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MindexYour Thinking Style Profile
Introduction Overview For ProspectiveCertified
Users
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History of Brain Research

• Very little was known aboutthe mysterious
  organ

• Localization of FunctionsBrain-Injured
  People(1800s - Paul Broca, Karl Wernicke)

• Left Right Brains CalTechSplit-Brain
  Experiments (1960s Dr. Joe Bogen / Prof. Roger
  Sperry)

• Cognitive Styles (1980s Myers Briggs
  Type IndicatorDr. Karl Albrecht Mindex
  Thinking Styles Profile)

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Thinking Styles
1. Structure of Thought
(Left-brained, Right-brained)
2. Content of Thought
(Concrete, Abstract)
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The Mindex Model
Abstract Concepts
Red Sky
Blue Sky
Concrete Experience
Blue Earth
Red Earth
Right Brained
Left Brained
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Red Earth Mode

• Right Brained Concrete
• Here Now
• Direct Experience
• Uses Intuition Hunches
• Oriented to Feelings Vibrations

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Blue Earth Mode

• Left Brained Concrete
• The Bottom Line
• Facts Figures
• Uses Linear / Procedural Thinking
• Oriented to Logical Outcomes

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Red Sky Mode

• Right Brained Abstract
• The Big Picture
• Dreams Visions
• Uses Hypothetical / Projective Thinking
• Oriented to Possibilities

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Blue Sky Mode

• Left Brained Abstract
• The System
• Diagrams Relationships
• Uses Systematic Thinking
• Oriented to Structure Order

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Applications of Thinking Styles

• Self-Understanding
• Personal Relationships
• Communication Training
• Sales Training
• Team Building
• Job/Career Placement

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10 Ways You Can Use Mindex

1. Build your people-reading skills.
2. Make better decisions by getting more better
   information from others.
3. Sell your ideas to others with more clarity and
   skill.
4. Reduce conflict with people and in work groups.

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10 Ways You Can Use Mindex

1. Lead or mange others with less conflict while
   getting greater results.
2. Reduce or eliminate your communication
   stresswith others.
3. Accept the styles of others, as being unique to
   them.
4. Practice situational shifting as needed.

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10 Ways You Can Use Mindex

1. Know when to focus on feelings, rapport, and
   intuition, vs. facts, data, and concepts.
2. Know how to adjust your approach when explaining,
   selling, teaching, or persuading others.