When you were in school, did you ever notice that some students hardly studied at all and still got good marks? While you on the other hand needed to study hard to get the same results. Yet some classes you needed to study less than others to get the same results. There are numerous psychological and motivational reasons why this is so, but the major influence is the difference in brain processing between the student and the teacher.
Imagine a classroom full of students. And each student in the class is wearing tinted glasses. The teacher is also wearing glasses but the teachers glasses are tinted green. As the teacher goes around the room describing the different models and structures, he describes them from his "Green" perspective. He may even describe them very clearly and correctly, but it seems that many students in the class don't understand. He gets frustrated with some of the students because when he looks at them through his green perception, they too are wearing "Green" glasses and therefore should be able to see it as he does. So he may "label" some students as stupid or unmotivated and keep on teaching in his green way while some students struggle on their own to learn the lessons.
While this may be common in school, it is equally as common in the workplace. Managers, supervisors and staff are constantly misinterpreting each other, reacting to these misinterpretations, labeling each other, and expanding gaps in productivity and job fulfillment.
If we could only take off our colored glasses!
Recent genetic psychology research (a 25 year study by Sandra Segal and David Horn) has shown that we are running very specific Genetic Processors in our brain. The notions of personality profiling to determine "Behavior Style" have been replaced with "Processor and Environmental Adaptation" to determine individual and group dynamics related to communication, leadership, and productivity.
Through the use of Directive Communication Psychology, we can discover how to take off our colored glasses and teach, learn, lead, persuade, and cultivate greater productivity in our work and personal life. The colored glasses model is based on the 4 different genetic processors that are foundations for the way we communicate. If you compare your brain to computer processor, you may find that some people have a PC processor, while others may have a Mac processor. Each of these processors can run similar applications such as Microsoft Excel or Adobe Photoshop, and while these have the same function and similar appearance, each requires different programming to run the same type of software because each processor runs the programs differently. For example, a PC will run Excel in a very direct and speedy manner, but will run Photoshop in a slower and roundabout way. The Mac on the other hand is just the opposite. But, if you try to run Excel for Mac on your PC, it won't work and vise versa. Our brains work in a similar way. If you are a green brain (random, interactive processing) trying to do a red brain (linear objective processing) function, you will have some difficulty doing it in the same way that a red brain person does. As you struggle to get the point, understand the information, or truly empathize with another, it then becomes essential to process your red brain outcome in a green brain way.
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Arthur F Carmazzi is the principal founder of the Directive Communication Psychology and a renowned Speaker in the Asian Region. He is the author of best seller, "The 6 Dimensions of Top Achievers", "Identity Intelligence", and "Lessons from the Monkey King". He has been awarded as one of the Top 30 most influential Leadership figures in the world by LGI. More at: http://directivecommunication.com , Or http://carmazzi.net
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