| History lends us an ideal of ambidexterity: Leonardo da | | | | Supper and the Mona Lisa. While his right-brain |
| Vinci, Harry Truman and James Garfield were all | | | | permitted him to express his exquisite talents in the |
| known to be physically ambidextrous, but to what | | | | arts, his left-brain mathematically and analytically went |
| does that translate? In modern times, ambidexterity | | | | to work in his revolutionary concepts and inventions -- |
| isn't a hot topic, but in fact, we are all - to a degree - | | | | like the first robot, submarine and even the first |
| ambidextrous.When we multi-task, juggle home and | | | | mechanical calculator.But from where did his visionary |
| work, hold a phone conference and take notes | | | | inspirations derive? Of course, the right brain. In my |
| simultaneously -- we are incorporating an | | | | opinion, and by scholars throughout the world, da Vinci |
| ambidextrous mindset. No, perhaps we don't all use | | | | was by far the greatest genius in human history. His |
| both hands to achieve these tasks, but we are using | | | | incredible integration of right and left brain hemispheres |
| both brain hemispheres to accomplish our deadlines | | | | was an intellectual milestone in the history of |
| and goals.Some of us may have heard that we're | | | | humankind.While we may not be Leonarda da Vinci, |
| 'right-brained' or maybe we lean more toward the | | | | we do possess traits that may help us to achieve our |
| 'left-brain.' Funny as these terms may seem, they are | | | | daily routines, and overall lifestyles. The left hemisphere |
| inherently one in the same. Though we may possess | | | | of our brains control our abilities to analyze and sum |
| and exhibit more qualities from one side of the brain | | | | parts that are necessary for specific projects, while |
| opposed to the other, we are still integrating both | | | | our right hemisphere amplifies our creative side, and |
| hemispheres in daily applications.Right-brain people are | | | | keeps open positive expectations.Finding and attaining |
| said to think holistically, subjectively and may possess | | | | the right (no pun intended) balance to achieve an |
| heightened intuition. Left-brain people are more logical, | | | | ambidextrous mindset may be accomplished by |
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| what really sets the two apart? And why is it that | | | | through our right-brains to our left-brains. Sounds easy |
| some individuals are more adept at some thought | | | | enough, but many of us haven't discovered how to tap |
| patterns than others?Relevent qualites of 'right-brained' | | | | into our most resourceful mechanism - the whole |
| persons may include an expansive imagination, artistic | | | | human brain.When we combine both thought patterns |
| abilities, higher inclination toward risks, and possession | | | | of each hemisphere, we are accomplishing the ultimate |
| of philosophical qualities. Whereas 'left-brained' | | | | in human behaviour. Not only do we enable ourselves |
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| conclude that right-brained individuals are more | | | | trying to multi-task at your engineer's or computer |
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