Modern research has come to a very significant fact, one of the most significant achieved in this century, and that is that we do not have one mind, we have two minds. Our brain is divided into two hemispheres; the right hemisphere and the left hemisphere.
The right hemisphere is joined with the left hand, and the left hemisphere is joined with the right hand — crosswise. The right hemisphere is intuitive, illogical, irrational, poetic, platonic, imaginative, romantic, mythical, religious; and the left hemisphere is logical, rational, mathematical, Aristotelian, scientific, calculative.
The same applies to men and women. Women are right-hemisphere people; men are governed by the left-hemisphere. Men have ruled women for centuries. Now a few women are revolting but the amazing thing is that these are the same type of women. In fact they are just like men — rational, competitive, aggressive, argumentative, and calculative. For them, the secret will be to fight the injustice and oppression and yet retain their femininity.
Because, if you have to fight with men you have to learn the same trick, if you have to fight with men, you have to fight with the same techniques.
Fighting with anybody is very dangerous because you become like your enemy. That is one of the greatest problems of humanity. Once you fight with somebody, by and by you have to use the same technique and the same way.
What we can all do is to bring the two minds together so that these two minds become one, more crystallized, more integrated and whole. This is more constructive than reducing the issues to male versus female.
When we know about this basic division we can begin to understand all the conflict that goes on around and inside us. Of course, if the way we conduct business and our life is totally satisfactory then we do not need to do anything about improving our life, the workplace or ourselves.
Nonetheless, if we can recognise that things in business and our personal lives could be more harmonious, productive and positive we will be prepared to learn and adopt a more all-encompassing approach, irrespective of categorising the different ways as male or female, left brain or right brain, logical or intuitive.
We can succeed, not by fighting, but perhaps through understanding.
Chris Borrett
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