How Left Brain vs. Right Brain People Operate<\/h3>\n
People who are a little more on the right side of things, like me, my daughter and my son, want to get things done, and we understand that we need structure, so we try it.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m going to get up at 6:30 a.m. I\u2019m going to go to the bathroom, work out and meditate. At 8:00 I\u2019m going to have breakfast.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cAt 9:00 I\u2019m going to be at the computer, and I\u2019m only going to do emails until 10:00. Then I\u2019m going to start on this project. Then I\u2019m going to make this call.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIn the afternoon, I\u2019m going to work on this other project. I\u2019m only going to do emails from 4:00 to 5:00. Then I\u2019m going to have dinner at 6:00.\u201d<\/p>\n Ah, such wonderful intentions. Can anybody relate to this? You know what happens …<\/p>\n We get up at 6:30 a.m. because the alarm rings. We\u2019re so tired. \u201cI\u2019m not going to be able to have a good day if I\u2019m this tired. I should sleep for another half an hour,\u201d<\/em> so we sometimes do.<\/p>\n Then we\u2019re up. \u201cI\u2019m so busy, and I\u2019m late. I need to work out, but I have to get on this project.\u201d<\/em> We jump on the computer and there\u2019s emails right in front of us, a couple of major ones. We have to answer them.<\/p>\n Before we know it, it\u2019s 9:00. We\u2019re hormonal and starving. You get the idea.<\/p>\n The same holds true trying to get left-brained people to chill and be spontaneous.<\/p>\n You left-brained folks who structure every minute and stick to it like it\u2019s written in stone are not going to like this, but if you don\u2019t let go of control once in a while, you are missing the creative magic of life! You may be way too rigid. You\u2019ve put a stranglehold on what\u2019s possible.<\/p>\n So, what can we do to change our ways? How can right-brained folks take advantage of the structure of left-brained thinking, and left-brained people to let it all go, without feeling like it\u2019s all too un-natural?<\/p>\n Left brained people, leave an hour completely unstructured. Every day you do whatever you feel like doing at the time. In fact, don\u2019t even think about what you\u2019re going to do until you get there. Just allow the universe to come through you.<\/p>\n How about the people like me who struggle with routine and structure, the right-brained crowd? Here\u2019s what I\u2019d like to suggest to you. You must have a little<\/em> structure if you\u2019re ever going to accomplish anything of significance, but within that structure you go with the flow.<\/p>\n Now what does that mean? Simple: write down three things that you are intending to do for that<\/em> day that are very important to do that day. That\u2019s structure enough for folks who tend to free-wheel.<\/p>\n What I like to do is say that I\u2019m going to complete one business thing, one health thing–whether it\u2019s working out, running, lifting some weights or whatever it is– and something like calling one of my family members, usually my mom. That\u2019s the only three things. That gives me a starting point. At least I know that the three most important things for me will be done, so I do them.<\/p>\n If you are a non-structured person and you continue to strangle yourself with major structure, all you\u2019re doing is giving yourself a reason to beat yourself up. The same goes for structured people who don\u2019t function in the chaos that comes with spontaneity.<\/p>\n If you are doing something that you know doesn\u2019t work for you, you are setting yourself up to fail. The reason you\u2019re doing that is so your mind has a reason to beat you up.<\/em><\/p>\n Go with your<\/em> flow and your energetic way of being in the world.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.harveker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/2017\/09\/How-Left-Brain-vs.-Right-Brain-People-Operate.png\")
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