Reproductive thinking Vs productive thinking

I was amazed after coming back from a client meeting once, not so long ago.

“Wow! That was a great meeting,” said my colleague.

“What makes you say that?” I asked.

“They just loved the proposal,” she replied.

I raised an eyebrow. What?! I had the polar opposite opinion about the meeting we’d just left. To me, the meeting wasn’t a success at all.

My boss at the time told me that some people just aren’t wired to read the room, or people, for that matter. The idea that we are all wired differently freaked me out a little.