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If you are aware of the contrasting activities of the two sides of your brain – broadly, creative on the right, logical on the left – you will be able to work more effectively. Further, if you are working with colleagues in a team, make sure that the members’ skills complement one another.

Activities in the brain are commonly attributed to either the right side or the left, depending on their nature in the creative/logical divide. In some people, one side of the brain is more dominant than the other.

People whose left side is more dominant:

• Process information in a linear sequence easily, taking different elements and arranging them logically.

• Process words and numbers relatively easily.

• Enjoy analysing details and making lists.

People whose right side is more dominant:

• Process information as a whole more easily. First of all they see the big picture, and then look at the details.

one minute wonder Think about yourself: which side of your brain is more dominant? If you know this, it will help you realize that you may need to develop the unused potential of your less dominant side (see the next two Secrets for more on this).

• Process information creatively and intuitively, using their imagination relatively easily.

• Are aware of spatial dimensions.

• Enjoy learning that involves doing, feeling, touching objects and drawing illustrations in colour.

We tend to have one side of the brain that is more dominant than the other, though great scientists tend to be very well-balanced in these terms. Einstein, for exampled, enjoyed activities such as sailing, art and playing the violin.

The significance of this is:

• If you are undeveloped on one side of the brain, work at strengthening and nurturing the unused potential of the less dominant side, so that it becomes more effective. If you do this, you will find that, rather than being weakened in the area in which you are currently stronger, you will actually become stronger in both areas, and the overall performance of your mind will be improved.

• Make sure that a team of colleagues working together has a balance of those who enjoy logical, analytical thinking and those whose style is more intuitive and creative.

Work at developing your brain’s unused potential.