16. Review and reflect
 
  When you're learning a physical-mental skill, like typing or cooking, you can practise it with action. But in gaining other types of knowledge, make sure you review regularly. Look again at your Mind Map and review the main points immediately you've finished it. Do it again in the morning. And again a week later. Once more a month later. Then review it, and other associated data, before you have specific need for it: for an examination, an overseas trip, a speech or whatever. Before reading a new book, for instance, many people find it helps to first look at their existing Mind Maps on the subject, or skim-read the highlighted parts of three of four books that they've already read on the subject.

17. Use linking tools as memory pegs
 
  Since the memory works best by association, develop your own "memory pegs". Associate newly acquired knowledge with something you already know.
  The association can be physical: such as learning to count in Japanese by scratching your knee (see exercise, page 34).
  It can be visual: like visualizing scenes to remember names - forging gold in a blacksmith's shop to remember Mr. Goldsmith, a picture of a crocodile under a McDonald's arch to remember founder Ray Krok.
  It can be a strong visual story: like picturing a sequence to remember,

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