First published in 1993, this book is a classic and a must for all creatives. I've been one of the lucky ones. I discovered mind mapping when it was first introduced by Buzan and have found it useful in numerous areas of my life. As a writer, mind mapping has been an invaluable tool whether I'm writing fiction or nonfiction. I highy recommend Tony Buzan's classic work, The Mind Map Book. ( )

A great idea for a diagraming scheme, if you've never come across it before. Not the mental revolution that Buzan tells you it is. ( )

I keep thinking that there will be something more to mind mapping than there actually is! Still, this was a good motivational buy and saw me mapping happily away one weekend and hoping to continue doing it. Found some nice software as well, but the price of that is preventing me making the purchase, unless I put it on my company credit card “by mistake”! I wonder if, in years to come, I’ll review this time and think “Wow, I was seriously into goal setting and self-development that year”. Or will I be saying “Wow, I’d hardly even cleared the foothills on my goal setting programme in those days!” ( )