The first lecture for my Creative
Thinking class in Ateneo was indeed an eye-opener for me, its about whether we think left or Right. I remember when I was in
college, we already tackled these divisions of the brain and its function when
you think and make decisions, but I never had any exercise or test that would gauge
whether I think Left or Right. Two weeks ago our class had a
short exercise about which side of the brain we think. For the past years, I highly
believe that I have the qualities of a RIGHT thinker. Apparently, the result of
the short exercise didn’t agree! The results showed that I am a
LEFT thinker, WOW! I never expected it, and until now I am a bit confused if I would
go for with what my belief for the past years or the result of the exercise.
They said that if you’re into
creative, public relations and marketing, you should be a Right thinker. So I
assume that I am one. I am a random person, I dwell on things by chance and
there are times that I don’t follow certain directions because I know that
there might be shortcuts to everything. On the other hand, I have a strong
intuition on certain situation, most of the time I stick with what I believe
and being accountable with it, however, I think broad especially when I daydream
about different PR concepts and marketing strategies for my work. With all of
these do you think that I am a right thinker? I still can’t get over the fact
that it says the opposite. Well, I think that’s the problem with me, maybe I
should start realizing that there might be a mix of a left thinker within me. I
remember that there are people who think both, maybe I am one of those. On the second thought due to my confusion on the result of the class exercise, I went thru my notes again. Then I started realizing thing and had me thinking that yes, there
are times that I tend to think left. Even
though that I always think big, there are times that I start with a simple
concept and stretch it wide. It is an important characteristic of a PR person
to plan things out in a particular order to be able to distinguish priorities. Also,
it is important for us to be verbal especially in presentations and meetings. And
most importantly we should always think what’s feasible and realistic. Umm, so
would I go left?
Like what I said in the class
after the exercise, it really depends on us if we believe on these things but I
would say that it is important that these can be our guide, a guide to know
whether if which approach we can use to be able to solve situations, work and
personal problems effectively. For instance, in a certain situation in which
you’ll be asked to think a concept to launch a product, are you going to stat
to go onto details or think big first? Are you going to follow certain template
that was used before or create a new one. Overall, I think what I important
here is we should know how to assess ourselves whenever we do a creative
thinking to solve problems. However, not too serious, just the right amount of
actualization that in cetain situation we can be a left, right or even a mixed
thinker. So, for my question am I a left or right? That will remain a question.
J
