Focus on the Family with Jim Daly Getting Along With Others at Home and Work (Part 2 of 2)
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Oct 29, 2025 Cynthia Tobias, a learning-styles expert and author, delves into how different cognitive styles affect our relationships at home and work. She highlights the daily frustrations between analytic and global thinkers, explaining how their approaches to information can clash. Tobias defines auditory, visual, and kinesthetic learners, revealing how they perceive and recall information differently. She also discusses the value of seeking opposites in teams for better decision-making and shares daily needs to keep each learning style engaged.
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Three Core Processing Channels
- People differ by primary information channels: auditory, visual, and kinesthetic.
- Recognizing each channel explains why people prefer talking, pictures, or movement when learning.
Analytics Versus Globals
- Half of people process information analytically and half globally, and both are equally capable.
- Analytics prefer step-by-step detail while globals need the big-picture context first.
Bulletin Board Vs. Teachable Moment
- Cynthia describes a colleague who pre-planned nine months of bulletin boards, which annoyed her global preference.
- The story highlights how routine comforts analytics and frustrates globals who prefer spontaneity.
