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Birkman
Personality Activity
| Red:
Expediting
Expediters
are task-oriented, utilize direct communication and involve solving
practical problems. Crafts / technical, enforcement, security,
petrochemical, engineering / technology, science careers. Reds are
Expediters -- and get things done. |
Green:
Communicating
Communicators
are people-oriented and utilize direct communication -- selling,
promoting, directing or motivating. Direct sales, consultative
sales, legal careers. Greens are Communicators -- prefer influencing
others. |
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Blue: Planning
Planners are
people-oriented and utilize indirect communication -- planning,
innovating, creating. Artistic, educational, social service,
counseling, employee relations / training, creative communication
and medical careers. Blues are Planners -- to whom ideas matter. |
Yellow:
Administrating
Administrators
are task-oriented and utilize indirect communication. General
administrative, numerical administrative, administrative
professionals, banking / finance, accounting careers. Administrators
make things work. |
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2.10 What
is your True Color?
My
Brightest Color is Blue
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I am compassionate.
I am always encouraging and supporting. I am a peacemaker, sensitive
to the needs of others. I am a natural romantic.
I like to do things
that require caring, counseling, nurturing, and harmonizing. I have
a strong desire to contribute and to help others lead more significant
lives. I am poetic and often enjoy the arts.
I value integrity
and unity in relationships. I am enthusiastic, idealistic,
communicative, and sympathetic. I express my feelings easily. |
BLUE
represents calm. Contemplation of this color pacifies the central
nervous system. It creates physiological tranquility and
psychological contentment. Those with Blue as a Primary Color value
balance and harmony. They prefer lives free from tension …
settled, united, and secure.
Blue represents loyalty and a sense of belonging, and yet, when
friends are involved, a vulnerability. Blue corresponds to depth in
feeling and a relaxed sensitivity. It is characterized by empathy,
aesthetic experiences, and reflective awareness. |
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My
Brightest Color Is Orange
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I am
courageous. I act on a moment's notice. I see life as a roll
of the dice, a game of chance. I need stimulation, freedom,
and excitement. I am a natural leader, troubleshooter, and
performer.
I like
to do things that require variety, results, and participation. I
often enjoy using tools. I am competitive and bounce back quickly
from defeat.
I value
action, resourcefulness, and courage. I am generous, charming, and
impulsive. I show affection through physical contact.
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ORANGE
represents energy, consuming physiological potency, power, and
strength. Orange is the expression of vital force, of nervous and
glandular activity. Thus, it has the meaning of desire and all forms
of appetite and craving. Those with Orange as a Primary Color feel
the will to achieve results, to win, to be successful. They desire
all things that offer intense living and full experience.
Orange generates an impulse toward active doing: sport, struggle,
competition and enterprising productivity. In temporal terms, Orange
is the present. |
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My
Brightest Color Is Gold
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I am
conventional. I am the pillar of strength and have high respect for
authority. I like to establish and maintain policies, procedures,
and schedules. I have a strong sense of right and wrong.
I am naturally parental and dutiful.
I do
things that require organization, dependability, management, and detail.
I need to be useful and to belong. I am the sensible, stable
backbone of any group. I believe that work comes before play.
I
value home, family, status, security, and tradition. I seek
relationships that help me ensure a predictable life. I am caring,
concerned, and loyal. I show concern through the practical things I
do.
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GOLD
is the sensation of bodily functions. It represents a need to be
responsible, to fulfill duties and obligations, to organize and
structure our life and that of others. Those with Gold as a Primary
Color value being practical and sensible. They believe that people
should earn their way in life through work and service to others.
Gold reflects a need to belong through carrying a share of the load
in all areas of living. It represents stability, maintenance of the
culture and the organization, efficiency, and dependability. It
embraces the concepts of home and family with fierce loyalty and
faithfulness.
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My
Brightest Color Is Green
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I am
conceptual. I have an investigative mind, intrigued by questions
like, "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?" I am an
independent thinker, a natural non-conformist, and live life by my own
standards.
I like to
do things that require vision, problem solving, strategy, ingenuity,
design, and change. Once I have perfected an idea, I prefer to move
on to a new challenge.
I value
knowledge, intelligence, insight, and justice. I enjoy relationships
with shared interests. I prefer to let my head rule my heart.
I am cool, calm, and collected. I do not express my emotions
easily.
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GREEN
expresses itself psychologically as human will in operation: as
persistence and determination. Green is an expression of firmness
and consistency. Its strength can lead to a resistance to change if
it is not proven that the change will work or is warranted. Those
with Green as a Primary Color value their intellect and capabilities
above all else. Comfort in these areas creates a sense of personal
security and self-esteem.
Green characteristics seek to increase the certainty of their own
values through being assertive and requiring differences from others
in intellectual areas. They are rarely settled in their countenance,
since they depend upon information rather than feelings to create a
sense of well-being. Green expresses the grounding of theory and
data in its practical applications and creative constructs. |
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2.11
WHAT DO
YOU LIKE DOING? |
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| Good decisions about the
future start with getting to know yourself. Important clues to what
kind of career would suit you best can be: your hobbies; the
subjects you like best in school; your favorite books, magazines and
TV programs; and what you do in your spare time.
Another important clue is how you prefer to do things. Are you
innovative - do you prefer to create new things? Are you directive -
would you rather lead than follow? Are you objective, a
"hands-on" person? Are you methodical, preferring to take
things one step at a time? Or are you social, a "people"
person? |
| IF YOU ARE: |
YOU LIKE TO: |
SEE YOURSELF AS: |
YOU MIGHT SUCCESSFULLY
BE A: |
Directive
(D) |
Influence or persuade
others to get things done |
Adventurous, ambitious,
energetic, extroverted, self-confident |
Chef, ESL teacher, forest
technician, oil well driller, personnel manager, television producer |
Innovative
(I) |
Work in unstructured
situations using imagination and creativity |
Expressive, idealistic,
original, independent, intuitive, imaginative |
Actor, biologist,
chiropractor, computer programmer, photographer, tool and die maker |
Methodical
(M) |
Carry out things in detail
or follow instructions |
Conscientious, careful,
efficient, orderly, persistent, practical |
Bookkeeper, draftsperson,
forklift operator, furniture assembler, insurance agent, librarian,
nurse, paralegal |
Objective
(O) |
Work with objects, tools
and machines |
Persistent, practical,
hard-headed, honest, genuine, handy |
Air traffic controller,
biomedical technologist, carpenter, electronics assembler, office
clerk, video camera operator |
Social
(S) |
Inform, train, develop,
cure or enlighten other people |
Convincing, cooperative,
friendly, helpful, kind, patient, understanding |
Airline ticket agent, land
use planner, occupational therapist, probation officer,
receptionist, religious worker, teacher |
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THE REFORMER
The Rational, Idealistic Type: Principled, Purposeful,
Self-Controlled, and Perfectionist
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THE
HELPER
The Caring, Interpersonal Type: Generous, Demonstrative,
People-Pleasing, and Possessive
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THE
ACHIEVER
The Success-Oriented, Pragmatic Type: Adaptable,
Excelling, Driven and Image-Conscious
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THE
INDIVIDUALIST
The Sensitive, Withdrawn Type: Expressive, Dramatic,
Self-Absorbed, and Temperamental
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THE
INVESTIGATOR
The Intense, Cerebral Type: Perceptive, Innovative,
Secretive, and Isolated
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THE
LOYALIST
The Committed, Security-Oriented Type: Engaging,
Responsible, Anxious, and Suspicious
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THE
ENTHUSIAST
The Busy, Fun-Loving Type: Spontaneous, Versatile,
Acquisitive, and Scattered
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THE
CHALLENGER
The Powerful, Dominating Type: Self-Confident, Decisive,
Willful, and Confrontational
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THE
PEACEMAKER
The Easygoing, Self-Effacing Type: Receptive,
Reassuring, Agreeable, and Complacent
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