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19 quotes by Tony Buzan

Anthony "Tony" Peter Buzan (/ˈbuːzən/; born 2 June 1942) is an English author and educational consultant. He claims to have invented the thinking technique of Mind Mapping (though, as he says, it was used before him, by Leonardo Da-Vinci and others.) and mental literacy.
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Learning how to learn is life's most important skill.

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Through using our memory to its fullest we can unlock the vast reservoir of human potential that isn't currently being used.

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Memory and creativity are essential to education, but if you teach memory incorrectly, it is a total waste of time, and it will inhibit learning.

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Children are trained to think linearly instead of imaginatively; they are taught to read slowly and carefully, and are discouraged from daydreaming.... →

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Many think of memory as rote learning, a linear stuffing of the brain with facts, where understanding is irrelevant. When you teach it properly, with... →

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Mind mapping is a technique based on memory and creativity and comprehension and understanding, so when the student or a child uses the mind map... →

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The desire for self-improvement is vital. There is no point in pushing children; they need to be the ones who want to learn new skills.

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Children need stimulation and stability. That can come from grandparents, cousins, teachers, nannies, childcare centres - as long as they engage with... →

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Every child should try everything: sport, music, art, mathematics; they can do it all. Copying and competition are now seen as twin evils, but they... →

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I used to think that when I finished a book, I was finished with it. But it's like a wonderful Hydra. Every time a head disappears, more heads... →

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I'm delighted the world is becoming more mentally literate. A few decades ago, if you mentioned the word 'brain,' no one was interested.... →

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The world isn't fast-paced, it's frenetic. People have to be managers of themselves. Time has been managing itself for 15 billion years; we... →

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All children are much more intelligent than they are told they are or the school thinks they are; they just have different intelligences.

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