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Responsibility |
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Responsibility theme forces you to take psychological ownership for
anything you commit to, and whether large or small, you feel
emotionally bound to follow it through to completion. Your good name
depends on it. If for some reason you cannot deliver, you
automatically start to look for ways to make it up to the other
person. Apologies are not enough. Excuses and rationalizations are
totally unacceptable. You will not quite be able to live with
yourself until you have made restitution. This conscientiousness,
this near obsession for doing things right, and your impeccable
ethics, combine to create your reputation: utterly dependable. When
assigning new responsibilities, people will look to you first
because they know it will get done. When people come to you for
help-and they soon will-you must be selective. Your willingness to
volunteer may sometimes lead you to take on more than you
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Relator |
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| Relator
describes your attitude toward your relationships. In simple terms,
the Relator theme pulls you toward people you already know. You do
not necessarily shy away from meeting new people-in fact, you may
have other themes that cause you to enjoy the thrill of turning
strangers into friends-but you do derive a great deal of pleasure
and strength from being around your close friends. You are
comfortable with intimacy. Once the initial connection has been
made, you deliberately encourage a deepening of the relationship.
You want to understand their feelings, their goals, their fears, and
their dreams; and you want them to understand yours. You know that
this kind of closeness implies a certain amount of risk-you might be
taken advantage of-but you are willing to accept that risk. For you
a relationship has value only if it is genuine. And the only way to
know that is to entrust yourself to the other person. The more you
share with each other, the more you risk together. The more you risk
together, the more each of you proves your caring is genuine. These
are your steps toward real friendship, and you take them
willingly. |
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Adaptability |
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| You live in
the moment. You don't see the future as a fixed destination.
Instead, you see it as a place that you create out of the choices
that you make right now. And so you discover your future one choice
at a time. This doesn't mean that you don't have plans. You probably
do. But this theme of Adaptability does enable you to respond
willingly to the demands of the moment even if they pull you away
from your plans. Unlike some, you don't resent sudden requests or
unforeseen detours. You expect them. They are inevitable. Indeed, on
some level you actually look forward to them. You are, at heart, a
very flexible person who can stay productive when the demands of
work are pulling you in many different directions at
once. |
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Command |
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| Command
leads you to take charge. Unlike some people, you feel no discomfort
with imposing your views on others. On the contrary, once your
opinion is formed, you need to share it with others. Once your goal
is set, you feel restless until you have aligned others with you.
You are not frightened by confrontation; rather, you know that
confrontation is the first step toward resolution. Whereas others
may avoid facing up to life's unpleasantness, you feel compelled to
present the facts or the truth, no matter how unpleasant it may be.
You need things to be clear between people and challenge them to be
clear-eyed and honest. You push them to take risks. You may even
intimidate them. And while some may resent this, labeling you
opinionated, they often willingly hand you the reins. People are
drawn toward those who take a stance and ask them to move in a
certain direction. Therefore, people will be drawn to you. You have
presence. You have Command. |
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Activator |
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| "When can
we start?" This is a recurring question in your life. You are
impatient for action. You may concede that analysis has its uses or
that debate and discussion can occasionally yield some valuable
insights, but deep down you know that only action is real. Only
action can make things happen. Only action leads to performance.
Once a decision is made, you cannot not act. Others may worry that
"there are still some things we don't know," but this doesn't seem
to slow you. If the decision has been made to go across town, you
know that the fastest way to get there is to go stoplight to
stoplight. You are not going to sit around waiting until all the
lights have turned green. Besides, in your view, action and thinking
are not opposites. In fact, guided by your Activator theme, you
believe that action is the best device for learning. You make a
decision, you take action, you look at the result, and you learn.
This learning informs your next action and your next. How can you
grow if you have nothing to react to? Well, you believe you can't.
You must put yourself out there. You must take the next step. It is
the only way to keep your thinking fresh and informed. The bottom
line is this: You know you will be judged not by what you say, not
by what you think, but by what you get done. This does not frighten
you. It pleases you. |
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