"There has been, it seems, a library of books published in the past several years aimed entirely at encouraging us to improve ourselves and to change. The message has been that if we do not change we will not be able to meet the demands of an ever-changing world. How refreshing now to read BrainStyles by Marlane Miller, who, instead of encouraging us to change, gives us the tools and guidance to discover and affirm who we really are--how we think and how we respond. From there, Ms. Miller teaches us how to recognize and affirm the people we love and work with, leading them to a better, more sensitive, and more effective way of being.
I recommend this book as a tool for both life and work."
James A. Autry
author of Love and Profit and Confessions of an Accidental Businessman
retired president of the magazine group of the Meredith Corporation
"First of all, I think that the BrainStyles test and literature is not only applicable in business situations, but I also find it very useful in my personal life as well. After reading this book, I bought another and gave it to my fiancée to improve the odds of our marriage being successful."
"I would strongly recommend this book to anyone who has a genuine interest in improving the performance of those around them and their teams. In my work setting, I will endeavor to apply these principles. I will first have to focus on myself, but I think that finding others' strengths and bartering with them to cover my 'non-strengths' will be beneficial to our whole team."
Comments from Southern Methodist University MBA students
Dallas, TX
"From phrenology to Myers-Briggs tests, systems for explaining personality share a weakness: messy divisions between categories. There's an endless number of personality attributes, and nearly as many possibilities for grouping chem. Dallasite Miller fights this tendency by focusing her system on the way people make decisions."
"Help Yourself"
a column by Mike Maza
The Dallas Morning News
2/2/1997
Brain Styles is a common denominator across all humankind regardless of gender, race, ethnic origin, etc. It is something that brings diverse people together on common ground.
Henry Ho
customer business development manager for Asia
The Procter & Gamble Company,
Hong Kong
