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Skriven 2006-04-24 08:03:02 av James Bradley (1:134/77.0)
     Kommentar till en text av Ardith Hinton
Ärende: A Different Drummer...
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Ardith Hinton wrote James Bradley on 04-21-06 17:56

 AH>  The intuition component of your reasoning style
 AH>  is what enables you to see below the surface...
 AH>  and the perception component is what enables you
 AH>  to reserve judgement until you've collected a fair
 AH>  amount of data.

 JB>  I'm with ya.

 AH>           Ah... good!  :-)  :-)  :-)

I bought four laser printers on Tuesday, and I just finished napping for four
hours, after spending $467 on tools at another auction. I woke up, and thought
I had slept through the night. Looking at the alarm clock, I thought it was
wrong. When I reached to change it, it dawned on me, (No pun intended.) that
maybe it wasn't morning. The clock might still be correct, since I recharged
the battery just days ago, and set the time then.

Ah, "Curiouser, and curiouser."


 AH> "Why?" years ago when I found out about certain
 AH> problems a dear friend of ours had been having.
 AH> I didn't ask it aloud because most other
 AH> people's answers wouldn't work for me.  In such
 AH> cases I'll often stumble across some related
 AH> material sooner or later, though.  When the
 AH> student is ready the teacher appears.  I may
 AH> find myself drawn to a book I hadn't noticed
 AH> before or discover a new aspect of a particular
 AH> person....  :-)

Amazing how that happens, isn't it? Often it amuses me how we missed the lesson
the first time. <G+D?>

I wasn't introduced to fiction in any big way, for the longest time. By the
time I did start to appreciate it, I was well into technical manuals, and
measurement and specification documents. As such, my reading for joy, has
suffered. I appreciate Poe, (Big surprise, eh.) A Clockwork Orange, (Another
surprise.) Man In The Sea, Chrysalis... My point being, for the longest time, I
was expecting every sentence to parlay a new sentiment, and if the paragraph
didn't make sense to me, I'd have to read it two or three times. I never
expected that it might just be a lame author, or one not as fantastic as had
held my attention earlier. (Geese, maybe I don't *have* a point.)

I picked up a batch of - supposedly - technical books from the library, when I
realized one author is a professional fool in practice, *and* in print. Only
then, did I allow myself to gloss over the next few pages, and not feel like I
was slighting myself. Actually, it was quite liberating to realize, I could
return the piece of crap, without trying to read every word. Truth is, I didn't
make it past chapter one, by the time I *knew* he had *nothing* to teach me.
Anyway, the lesson to be learned had nothing to do with "Fine Carpentry", and
everything to do with not waisting my time.


 AH>           Those things are very important too.
 AH> As an NT (intuitive thinker) I can easily get

Is it safe to say, an intuitive thinker uses their intuition, or is there a
code to this? (EG: NT=code talker~Not inTuitive)


 AH> involved with what's going on inside my mind, to
 AH> such an extent that I neglect to live fully in
 AH> the moment & pay attention to the pleasures we
 AH> are best able to enjoy while we're here on Earth
 AH> in physical bodies.  That was what I was
 AH> referring to when I said kayaking was a way to
 AH> explore some aspects of myself I'd been
 AH> neglecting.  One of the strengths of SP's is the
 AH> ability to focus on such matters as the feel of
 AH> the wind in their hair... to notice their hands
 AH> are wet, and not to mind either way... to let
 AH> themselves drift onto some beach where they
 AH> hadn't intended to go & say "Okay, so what?  I'm
 AH> still in one piece."  Each of the four major
 AH> reasoning styles has its place....  :-)

I'm going to re-download your earlier post describing this business.

As far as reaching out of your comfort zone is concerned, I think it is doubly
hard with health issues, as - in this case - you have to put your trust, and
quite possibly your life solely in the hands of a professional. Fortunately,
the pros that were in charge of Nora's care, knew what they were doing, and not
only was it a learning experience for her, but the two big kids went through an
edumication too, let alone the edumucator herself. (RE: Nora's teacher.)

Knowing what a great experience I had on a few rivers in my youth, I can share
totally the exhilaration you must have experienced. The biggest pat on the back
belongs to the participants IMO. As I went through earlier about your
instructors, it *has* to be a huge team effort, with LOTS of knowledge, and
above all that, it HAS to appear to be effortless. The more it seems like a
`surfer dude' tossing boats in a lake, chances are there was a huge logistic
effort to assemble the manpower, and equipment necessary. Now, I wasn't there,
and I didn't interview the experts, so they may have been `surfer dudes'. They
would have to be extra stupid for that to happen though.

 AH> exception of James Bradley!  Nora has a list of
 AH> the drum rudiments (with examples) in her band
 AH> folder, however.  She asked for it when she
 AH> realized Dallas & I had one.  There's no doubt
 AH> she's our kid, and we're beginning to see the
 AH> results of our own good work... [chuckle].

(-: Funny how that happens, isn't it? 

 JB>  Welcome to the dichotomy that is me.

 AH>           My pleasure!  I think that's one of
 AH> the things I like about you.  As one of our
 AH> (intuitive) friends said about herself the other
 AH> day, "I see issues from both sides & others say
 AH> I'm 'indecisive'."  I can relate... it happens
 AH> to me all the time.  And because I can't be sure
 AH> which side of the coin I'm going to see until I
 AH> actually see it, you're an endless source of
 AH> fascination.  :-))


I'm sure I mentioned I was the shy kid. Forever, my parents wanted me to be as
bold as a bomb. I grew into that a bit, but mostly, I became perceptive of
others, via body language, and when possible, reading between their lines. The
biggest thrust/catch phrase in development those days, seemed to be whether you
were the "leader", or the "follower". I was more than content to be the "second
lieutenant", as I watched the #1 absorb most of the hostilities, and again, I
learned a lot about reading people. (Yes, we were a little terrible. Some would
say "little terrors." B-) 

For a time, I was even striving to be that "leader" but I was totally
uncomfortable doing it. Parents and teachers were heartbroken, but I knew the
value in being #2. "No, *you* go first, big shot!" <LOL> Mind you, #2 had its
drawbacks, but it makes blending into the woodwork that much easier.




... James
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