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If the left side of your brain is more dominant, then it’s time to strengthen the right side so that you become more balanced.

There are many ways in which you could strengthen the right side of your brain. They include:

• Dream dreams. Remove yourself from your cold analysis and use your imagination. You could even write down your dreams.

• See the big picture. Go beyond the details in which you are immersed and see the widest possible dimensions.

case study By personality, the left side of my brain is more dominant. After leading seminars on writing clear English, I realized that I needed to branch out as the market place was becoming saturated. I wrestled with this problem for some time, trying logically to think through ways of dealing with it. One day, when I was not thinking about this problem, the thought struck me: I should intentionally target managers who had deliberately chosen a career that didn’t initially involve writing. In particular, I focused on accountants and engineers. The success lay in being open to fresh, ‘outside-the-box’ thinking and then being proactive: actively deciding a new strategy and formulating a plan to capture a new market.

• Take risks. Don’t always be cautious and play it safe (but don’t be reckless!). Do something you usually do differently – go a different way to work; experiment with different foods or ways of cooking.

• Change your perspective. Be on the lookout for positive ways of grasping new opportunities, rather than seeing them as a threat.

• Be creative. Think of imaginative ways of expressing a problem you are currently dealing with. Draw it, or something that could represent it. What colour would it be? What shape and dimensions?

• Take a break from work. Do something physically active – go to the gym, go dancing. A healthy body will develop a healthy mind.

• Develop your intuition. When random thoughts occur to you when you are doing something that is unrelated to work, such as having a shower or driving home from work, don’t ignore them. Give them your attention: these thoughts come from your subconscious.

Take something you usually do and do it differently.