I think most of us have somebody in our lives that we just “click” with. Somebody who thinks the same way we do and has a similar communication style. I’m not talking about getting along well with somebody or enjoying being with somebody. I’m talking about communication styles. I’ve had people that I work with in some capacity that I just really “click” with–I don’t have to do tons of explaining to them, I know how they’ll approach a problem or project, and communicating about anything is just really easy. That’s because we think similarly in those ways.

Scary thought, I know, that somebody might have a mind like mine. :-D
It’s cool to work with someone like this. Especially when you have to make decisions about something without consulting the other person, and then when you finally do, they say they would have done the exact same thing.

And on the other side of the coin, there are some people that we just DON’T click with. I’ve had a few in various jobs/organizations I’ve been a part of, where it seems like no matter how we try to explain things to each other, they always get taken the wrong way or misinterpreted. And the more you try to explain, the more frustrated you both get. It’s so frequent that it’s obvious that the two of you just don’t think the same way at all.

It’s an interesting phenomenon. I wonder if there’s some kind of online Thinking Style test that would document this.