Colored Brain Communication Inventory (CBCI)

Took a test to see what colored brain I got...

Introduction:

The Colored Brain Communication Inventory (CBCI) is a practical assessment of how people are distinguished from others by their own specific way of processing the world around them, processing information, learning, problem-solving, communicating, and relating to others.
This is NOT a test for behavior or personality, but an inherent way the brain processes and communicates.

The Directive CommunicationT organization of the different colors of the brain in classification of "genetic neuro-processing" defines the way each person experiences their environment and takes in and interprets information, which results in specific ways of perceiving and evaluating events and situations.
Besides identifying an individual's genetic brain processing it indicates additional "learned" brain flexibility and areas where one may have difficulty in communicating with others.

By identifying the fundamental patterns in the way our brain genetically functions, we overcome misunderstanding, conflict, and wastage of individual and group potential.

Awareness of the color of our brain gives us the means to maximize our capacity act intelligently, to Turbo Charge our natural gifts and use them to maximize our ability to develop "software" for our brain and create greater competence across many disciplines. We are able to understand others at a deeper level and unleash greater potential for relationships at work and at home, for easier learning and teaching, and for greater harmony and cooperation with our environment and our teams.

The following are general descriptions of the different brain colors ( or the glasses your communication is viewed through). The color with the highest total score will be your foundational communication characteristic. Scores in the other boxes indicates your brain flexibility in those areas. The higher your score in other quadrant, the more communication dexterity you have outside of your genetic foundation.

Background Information: The Colored Glasses Syndrome

Consider that you are wearing green colored glasses; certain things would appear brighter and be very clear, while others may seem dull and some may not even be noticeable at all. When you see this you may assume that, because it is so clear, that it will be obvious to everyone else as well, or at least that it will be obvious when you explain it.

The problem is that not everybody wears green glasses, some may wear blue, red or purple ones, and each sees different things from the same circumstances. Each will have clarity in some areas and be oblivious to others, and they will not be the same.

Traditionally, the problem has been that red brain outcomes (for example) have been taught by red brained people. So green, blue and purple brained people usually have to work harder to achieve the same results, and even then the results are often not as good as those achieved by red brained people, who hardly worked at it at all. But, if a green brained person has awareness of a being a green brained person, it allows him the ability to use his natural green brainedness to write software to more efficiently 'ge' the red or blue or purple brained outcomes.

Throughout your life you may, out of necessity, have naturally found ways to do this through trial and error. This has developed your brain flexibility. Yet you may still be struggling with being more creative, or being more analytical, or more systematic, or more sensitive to others. etc. Here is where awareness of brain color processing patterns helps to accelerate the process.

For example if you are processing as a green brain, it is unnatural to analyze something without taking action toward it, yet many situations require a red brained linear and more analytical outcome. Rather than sitting down and impatiently attempt analysis (like everyone says you should), you would take a hands-on active approach to it, like talking to others that may have similar experience and doing small scale tests before carrying it out on a larger project. This approach would be much easier to interpret by a green brain and your analysis would be more accurate than trying to do it in a red brain way.

YOUR Purple Brain genetic foundation

Information is king to the purple brains, the style of processing requires them to absorb lots of information so they can take appropriate action. The reason is because in their brains genetic make-up, everything (time, tasks, people.) is connected. For them, the more information they have, the more stable a situation becomes and stability in purpose gives them a safe sense of direction. The initiation sequence for gathers information, gathers more information, gathers still more information, processes and shapes it, then acts on it. They need details, and concrete facts. This clarity assists them in strategic planning, and the creation of systems. They are key in operational functions and very practical in their applications. They will often have a sense of individual identity rather than group identity, yet family is of great importance. They have accumulated a lot of information and data in their brain and catalogue it for later use. They are usually more incline to follow rules because of their orderly nature. To learn, they need considerable context in a hands-on environment, and sufficient time to assimilate the information.

Purple Brain people excel in areas that require the development of systems or operations. The ability to plan and observe details are applied in practical solutions to problems and improvement of current situations. The connected way of processing can be applied to their strategic and detailed planning ability to create overall policies and change.

The Purple Brain Action Processing

Information Analysis Action

Understanding of how you are affected by other different colored brains

Purple brains are commonly misunderstood because they usually take much longer to act or make decisions. Since they require so much information, processing time is considerably longer (they may appear to be doing nothing when in reality they are gathering necessary information to be thorough). Their meticulous attention to detail may be perceived as Too Much in some instances. Some may consider purple brains as insensitive because they will often not speak unless they feel it is necessary, and seldom express their feelings. They will often show their caring by creating smooth operational systems in life and work.

Because the other types of processing seldom connect events as a Blue Brain does, conflict can arise and affect your emotions, productivity and passion. You may have a difficult time in believing that others are sincere because they do not appear to be congruent with their actions. Here are some suggestions for working in this environment.

• Green Brains may cause you distress because they have difficulty with detail and proceed to action with very little information, which to you is RECKLESS. This is the way they process, to them, information does not play as important a part as results (regardless if the result is good or bad because if the result is not as expected, they simply change the approach until they get it right). Your need for information is to ensure that you will get the results right the first time while to a green brain person, the right results are a process

• Some other brain colors are very sensitive to you and their surroundings, or analysis directed. By communicating to them about your 'geneti' processing and how it is inherent in your interpretation of the world around you, and that you acknowledge that their needs in processing are different, you will set a foundation for them to understand you better.

• Consider that others are not as detailed or information driven as you are. You will notice things that others do not and they may not accept your 'excessively thorough informatio' in the process to make things better.

• Remember that you have the natural ability to create systems and processes, an advantage that others do not. Consider this before you react to the inability for others to do the same.

Color Strengths and how to develop them

Exercise #1 - Pick a subject and pull sift through your brain to retrieve all the information you have on that subject. For example 'spider', you would remember all the spiders you have ever seen, information you know about spider mating, different web patterns, super heroes that are associated with spiders. etc.

Do this 15 minutes every day and you will increase your capacity for creativity, and have greater brain power to develop others areas and create more 'Brain Flexibility'. Consider this like writing software for your brain. I personally find the morning to be a good time to do this. For developing Brain Flexibility and intelligence such as analysis, focus, time management and detailed planning, please upgrade to the CBCI Extended version Here

Exercise #2 - Systematization

Supercharge your ability to systematize and do it creatively. This is an exercise that uses the CBC Cards to maximize your natural Purple Brain talents and increase systematic Processing.

Choose 5 mystery cards from the deck and lay them facing down. As you turn up the first card explain it as part of a system and what the system will accomplish. The first card is the first leg of the system. Then as you turn the other cards face up one by one, explain how each card follows the previous card and relates to the system and its eventual benefit. As you turn over the last card, determine the conclusion and implementation of the total system and its benefit.

This is also a great way to educate your children while increasing their awareness how they would approach things in a systematic way. You can get with your child and take turns turning over cards and creating the system steps for a family objective

For exercises to develop more creativity and objectivity please take the CBCI extended version Here

Purple Brain Spontaneity strategy

Exercise #3 - Spontaneity strategy

Close your eyes and imagine the total sum of the information you have for a particular project to be distributed evenly in 3 half filled buckets. Choose a color for these buckets that best represents the information you need. See yourself putting your hands in these buckets and reviewing the information as you pick it up in cupped hands realizing that you do NOT have all that is required. Then see yourself taking action on only half the information that is needed. AND notice that the more action you take on the limited information that is available the more the buckets fill up and the more comfortable you feel about the actions you have taken. See the word 'SPONTANEOU' appear above the buckets and from this words drips experience and factual data. Run your fingers through the buckets again and see them overflowing with the data you gained from this experience and action.

Your test results by Number :

Green: 27; Red: 46;Purple: 51;Blue: 26;