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Are you a sequential or global thinker?

Darrelyn

Darrelyn

Trying to understand.
I think sequentially (linear thinking) - one step at a time - lay everything out, read the directions - kind of girl. :D
But I also have periods of global thinking - several options floating around in my head at the same time - not knowing what to do with them or if they even pertain to the issue - trying to choose the right path or answer, or even what the question I'm trying to answer is - then all of them coming together at once to produce the ah-ha moment, or so I think. :nah:
 
Darrelyn said:
I think sequentially (linear thinking) - one step at a time - lay everything out, read the directions - kind of girl. :D
But I also have periods of global thinking - several options floating around in my head at the same time - not knowing what to do with them or if they even pertain to the issue - trying to choose the right path or answer, or even what the question I'm trying to answer is - then all of them coming together at once to produce the ah-ha moment, or so I think. :nah:
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Definitely global, I seem to be incapable of linear thinking. I've tried then my mind wonders off because there can't be just one direction... but I guess, I can't really call them "directions", they are more..."angles", different "dots" in space, which may or may not be connected (I'm a visual thinker so I'm trying to describe what I see :) ). Sometimes it feels like I'm wasting my time exploring this huge world of options but, in reality, it's an illusion. I only waste time when I refuse to make choices and doubt myself. Switching to linear thinking would not save time, not for me. I think I might waste even more time because I would be constantly struggling with my true self :)
But the again everybody has their moments, I guess you just have to choose the right way at the right time :)
 
I think I am both, but perhaps lean toward sequential thinking. I cannot multitask well at all, so maybe it is just that I am limited in being global.
 
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