Are type of customers you attract listeners or reader/writers? Because of law of attraction, like attracts like, and quantum physics, it is natural for listeners to attract listeners. And readers/writers attract same. This does not necessarily mean listener learners can't attract readers/writers. It does mean that to attract oppose you will need to learn and practice opposite’s way of learning. If you are listener, learn to process through writing. If you are a writer, learn and practice listening and language skills. An acting class is an excellent place to start.

Attracting opposite is a choice. It will require both extended patience and practice. The payoff can be enormous in making revenue. There isn't a right or wrong in this, just awareness, observation, and choice. If you are a company that wants to attract opposite for a wider set of prospects, hire right learner, and have patience to work with them knowing their benefit for company.

If someone is standing before you, you can easily tell if they are a listener just by watching their brain process as you verbalize. If they need to write it down, let them, you also have answer on how they learn.

Listeners who want to write something, love to talk their way through what they want to write first verbally before writing. Or they want someone to listen as they process a spot they make be stuck on in their writing. Ask them to tape record their part of conversation. They will probably not need to hear it again but safety net will provide calm in their writing process.

This is why writers prefer to tape record interviews. They aren't natural listeners and need that additional support to process. After years of conducting interviews, writer’s listening skills have increased to higher levels and they rely less on tape recorder as support.

Knowing your learning style does determine life, career and relationship performance. It can affect your job evaluations, who you attract in life, success and results. If your boss is a listener and you a writer, it can be a big difference in how you get along, frequency of pay increases, and even whether you are let go.

If you have every let someone go, think back to whether they were just a different type of learner than yourself, and this tried your patience. I know I can find a few when I was an early employer. I bet you can too.

If you are in a high position, it could affect America or even world. Who knows, someone reading this today may be President years from now and a single decision like going to war may be made outside scope of their learning style that can cost America much.

Be brilliant at who you are by knowing how you learn. And then doing it your way!

Catherine Franz, a Certified Professional Coach, specializes in infoproduct development. Newsletters and additional articles available: http://www.abundancecenter.com blog: http://abundance.blogs.com/inthelight

5. Ignore physiological symptoms and signals.

Just because you’ve had chronic diarrhea since you started that job doesn’t mean it has anything to do with that job. (Stay in your left brain, please!! There’s no “proof”.) If it meant your job was making you sick, well, that would mean you’re a wuss, so avoid connecting up with your feelings. Remain strong! Appearances count, you know. 6. Apply Prozac liberally.

Why experience those negative emotions that are so disturbing? Medicate them! Options include, but are not limited to: prescription drugs, illegal drugs, nutriceuticals, alcohol, a cult, and obsessive exercising, gambling, or shopping.

7. Quit thinking for yourself.

Advice is plentiful; just ask someone else what to do. Why struggle? Pay them for their opinion if necessary, but avoid hard work and introspection of developing your own wisdom. For extra credit, keep “thinking” and “feeling” totally separate. Compartmentalize everything you can. Bonus points: If something goes wrong, you can blame someone else!

8. Take no risks.

If you take a risk you might fall flat on your face. It’s much safer to maintain status quo. Just remember Number 5.

9. Stick with what you know.

Stay where you are. Make sure everyone you interact with feels and thinks same way you do about things. You’ve already made up your mind, so why confuse yourself with new data, or, worse, stirring feelings? Don’t rock boat.

10. Starve your brain

Avoid new playmates and new toys. Why learn something outside your field when you’re 40, 50, 60? Accept that you can’t teach old dogs new tricks.