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Greens and Blues have one thing in common. They live in their heads. Processing ideas is THEM. The Greens, however, are the “Thinkers” while the Blues are the “Feelers” – in Myers-Briggs terminology.

How to tell them apart can be found in their body language and speech.

Click on the YouTube link below and watch our current Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, the only Blue, speaking on Meet the Press at the same table as three Greens: Newt Gingrich, Al Sharpton, and the moderator David Gregory. 

Here is a summary of what to look for:

GREENS:  Newt Gingrich, Al Sharpton, and Meet the Press Moderator David Gregory

·         Drawing starkly clear pictures with hands – pointing, chopping, framing

·         Matter-of-fact delivery

·         Well referenced big-picture orientations

·         Referencing knowledgeable sources, leaders

·         Breaking answers into categories and examples

BLUE:  Secretary of Education Arne Duncan

·         Soft, open-handed ( imploring) gestures with hands, very little jerking or chopping

·         Pleasant, smiling, soft delivery

·         Idealistic big picture

·         Referencing universal people and their interactions

·         Speaking in sweeping rather than finely-drawn scenarios

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yANobP-60yo

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