Are you governed by your heart? (1 of the 8 Life Lenses™)

October 6th, 2010

There are no facts, only interpretations. (Friedrich Nietzsche)

Would you be lost without your intuition?  Can you walk into a room and get an instant ‘read’ of it?  Are you good at sizing up people?  Do you focus on feelings, on things that are intangible?  Are you known for following your hunches?

If so perhaps you’re a Heart Life Lens or know someone else who is a Heart, one of the 8 Life Lenses™.

Heart Life Lenses™ are known for trusting their guts.  They are alert to the hairs rising on the back of their necks, sensing when something’s off or not quite right.  They pay attention to that indescribable feeling, that tells them that everything will be fine and to move ahead, take a chance, jump in.

Heart Life Lenses™ are also known for being quite uncanny – they may not know why they know something but they know it with certainty.

A dear friend of mine is a good example of a Heart Life Lens™.  She’ll be quiet during a conversation for some time and then make a bracingly insightful, spot-on comment.  She makes mental acrobatic leaps from one thing to another with grace, being able to intuit when things aren’t quite right.  The hairs on my arms may tingle when her sensitive radar has  somehow, someway come up with something uncanny.

Does the idea of joining in conversation with her make your hairs jump up with pom poms pumping?  Do you intuitively ‘get’ what I’m writing about and have volumes more to add?  Does the idea of not being able to emote or rely on your intuition leave you adrift on a big, blue expansive, lonely ocean?  If so you may be a Heart Life Lens™.

If you’re having trouble lending credence to what I’m saying, if your gray matter is screaming ‘prove it’ or ‘just give me the facts’ then you may be the opposite of a Heart Life Lens™ which is a Head Life Lens™.

Life Lenses™ is an interactive, self-assessment tool designed to identify the invisible lenses that you wear, the lenses that colour your perspective and shape how you see the world.  Life Lenses™ teaches you how to see yourself, understand others and makes communicating easier than you ever imagined it could be.

The countdown has begun.  Life Lenses™ will be available online in 10 days.

The global launch is Friday, October 8th in Paris, France.  Are you ready to see clearly?

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Calling all Head Lenses (1 of the 8 Life Lenses™)

October 6th, 2010

Dispassionate objectivity is itself a passion, for the real and for the truth. (Abraham Maslow)

Are you able to spot the flaw in any argument?  Do you love logic and objectivity?  Are you known for your ability to seek out and squash bias?  Are you a truth-seeker?

If so perhaps you’re a Head Life Lens or know someone else who is a Head, one of the 8 Life Lenses™.

Head Life Lenses™ are known for seeing the world in an objective manner and in fact (pun intended) place a lot of value on objectivity.  Head Life Lenses™ have a wide variety of sources of information – from favourite websites, blogs and books to newspapers, magazine and experts.  They’re interested in truth.  Head Life Lenses™ take a measured, logical approach to problem solving.

Their strength is their sword of truth, which is laser sharp – they spar with others using logic, information and arguments.  They can be trusted to seek out bias and subjectivity and slay them.

A trial lawyer friend of mine is a case in point.  He can argue something inside and out, dispassionately proving his point with information, facts and logic.  His way with debating is something to behold.  I’m sure he could debate a point he didn’t believe and sound just as sure and logical.

Does the idea of matching wits with him make you want to step up to the plate?  Are you comfortable using logic to prove a point?  Do you see the world as objectively as possible?  Do you rely on what is tangible to guide your decisions?  Do you pride yourself on being unswayed by emotion?  If so you may be a Head Life Lens™.

If you reacted vehemently to the above and shudder at the thought of a world that relies solely on facts without emotion, intuition and subjectivity then you’re likely the opposite of a Head Life Lens™ which is a Heart Life Lens™.

Life Lenses™ is an interactive, self-assessment tool designed to identify the invisible lenses that you wear, the lenses that colour your perspective and shape how you see the world.  Life Lenses™ teaches you how to see yourself, understand others and makes communicating easier than you ever imagined it could be.

Life Lenses™ will be available online shortly.  Are you ready to see clearly?

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Go! Go! (and I’m not talking dancing but rather 1 of the Life Lenses™)

October 6th, 2010

Every blade of grass has an angel bending over it whispering grow! (Talmud)

Yearning for action?  Eager to get going, step on the gas, keep moving?  Always planning your next move, the next step?  Are you known as someone who gets things done?  Someone who is spontaneous?

If so perhaps you’re a go or know someone else who is a go, one of the 8 Life Lenses™.

Go lenses are geared for action, for doing, for leaping (sometimes before looking).  Jumping in, trying something on the spur of the moment are fuel for their active feet.  Need to make a decision quickly?  Simply ask a go lens.  Need to throw caution to the winds and jump into something?  A go lens will not only hold your hand they’ll push and prod you down the pathway to action.

The strength of a go lens is their ability to make a decision quickly and move forward.  They are delightfully spontaneous.  “No that’s not possible, no we can’t try that” are not words you’ll hear coming out of their mouths.

An old business partner of mine was a go lens.  Before you could take a breath he’d have 15 ideas on the table and already be started implementing 5 of them.

Does the idea of quickly brainstorming a multitude of ideas for moving forward on a sticky problem make you want to shout with glee, “yes, I’m in, let’s go for 50 ideas in 5 minutes and within 10 minutes get started moving on a few of them”?  Are you comfortable taking a few risks?  Leaping before looking?  If so then you may be a go lens.  If a look of horror has just crossed your face and your stomach is quenching at the thought of taking such unmeasured, not thoroughly thought out action then you’re likely the opposite of a go lens which is, you guessed it, a stop lens.

Life Lenses™ is an interactive, self-assessment tool designed to identify the invisible lenses that you wear, the lenses that colour your perspective and shape how you see the world.  Life Lenses™ teaches you how to see yourself, understand others and makes communicating easier than you ever imagined it could be.

Life Lenses™ will be available online shortly.  Are you ready to see clearly?

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Stop in the name of the Life Lenses™

October 6th, 2010

Caution is the parent of security (Benjamin Franklin)

Do you love nothing better than to have a good think on things?  Prefer reflection to taking action?  Are you known for looking before you leap?  Great at weighing the pros and cons before making a decision?

If so perhaps you’re a stop or know someone else who is a stop, one of the 8 Life Lenses™.

Stop lenses are reflective, thoughtful.  Cogitate, meditate and contemplate are music to their ears.  They like to take their time so they can do the necessary research and follow a thorough process, before making a decision and taking action.  Need to know the procedure for something or which rules to follow?  Check in with a stop lens.  Need to make sure you’ve covered all the bases?  Check in with a stop lens, they’ll show you bases you never knew existed.

The strength of a stop lens is their ability to be contemplative and thorough.  Once a stop lens has made up their mind you can be sure the decision has been carefully considered and thought through.

One of my kids is a stop lens.  The concept of wanting to be surprised is nowhere on his wish list because when something is sprung on a stop lens they simply don’t have the necessary time to think about it, to feel prepared.

Does the idea of carefully weighing the pros and cons of a new business procedure make your neurons dance with delight?  Tend to want to read just one more report, one more research study, one more blog post before making a decision?  If so then you may be a stop lens.  If you’re groaning or I’ve already lost your attention because you just want to get on with things and keep moving then you’re likely the opposite of a stop lens, which is, you guessed it a go lens.

Life Lenses™ is an interactive, self-assessment tool designed to identify the invisible lenses that you wear, the lenses that colour your perspective and shape how you see the world.  Life Lenses™ teaches you how to see yourself, understand others and makes communicating easier than you ever imagined it could be.

Life Lenses™ will be available online shortly.  Are you ready to see clearly?

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