The Coaching cards in the Points of You toolkit are a vital part of what makes The Coaching Game a
sharing game. Rather than being a win-or-lose game, The Coaching Game allows all of us to participate
by working together.
This sharing game is part of the associative cards genre. Associative playing cards give participants absolute
freedom to shape the game as they see fit, thereby encouraging them to develop an independent and creative
approach to their lives.
A topic is presented on each card using a word and a concrete, real-life photo. The combination between the two
isn't necessarily obvious, and at times even creates deliberate dissonance. Each photo was carefully selected
with the sole agenda of presenting the topic using a visual that isn't normally associated with the topic, in order
to optimally activate our spectrum of thoughts and feelings.
The word represents the logical-analytical thinking that was and is still considered a traditionally male mode of
thinking, with the left brain being in charge.
The photo represents the emotion, creativity, and intuition of our "female" side, led by the right side of the brain.
The polar combination between qualities that are considered female and qualities that are considered male,
when joined create a harmonious whole.
The photographs directly appeal to our intuitions and feelings, and occasionally even bypass rational thinking,
which screens out those things we'd rather keep at a distance. This quality, considered characteristic of images,
enables them to evoke reactions that we find hard to express with words – thereby giving them a magical quality.
Just like works of art that affect the observer merely by viewing them or dreams we recall in the morning yet find
hard to describe in words, we connect with images on an unconscious, emotional level.
Therefore, the associations evoked as a result of images are mainly connected to feelings. Words, on the other
hand, mainly appeal to the intellect: They are often connected to how we look at things affecting our conscience,
our day-to-day lives, and our relations with others, meaning our rational, analytical thinking.
Even associations evoked by a few words originate from the same "tiny box" where we store words and their
meanings. Combining a photo with a word appeals both to the left and the right hemispheres of the brain.
This simultaneous stimulation creates an extraordinary phenomenon:
Our rational and our intuitive responses work in tandem, merging and creating new associations.
For further reading, we made this short presentation:
Power of the Word: How to Look at a Coaching Card
The 65 Topics of The Coaching Game
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