Left-handed, right-brained and misunderstood
As I get older and move further along in my career in public communications, I am realizing more and more how very right-brained I am.
I’m a lefty, so I tend to do things a bit backwards. I also think differently. (Or so it seems to me.)
I get frustrated when I’m in a meeting and others aren’t on the same page as me. I find I’m often about 12 steps ahead of people, while they’re still processing an idea I’ve long since moved on from.
In the past, I just thought I had unique insight. Now, I realize my brain doesn’t process the sam
e as the majority of the people around me.
My 22-month old, Biz, looks like he’s also going to be a lefty. He’s favored his left hand for eating and drawing (or “frawing”) since he learned how to hold a spoon. To gain more insight (that’s not my own) on the subject of how the right-brained person works, I found an article by Barbara Pytel on suite101.com. Here are some direct quotes from the article:
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They don’t memorize well and need to visualize a picture so they can recall the facts.
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Right brains don’t explain what they feel well and are misunderstood. They think of one thing, say another because their brain has already moved on to another thought.
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Right brains don’t like to jump through the hoops to get something done. They also don’t like to follow rules which don’t make sense to them.
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They see the whole person and are less likely to condemn a person because of a flaw.
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Rights are trusting–too trusting. They easily have patents and ideas stolen from them, usually to a left. Lefts know how to use an idea. They just can’t come up with them on their own.
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Rock and Roll music is preferred by rights. They are also easily distracted by music.
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They often use their hands when they speak and may have difficulty speaking if they are not allowed to use their hands.
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Right brains embrace new ideas. They are future thinkers and enjoy introducing controversial ideas.
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They believe that everything is possible, tend to be very creative, and don’t see the pitfalls along the way.
[Read more at Suite101: Right Brain Characteristics: Half of the population is right-brained.]
These all describe me very, very well.
Being a left-handed, right-brained person, I admittedly scanned through this article quickly, stopping on the points that truly resonated with me.
You might want to read the full article to gain your own insight.
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