Mapping a challenge or an idea allows you access to a certain mental spark: It flares up in the mind, is conducted to the hand, flows to the paper, and bursts into a tiny fire that, when seen, closes the circle by traveling back into the eye and farther into the subconscious. Sometimes these tiny fires become the very ideas that you need to resolve your challenge; sometimes they need to be tended and fueled with more information before they flare into ideas. And, sometimes, these tiny fires smolder for days, weeks, or months before they blaze. However, if you take no action when that spark
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