What is Mind mapping?
Mind mapping is method of brainstorming that uses visual cues for putting thoughts onto paper. This produces an easy to read result that is visual, fun, fast and creative. Many different ideas and unexpected connections can be easily drawn limiting words and increasing understanding. A picture, idea or central word is used to begin with, branches are then drawn out, free associations and other words are added as they appear in one’s brain as they arise in the course of thinking about or studying the topic. From these nodes, further branches are drawn. This can create a web like image, ideas can further be linked via arrows - In a short period of time many connections can be drawn for a single word.

It interests me that I always seem to be most productive when I am supposed to be studying. Not productive in terms of what I should be doing, rather things that I normally avoid but would rather do than study. I detest cleaning, abhor any physical labor, don’t like filing but do not like studying either. Here is what I almost always end up doing when I should be studying.

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The Australian Federal Government instituted a Do Not Call Register earlier this year.  This is a system where you register your personal details and telemarketers are forbidden to call (except for charities and political parties).  This is something that I have felt that was needed for some time and it was […]

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My recent posts have concerned what makes a good lawyer, an exceptional one and one that is financially successful but morally dubious.  This post concerns how to find a lawyer that will represent your best interests, and how to sort the gems from the rest of the shiny crowd of lawyers.
There are […]

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My last post concerned what actually makes an outstanding lawyer.  These were people who excel, not just at the law but everything it takes to be an excellent legal professional.  What I would like to do is highlight the difference between some "successful" lawyers and the ones that are truly great.  This difference […]

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Recently I was asked what makes a good lawyer, and what separates the outstanding and amazing lawyers from the crowd.  After analyzing this question, asking some friends and lawyers for their opinions I have constructed a list of assessing the excellence of these individuals.
An excellent lawyer may not be rich, they probably will not […]

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Chances are that you will be involved in negotiating an agreement with someone in the near future. The form these negotiations may take are many and varied but all have the same common elements, that people are involved.  Many people have trouble dealing with other people when the subject matter is as […]

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Should someone go to jail for pirating software? Is translating a book and distributing it something sufficient to deprive you of your liberty? Does protecting someone’s potential livelihood outweigh the rights of freedom? Does the current justice model support punishments that fit the crime?
Background
After reviewing this topic from the perspective of the […]