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Hermann takes the idea that our brains have two halves and
adds to it a theory that we have already met, that higher-order
thinking takes place at the top of your “learning” brain, while the
more basic emotional functions are located at the bottom, toward
the “reptilian” brain.
Hermann suggests that your instinctive characteristics will be
different depending on which side and which “quarter” of your
brain is dominant. Your brain is, in a sense, hot-wired to lead you
to want to act in certain ways.

Logical. Analytical. Imaginative. Synthesizer.
Mathematical. Problem Artistic. Big picture.
solver. Fact focused Theoretical. Fantasy focused.
Or: Head screwed on. Dependable. Or: Creative. Thinks out of
Eye for detail. Helpfully well the box. Big-picture thinker.
organized. Not prone to emotional Strategist. Full of ideas.
outbursts
Or: Number cruncher. Power hungry. Or: Reckless. Can't focus.
Unemotional. Calculating. Uncaring. Unrealistic. Off the wall. Dreamer.
Cold fish. Nerd. Undisciplined. Head in the clouds.
Controlled. Conservative. Planner. Interpersonal. Emotional. Musical.
Organizer. Administrative. Spiritual. Talker. Feeling focused.
Process focused.
Or: Displined. Well organized. Or: Good with people.
Good at systems. Emotionally smart. Considerate.
Safe pair of hands. Great communicator.

Or: Picky. Can't think for Or: Bleeding heart. All mouth.
themselves. Unimaginative. Touchy-feely. Pushover.
Stick in the mud. Soft touch. Wet.
Grinds out the task

Figure 2 The four quarters of the brain

I have deliberately used two kinds of language in Figure 2. The first
set of words is neutral, while the second and third are more obvi-
ously biased, the kind of things you might hear in an office or from
teenagers at home!
Throughout Power Up Your Mind, you will be finding out