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NOTE: THIS PRODUCT STILL USES THE NAMES:
[ARTISAN, GUARDIAN, RATIONAL, IDEALIST].
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DEVELOPMENTS RELATED TO THE 4 TEMPERAMENTS.
 Awareness
with Purpose
A conscious
systems mode gives us versatility in learning.
What we perceive from one perspective
can be applied in another. We can experiment
to discover which states produce the best
outcomes in a given area for us. And in
our imagination, we can review the past
or envision the future or try out novel
combinations to produce what is fun or
ingenious. Even when matters seem to be
getting very complex, going to a systems
mode can lighten and ease the load of
juggling the many considerations and connections
asked of us so we can make “intelligent”
choices and changes.
Building
Rapport
One way to think of rapport is having
an awareness of others’ language
and style and adapting to them so others
feel at ease with us. Rapport can also
mean two people building a common language
together. People come from different points
of view, and each perspective contributes
different kinds of information and may
be more or less appropriate at different
times for different tasks. We can shift
several ways. We can shift our perspective
literally from one to another. Or we can
shift in terms of being open to evaluating
people’s behavior differently, with
a new specific understanding of how we
and someone else are different in a situation.
Or we can shift the language we use to
describe our experiences, using phrases
like “stepping back and seeing myself”
or “stepping into your shoes, I suddenly
feel....” Or we can share this model
and introduce to the other person more
variety in his or her point of view.
Modeling
New Skills
One way to think of modeling is acting
as a positive role model for others. Modeling
can also mean using someone else as an
example to learn from. While you may eventually
be able to experience all three points
of view in thinking about your past, present,
and future, we clearly have natural defaults,
or preferences. No one has everything
immediately available to him or her. Yet
we now have a tangible tool—we’re
not just shifting perspective as an intellectual
exercise. Usually, the gifts others possess
are more than mere skills that can be
learned by mimicking the external form
step by step. For an exceptional athlete,
artist, scientist, orator, novelist, entrepreneur,
and many others, actions, words, or ideas
are accompanied by and convey a feeling.
The four points of view are a map we can
follow for developing within ourselves
and others some of the flavor of others’
gifts as well as enriching our own existing
talents.
Ensuring
Ethics
One way to think of ethics is being aware
of our values and our values about values.
Ethics can also mean negotiating with
others with different values. One point
of view is not better than another—each
is what it is—and people have legitimate
reasons why they may not be ready to go
to certain places. For example, personal
“garbage” may be stored in a
certain point of view, such as wrenching
past experiences, ongoing negative relationships,
or feelings of guilt or shame or poor
self-image about one’s behavior.
Or a person may find himself or herself
“frozen”—stuck in one place
and in need of concrete tools, new models,
or new positive experiences to fly free
of binding chains. Similarly, the points
of view do not exist in isolation—they
exist in relation to core needs and values,
themes in a person’s life, and so
on. What is the ultimate purpose of shifting
our mental perspectives? We are unlocking
who we are and setting aside limitations,
instead of trying to be someone else or
“fixing” others.
Discovering
New Outcomes
A shift in point of view may provide you
with a new way to ensure a currently desired
outcome. Even more powerful, it may provide
you with new insight and potential outcomes
that you may not have considered or even
imagined before or a shifting of the whole
self. Ideally, we want to continually
approach each of the three above (rapport,
modeling, and ethics) in a way that is
dynamic, creative, life-giving, and responsible.
A meta position allows you free access
to tools in a flexible, accurate, and
purposeful way. And you thought your outcome
was completely up to you!
Shifting
Perspective—Personality and Self-Leadership
Each temperament will approach the
process of rapport, modeling, ethics,
and outcome differently. The chart on
the next page organizes typical differences.
You may want to consider a situation involving
you and someone else and find the similarities
and differences, strategies and tools.
Use the space below to record your thoughts.
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Catalyst™
Self-Leadership Skills
Identify
and build rapport in a way
that motivates you and others in
a way that is moral and ethical.
Idealists
focus to establish
and maintain rapport
Having an awareness of the other
person’s deep inner purpose
and interacting to develop that
potential. Lost if inner purpose
is lost or if trying to force potential
that is wrong for them.
Questions
to ask Idealists
about morals and ethics
Are choices congruent with own and
others’ values and with identity?
Honest with self and others? Are
values being forced or projected
onto others? Are ideals helpful
and perceptions accurate?
Idealist considerations
for
modeling after others
Is the other person valued? Gets
to know their values, and tries
them on. Does it fit well with own
values? Checks their comfort level
and communicates values beforehand.
Gauging when
Idealist has
achieved desired outcome
Able to live with self and others
in paradox without contradiction,
disharmony, or loss of personal
identity. |
Stabilizer™
Self-Leadership Skills
Assure
lasting results by
continually maintaining and passing
on or sharing what you’ve
learned.
Guardians
focus to establish
and maintain rapport
Initiating and following the social
structure appropriate to the situation
and roles of the people involved.
Lost if social structure is lost
or if trying to fill the wrong
role for them.
Questions
to ask Guardians
about morals and ethics
Following own declared standards?
Is behavior role appropriate?
Is responsibility shared? Are
group norms fair? From whom did
you learn how to interpret or
deal with the current situation?
Guardian considerations
for
modeling after others
Is the other person an appropriate
role model? Watches the steps
and listens to instructions. Does
an event go as planned? Checks
to ensure the behavior is sanctioned
in the group.
Gauging when
Guardian has achieved desired
outcome
Fulfilling multiple roles and
responsibilities without competition,
controlling others, or taking
on too much.
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Theorist™
Self-Leadership Skills
Observe
and model excellence
in others, to improve your skills
and abilities and to behave
more intelligently.
Rationals
focus to establish
and maintain rapport
Factoring how others fit in the
overall system or big picture and
checking that against the goal.
Lost if perspective of system is
lost or if trying to attain the
wrong goals for them.
Questions
to ask Rationals
about morals and ethics
Do theory and real world match?
How is information being interpreted?
Try another lens to see through.
Re-examine data and assumptions.
Do ethical principles exist?
Rational considerations
for
modeling new skills
What new ability will be needed?
Looks for a theory or strategy to
learn a person’s ability. Do
tests of it work? Build a strategy
to learn. Ensure vision of change
matches.
Gauging when
Rational has
achieved desired outcome
Multiple models to understand the
world without dissonance, distance,
or trying to be competent in everything. |
Improviser™
Self-Leadership Skills
Intelligence
is skill sets, body and
brain, tools, other people and
environment. Use these to succeed
and make your impact.
Artisans
focus to establish
and maintain rapport
Being attentive to people’s
motives in a situation and feeding
back what the person wants to
hear. Lost if can’t read
others’ motives or if trying
to feed back to a person what’s
wrong for them.
Questions
to ask Artisans
about morals and ethics
Do actions have a positive effect
on self and others? Is there respect
for others’ style and results?
Is the solution or behavior causing
more problems or solving them?
Artisan
considerations for
modeling new skills
What kind of impact is wanted?
Get the tools, environment, tangible
resources, skills, style, and
help of impactful person. Then
is it working out? Have a way
to gauge success.
Gauging
when Artisan has
achieved desired outcome
Able to have rich impact in multiple
spheres of life without uniformity,
boredom, or harm to self and others.
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