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Two Aspects to the Brain |
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Storing
information in the
memory
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Processing information, applying
knowledge for
decision-making and
problem solving in a variety
of unforeseen situations
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Right
Brain / Left Brain Functions |
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Left Brain
is responsible for: |
Right Brain
is responsible for: |
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Logic |
Emotions,
imagination |
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Words |
Pictures, color |
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Numbers |
Dimension |
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Lists |
Daydreaming |
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Linearity |
Spatial
awareness |
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Sequence |
Rhythm |
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Parts and
specifics |
The big picture:
wholes and relationships among the parts |
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Analysis
(breaking apart) |
Synthesis
(putting together) |
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Sequential
thinking |
Simultaneous and
holistic thinking |
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Is time-bound,
has a sense of time and goals and your position in relation to those
goals |
Is time free,
might lose a sense of time altogether |
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Governs the
right side of your body |
Governs the left
side of your body |
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The Tasks Specific To
Left and Right Brain |
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Left Brain |
Right Brain |
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Logical |
Random |
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Sequential |
Intuitive |
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Analytical |
Colors |
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Objective |
Rhythm |
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Focus and
Details |
Big Picture |
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Numbers |
Pictures |
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As
I began to love myself...
By Charlie Chaplin
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As I began to love myself I recognized that my
mind can disturb me and it can make me sick. But As I connected it to my
heart, my mind became a valuable ally. Today I call this connection "WISDOM
OF THE HEART"...
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Limited Attention Span
The limited attention span means that only part
of your memory surface can be activated at any one time.
"This limited
attention span is extremely important for it means that the activated area
will be a single coherent area and that single coherent area will be found
in the most easily activated part of the memory surface. The most easily
activated area or pattern is the most familiar one, the one which has been
encountered most often, the one which has left most trace on the memory
surface. And because a familiar pattern tends to be used it becomes ever
more familiar. In this way the mind builds up that stock of present patterns
which are the basis of code communication."1
Your Brain Can Process Only
Positive Information
The language of brain are pictures, sounds,
feelings, tastes and smells, i.e. inputs from your senses. Your brain cannot
work with negative information, i.e. inputs you haven't experienced. It can
work only with positive information, i.e. "information from the experiences
of your five senses, which it then manipulates in the emotional blender we
call the imagination."4
Can You Reflect and Act at
the Same Time?
Well... sort of. Reflecting and acting at the
same time is very difficult as our mind can only hold one thought at a time.
You can be going through periods of reflection and action at the same time
but at any specific moment in time you are only spending energy in one of
these two areas. You need to be focused on either reflection or action at
one point and then be able to switch quickly and effortlessly to the other
polarity when required. This is an important point to remember when you are
considering focus and
balance
your life.9
Left Brain / Right Brain
Research on brain theory helps you understand
why some people are excellent inventors but poor producers or good
managers
but weak
leaders.
The research indicates that the brain is divided into two hemispheres, the
left and the right, and that each hemisphere
specializes in different functions, processes different kinds of
information, and deals with different kinds of problems. The left brain
works more with logic and analysis, the right works more with emotions and
imagination.
"As we apply brain dominance theory to the
three essential roles of organizations, we see that the manager's role
primarily would be left brain and the leader's role right brain. The
producer's role would depend upon the nature of the work. If it's verbal,
logical, analytical work, that would be essentially left brain; if it's more
intuitive, emotional, or
creative work, it would be right brain. People who are excellent
managers but poor leaders may be extremely well organized and run a tight
ship with superior systems and procedures and detailed job descriptions. But
unless they are internally motivated, little gets done because there is no
feeling, no heart; everything is too mechanical, too formal, too tight, too
protective. A looser organization may work much better even though it may
appear to an outsider observer to be disorganized and confused. Truly
significant accomplishments may result simply because people share a
common vision,
purpose, or sense of mission."5
Divide Your Time Between the Left-Brain
and Right-Brain Activity
If you keep bouncing back and forth between
creative and analytical activities, you'll get a headache and won't produce
your best results. Analysis, evaluation and judgment get in the way of
creativity.
That's why in
brainstorming sessions we suspend judgment while we generate ideas.
Similarly, radical innovation
project managers apply the
loose-tight leadership technique to divide time between divergent and convergent
thinking by their team members at different project stages.
Mediation
Meditation is the most powerful mind tool ever
developed. Meditation has been scientifically proven to improve
creativity,
intelligence, memory, alertness, and to integrate left and right brain
functioning. It has been shown to improve physical, mental, and
emotional
health...
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3 Pillars of Inspiration
Capacity of Our Working
Memory
The maximum amount of items we can store in our
working memory, or conscious mind, is three or four. If
you need to hold more items in your mind at one time. use tricks like
repeating items over and over or grouping items together, like we do with
phone numbers.
Intelligence is related to working memory. The
more information you can hold in your mind at one time. the more information
you can interrelate. If you have a better working memory your
creative problem-solving
abilities are better.
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