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Work Habits

Highly achievement-oriented by nature, you will likely benefit from taking on particularly challenging tasks to further optimize your effectiveness in a role. Taking on these challenges may also further refine your strengths and enable you to apply them for even greater impact.

Your exacting, precise, and organized approach to work will be beneficial in many tasks, but you do run the risk of being perceived as inflexible at times. Allowing for some flexibility and uncertainty in your projects, plans and approaches may be beneficial. It's possible that you may be so focused on the details, or on having everything perfect, that you lose sight of the bigger picture. Your style also runs the risk of being perceived as micromanaging people or processes, so allowing others additional flexibility and freedom from time to time may also be beneficial.

Your motivation and drive are best harnessed by prioritizing activities in a way that optimizes your ability to achieve results. You should look for places where you can add the greatest value and use your natural drive to deliver in areas of impact.

Temperament

Competitive by nature, you should look for win-win relationships. The most successful people are often those who are effective at building relationships of mutual value. Be aware and considerate of others' needs when interacting with them and focus on helping others achieve their objectives.

Given your highly tolerant and patient nature, you are likely to feel uncomfortable being rushed or pressured by others into taking immediate action. Your prioritization of stable and calm relationships can mean you are unlikely to tell others when they have disappointed you. Understanding that your time, effort, and opinions are valuable may help increase your comfort with voicing your opinions when others don't meet your expectations.

Interaction Style

Some interactions call for a more direct approach, whereas others may require a gentler touch. When engaging with others, you should make sure to consider the situation, the people involved, and the context to help you determine the level of directness that is warranted.

Usually not prone to "rock the boat", you will need to learn to be willing to go it alone sometimes. Teamwork and collaboration are important, but if deference to others is reducing efficiency, the best way forward may necessitate making unpopular decisions. The most effective people tend to find a balance between independence and collaboration.

Effective performance is often a combination of getting things done and interacting well with others. There are times when remaining focused on getting work done is the best approach and times when spending more time engaging with others is beneficial. It may benefit you to take a moment to consider the right balance for a particular job and where you may need to rebalance.

Attitudes & Outlook

You are likely to thrive in creative roles or where innovation is highly valued. However, you may become easily unmotivated when required to follow conventional methods for extended periods of time. You may benefit from identifying other aspects of your work that can motivate you during these times. Additionally, you are likely to have a tendency to offer complex solutions where a simpler solution is available. This can make your solution difficult for others to follow. So it may be beneficial for you to practice creating simple and practical solutions and designing them from other people's points of view.

You may find that you come across to others as overconfident. There may be times when your trust in your own abilities means that you do not take the time to adequately plan and prepare in advance. Your level of self-assurance may also mean that you fail to take into account the feedback and advice of others. You may need to remind yourself to attend to input and ideas from those around you.