Friday, 13 January 2017

How Does Your Brain Work? 4 Quadrants as dreamcatchers suspended in framework


4 Quadrants of my Brain 
Dreamcatchers on Bamboo Hoops suspended in Wooden Frame
(60 cm x 60 cm)

I’ve never been one for snap decisions, taking a leap of faith without some thought process, weighing up the pros and cons; every little detail with due diligence. Reading is at a slow pace as I take my time to digest the information, formulate the bigger picture. I was the kid who when engaged in a subject (as opposed to disengaged being disruptive talking)  would divert my attention outside the window or in a vacuum of space. Here I filtered scramble words to something more meaningful. Until I found that AHA! moment that I had the bigger picture. And all that had to happen before there was any sign of movement or progress. Phew! And I’d always wonder if there was anyone else who did the same. After all, I know I’m special and unique but surely I can’t be the only one who doesn’t fit the so called ‘norm’.

Symbols, numbers and images had me firing on all cylinders. Maths, chemistry, shorthand typing, art therapy; even astrology with its signs and hieroglyphics make more sense than all the letters stuck together. So I guess I rout my information through a different pathway to get the desired results. Astrology gives me an insight into how I communicate, learn, interact and so forth. But here was a tool, that took me deeper into how much my brain influences that process and consequent behaviours.

In fact, the brain has two sides, left and right as well as front and back, making up 4 quadrants. Last year I did the free in8model®  questionnaire and attended their Blue Print For Change Seminars, that helped explain so much about why I am who I am and what stops me from doing or having what I want. And I think that is what appealed to me. To understand that it was okay to be me and that I didn’t have a label or be stuck in that one position. You don't have permanent traits. You are constantly adapting and changing to your environment. It did, however, show a way of understanding my reality, and explaining much of my behaviour is influenced by my quadrant preference style.

The in8model® is an excellent tool that gives a clear understanding of what makes your brain see the world like you do.  You receive a mini report on your scores and some insightful exercises to do that will enable you to define and attain the decisions that you have make about 2017.


So as I do, I digest still like to digest my information into a visual picture that seems to help me clarify and gain greater insight to the matter at hand. The above picture is what I produced of my 4 quadrants of the brain, linked together by an interwoven gold thread. Each quadrant with its own colour. All suspended together into a framework. And surprise, surprise!  The one I was most challenged at creating was the yellow Quadrant 1! Here with its different pattern, even different cotton. Yet here it lies, happy and connected, part of the whole.

Curious to know how your brain works? I’m sure it will be different to mine!
Follow the link below to do the quiz and receive your *FREE*  mini report
http://www.thein8model.com/free-questionnaire/vip/29