy!

Later on, when you have gone through the book, you can tidy up the Map; what is important is that you are learning all the way!

NOTE:

Take a 15-minute refreshment break at mid-morning, and then a 45-minute lunch break at mid-day. During these breaks, all four members of the group should meet and relax.

After lunch, everyone must return to their study zones, and carry on the process.

Regular 5-minute breaks are to be taken periodically, and a 15-minute break at mid-afternoon.

[To be continued in the Next Post. Excerpted from 'Unleashing Genius with the World's Most Powerful Learning Systems', by Dilip Mukerjea. All the images in this post are the intellectual property of Dilip Mukerjea.]

THE STEPS TO POWER STUDYING IV

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STEP IV: START READING AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS

After your break, read at varying speeds, depending on how difficult you find the subject being studied. Use the speed reading techniques where feasible, and slow down as required, when you wish to go deep into your material.

If the subject matter is intense, take regular 5-minute breaks at say, 30-minute intervals.

Do not go beyond one hour without a break, or else your brain will find it difficult to maintain focus.

[To be continued in the Next Post. Excerpted from 'Unleashing Genius with the World's Most Powerful Learning Systems', by Dilip Mukerjea. All the images in this post are the intellectual property of Dilip Mukerjea.]

THE STEPS TO POWER STUDYING II & III

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STEP II: DISPERSE THE GROUP

Each member of the group is to settle down in his or her own study zone, so as to avoid distractions.

STEP III: DO A 15-MINUTE POWER BROWSE

An intense power browse will prepare you for what is to come later. Once you have completed this stage, take a 5-minute break; it will relax you and also increase your powers of recall for the material just studied. During the break, do not review your material. (Please refer to Page 271 in this section.

[To be continued in the Next Post. Excerpted from 'Unleashing Genius with the World's Most Powerful Learning Systems', by Dilip Mukerjea. All the images in this post are the intellectual property of Dilip Mukerjea.]

THE STEPS TO POWER STUDYING

This technique helps people in groups of four to six learn immense amounts of material rapidly. It is ideal for students in school, college, or at work.

Process:

STEP I: MAKE A LEARNING GROUP

Gather some people to make up your learning group; they could be members of your family, or your friends from school or elsewhere. For adults, the group could be a work or project team. Let us say that you are a group of four buddies aiming to polish off eight books over a weekend.

Assuming everyone in the group knows these techniques, the outcome will be pure magic.

Let’s agree to START at say, 7:30 a.m.

Each person selects a book for the day.

The aim is for everyone to finish his or her book during that day, and a second book each, on the following day. Once again, the preparation is as for Power Browsing:

Preliminaries:

(1) Select a quiet, well-lit place to read. Wear comfortable clothing. Have lots of drinking water handy. If you wish, play some soft Baroque or New Age music (NO rock, rap, or other rowdy stuff!).

(2) Tear off several strips of paper for use as bookmarks.

(3) Have a drawing block, coloured markers, highlighters, and Post-it Notes available.

(4) State your purpose for doing this exercise! Your objective is to finish the book in the little time that you have available.

[To be continued in the Next Post. Excerpted from 'Unleashing Genius with the World's Most Powerful Learning Systems', by Dilip Mukerjea. All the images in this post are the intellectual property of Dilip Mukerjea.]