Continued... The questions each type asks: Playful = WHO? Focus on people Powerful = WHAT / WHEN? Focus on results Precise = HOW? They give thought to this Peaceful = WHY? Powerfuls (externally strong) need to remember to give the WHY or peaceful will resist (they're internally strong). How to align to your core preferences and why that gives you more energy and congruence. You can pick a personality from the time your baby is in the cot: Playful at smiling, cheeky, peeling the wall paper off because they're curious Powerful are shaking the cot with attitude of 'get me out' Precise - assessing, and looking intense Peaceful - lie there with wet nappy, hungry as anything and won't demand. Culture has an impact on which personality you adopt Eg New Zealand is peaceful (won't sweat the small stuff) South Africans are powerful and precise (der to the point!) Life Changing Question: There are two hungers In life - the small hunger (ego, greed, power and control) and the big hunger (to have a meaningful life, and meet with opportunity and connectedness). What is your big hunger? What is the thing that is going to give you meaning in life and allow you to collide with opportunities? What is your pain area? So often you find meaning out of your pain Allie found this tool at a time when she was questioning if she wanted to be in the marriage or out of the marriage! Life is more fulfilling when you can be generous to your core. Help and impact others to 'do life well' Habits and rituals that creates success: rise early every day Having 'an opposite' in your business - so you can draw from another's strengths. Book Allison Mooney - pressing the right buttons And: Quiet, the power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking - Susanne Cane 5 love languages - Gary chapman Books by Florence Littauer
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