The trouble with the way many of us are working today is that we are leaning more and more heavily on sorting information, organizing e-mails, and cramming facts. And no matter how creative you were to begin with, if you focus on facts and details for long enough your creative side will slip into lullaby land. More and more of us are losing touch with our intuitive side, our creativity and our ability to think "out of the box". The problem? Many of us are only using half of our box! Read on and find out how to nurture the right side of your brain and get back with the bigger picture. The Limited Majority Research shows that around 60% of people in the developed world are dominant in left hemisphere style thinking. Thinking with the left side of your brain is excellent for fact gathering and analysing and for precision and analysis, it’s also great for organising information and situations, keeping records and developing plans. In short, your left brain loves order and details. But the trouble with zooming in on the details is that you can miss out on the bigger picture. That’s the realm of your right brain and it facilitates wonderful abilities such as flexibility of thinking, intuitive problem solving, creative planning, considering values, spotting new possibilities and interacting sensitively and positively with others. One problem with the left brain ruling the roost is that it can lead to what appears to others to be arrogant, locked down thinking and poor understanding of other people’s concerns and feelings. Left brain dominance can lead to an arrogant streak or critical nature, it can cause impatience, resistance to change and can make you socially unpopular as left brain people have a tendency to fix on being always right, and are quick to point out faults in others. Does that sound like someone you want to hang around with? Me neither!
