What differentiates the Rooms from each other?

Author, Daniel Goleman says we have two minds, one that thinks and one that feels (1995). The mode of the thinking mind is verbal (words and images) whereas the mode of the feeling mind is non-verbal (expressions and actions). I stress that the two minds is a metaphor only.

The Emotional Rooms Model uses this dichotomy of thought and emotions and further divides them into types. I sort thoughts into two major categories:
Imaginative (contextual, playful, creative, design-oriented, loosely associated with reality) and Reasoned (textual, logical, analytic, methodical, sequential, purposeful to a particular end). The former I call the Blue Room and the latter I call the Green Room. In either Room, thoughts can be fleeting or obsessive, accompanied with varying degrees of emotion, although the Blue Room more strongly so. Thoughts shape actions. They constantly contribute to updating our concepts.

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By John Joseph

John Joseph has an inspiring story to tell. He left school at the age of 14 to undertake an apprenticeship as a solid plasterer. After 11 years of contributing to the family business, he resumed his formal education, graduating with a Master’s degree in Mathematics and Science Education. 

John taught across all year levels before working in teacher education at the University of South Austrailia. In 1998, he formed his own company, Focus Education Austrailia, and has enjoyed phenomenal success as a presenter, writer and coach. In just nine years John has worked with over 350,000 delegates across 16 countries. He has published six books, three CDRoms and over 100 articles. John’s website attracts over 1 million visitors annually. 

Today, John is affectionately known as the Brain Man. He facilitates workshops each year for about 12,000 school students and speaks at national and international conferences for educators, parents and the corporate world. John has featured in hundreds of newspaper articles for his work with kids, parents and teachers.   

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