Personality ID - Building Stronger Marriages Individual Report Female - Ann S PID Style: Cautious Thinker

Individual Report

Tuesday 22 Oct 2013 13:06:10

Individual Report
Ann S: Caut ious Thinker
The natural personality profile for Ann S, is indicated by the solid line on the graph below. Note also the dotted line; it represents the Blended Profile that most nearly matches Ann S's graph. Seventeen Blended Profiles are used as the baseline for interpreting the combinations of four basic dimensions of personality. The information in this section is derived from the Cautious Thinker Blended Profile. Typically, the more closely the solid line graph matches this Blended Profile, the more accurately the information will describe Ann S's natural behavior style.

As a Cautious Thinker, you tend to take great care to be accurate and thorough in your activities and make your contributions by being precise and systematic and using careful reasoning.

Ideal Environment :
Plan - Think and process - Organize - Critique and improve quality - Be free from conflict - Support others Follow procedures - Be relational in one-on-one settings - Research facts.

T ypical Areas of St rengt h

Cautious Thinkers, like you, tend to be organized, logical, analytical, thorough, and accurate in your efforts. You strive to be dependable, well-prepared, and informed. You typically enjoy assisting others and using structure, reason, and analysis in your approach to life.

T ypical Areas of St ruggle

Due to your tendency to be slower-paced and reserved, you may be overly analytical to the point of being indecisive, vacillating, too cautious, or inflexible. At times your family and friends may feel that you are too rigid

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and overly structured.

Caut ious Thinkers at work and home:

Preferred Act ivit ies
To maximize your talents, you look for situations in which you can be given time to prepare, organize, and think through a subject completely. Quality is very important to you in every aspect of your life.

Cont ribut ions t o Relat ionships

You seek to be logical, accurate, practical, and thorough in all your activities. You usually have a personal opinion on the best way, but you must be encouraged to voice it.

Leadership St yle
You lead most effectively when you can plan and organize, using logic, knowledge, structure, and procedures to provide direction.

T ask or People Orient at ion

You typically place a priority on completing things, but you also have a strong interest in helping and supporting others through your plans.

Communicat ion St yle

You tend to look for proven, practical solutions, seeking to help or convince others by using facts, logic, data, and details, because those communicate best from your perspective.

Caut ious Thinkers and Issues

St abilit y/Flexibilit y Fact ors
You prefer to remain focused on a single task until you complete it according to your own high standard of performance. Only then do you feel free to begin another project.

St ress Fact ors

You tend to experience stress whenever others confront you emotionally or impose changes without preparation time. You become frustrated and show impatience when you encounter disorganization, clutter, or a lack of logic.

Relat ionship Improvement Suggest ions

You may notice improvement in relationships as you venture out of the safety of your comfort zone, take some reasonable risks, are willing to accept less than total perfection, and learn to voice your opinions.

Cooperat ion and Cont rol Fact ors

You tend to be most comfortable when someone else is in charge, so you can work quietly within your own area of expertise, concentrate on meeting expectations, and pay attention to quality so everyone will benefit. You work cooperatively with others and will reluctantly take responsibility when necessary.

Underlying Concerns
Strong "de-motivators" for you can be the fear of making mistakes, being unprepared for change, becoming disorganized, or dealing with pushy or abrupt people.

Caut ious Thinkers and Finances

Financial Management
You are capable of the focus necessary for maintaining established routines that are helpful to good financial management. You excel in being accountable to budgets and in keeping accurate records.

Budget and Financial Issues

Value and budget compliance are very important for you, but you have great difficulty making decisions that might impact others negatively or that may be based on less than perfect situations.

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Shopping T endencies
You are very loyal to the same brands, services, and stores, and you will likely repeat purchases with which you have been satisfied. With the exception of a few favorite stores and salespersons, you make most purchases online where you also satisfy your need to carefully compare prices.

Giving T endecies
Your need for personal security may make it difficult for you to be generous since you have a tendency to keep your money. Biblical teaching on stewardship may encourage you to be more giving of your time and possessions.

Saving T endecies
You are very conservative in your spending and are a person who saves for almost everything. Your are very reluctant to use credit and like the security of paying with cash. Your need for security prompts extensive plans for retirement.

Money Perspect ive

Money represents the key to keeping order, responsibility, and precision in planning. It also provides opportunity to help others.

Dimensions of Personalit y
This report is based on four dimensions of personality. Each dimension has a continuum of behaviors associated with it as shown below. 1. Adapt ive 2. Reserved 3. Object ive 4. Unconvent ional Mid-range Mid-range Mid-range Mid-range Direct ing Int eract ing Support ive Conscient ious

St rengt hs and St ruggles

The strengths and struggles in this section of the report relate to Ann S's Personality I.D.scores for the four individual dimensions. This information gives more depth to the report and helps you as to focus on the unique style of this individual. There are many advantages of understanding a person's unique set of talents and motivations. Ann S will enjoy operating in some environments more than in others simply because they are a better fit for this person's natural style. A goal should be to align Ann S's family- and work expectations as much as possible with the personal profile strengths and minimize exposure in the areas in which people with this profile typically struggle. On the other hand, a partner, spouse or family can coach a individual to help improve weak areas. For example, a person who tends to be impatient and is not a naturally a good listener can improve relationships through a focused effort to improve these areas of struggle. Also keep in mind that strengths overdone become weaknesses. The lists of strengths and struggles that follow are typical for people who share a common profile score. Keep in mind that every individual is unique, so some of the items may not fit Ann S. The list should be objectively reviewed to help determine whether all of the descriptions apply.

Dimension one: Adapt ive - Direct ing

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Pliable Conforming Passive

Assertive D ecisive Controlling

Adaptive versus Directing. This dimension indicates a person's tendency to either follow another person's agenda or set a personal agenda. This person's score in this dimension was in the Adaptive range.

Adapt ive St rengt h

is a loyal follower stays with the tried and proven speaks tactfully cooperates with others moves cautiously into new areas prefers to focus on one task at the time sees the practical for here and now

Adapt ive St ruggle

can be shy and unassertive tends to be passive rather than active hesitates to speak out may avoid taking charge tends to underestimate own abilities may agree, then regret or resent it may lack strategizing skill or vision

Dimension t wo: Reserved - Int eract ing

Modest Quiet D istant Outgoing Convincing Excitable

Reserved versus Interacting. This dimension indicates a person's preference for either solitude and private time or extensive interaction with others. This person's score in this dimension was in the Reserved range.

Reserved St rengt h
task-oriented serious and modest realistic and practical has a dry sense of humor good at follow-through and responsibilities appreciates and focuses on fine points seeks closure and reconciles details

Reserved St ruggle
may appear withdrawn and cold sometimes shy or unresponsive tends to be pessimistic and critical can be curt and abrupt may be quietly self-righteous or judgmental may appear secretive or skeptical de-energized by social contact

Dimension t hree: Object ive - Support ive

Questioning Impatient Critical Harmonious Patient Lenient

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Objective versus Supportive. This dimension indicates a person's natural motivation to be either cool and objective or warm and compassionate. This person's score in this dimension was in the Supportive range.

Support ive St rengt h

encourages and enlists cooperation is compassionate, welcoming and warm is engaging, a good listener is patient, willing to wait operates at a steady, measured pace supports customs and traditions demonstrates empathy

Support ive St ruggle

may compromise too much tends to stuff feelings, unwilling to confront trusts too easily, can be manipulated by others usually resists change, clings to status quo tends to be passive and uncommitted tends to be complacent rather than proactive can become possessive when taken for granted

Dimension four: Unconvent ional - Conscient ious

Instinctive Improvised Unorganized D etailed Precise Perfectionist

Unconventional versus Conscientious. This dimension reflects a tendency to be either spontaneous and instinctive or to be prepared and structured. This person's score in this dimension was in the Conscientious range.

Conscient ious St rengt hs

is organized and scheduled is attentive to details follows established procedures is systematic, prepared, and consistent analyzes thoughtfully before deciding conducts research to determine facts responds accurately and diplomatically

Conscient ious St ruggle

tends to be rigid and inflexible may be too picky is too reliant on rules may over-prepare but lack confidence paralysis of analysis may prevent progress may focus on details and miss the goal may be too rigid or formal

Conclusion
It can be very empowering for Ann S to know this unique personal design. It is also very enlightening for you as a partner/spouse to understand your partner's unique design. Each person has been given certain natural personality strengths that can be used in work, ministry, key roles within the family and other relationships. As you begin to use the concept of the individual differences presented in this and other Personality I.D. Profile reports, you will see yourself and those around you in a new light. Your knowledge of these differences will equip you to maximize your relationship and growth efforts, help members interact effectively with others who have different styles and viewpoints, and appreciate the unique value each partner and family member brings to your life.

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