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Submitted by karolina on Oct 9, 2012 - 10:59 am
October 9, 2012

ORGANIZATIONAL AND BUSINESS

Let Me Help You, Please!

When we think about the Socializer Striving Style, with their predominant need to be connected, the Barbra Streisand song "People” (People Who Need People) comes to mind. Socializers are the “Weavers of the Social Fabric” in families, the workplace and in communities. They easily build and maintain positive relationships with a wide variety of people. They aim to be helpful and are enthusiastic, amiable, outgoing “people-people.” Their relationships are at the center of their lives and everything they do ensures their connection to others.

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Submitted by karolina on Aug 8, 2012 - 12:54 pm
August 8, 2012

ORGANIZATIONAL AND BUSINESS

Understanding Defensive Behavior 3

Strengthening Your Self-Actualizing System

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Submitted by karolina on Aug 1, 2012 - 2:14 pm
August 1, 2012

ORGANIZATIONAL AND BUSINESS

Understanding Defensive Behavior 2

Living in Survival, Without Knowing It

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Submitted by karolina on Jul 25, 2012 - 3:19 pm
July 25, 2012

ORGANIZATIONAL AND BUSINESS

Understanding Defensive Behavior 1

Defensiveness in Daily Life

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Submitted by karolina on Jul 20, 2012 - 12:14 pm
July 20, 2012

ORGANIZATIONAL AND BUSINESS

Are Clients Self-Protective Behaviors Getting in the Way?

I often hear coaches, consultants or psychotherapists speak about clients out of frustration because they can't get their clients to change their behavior. While they try different approaches, tools and techniques, ultimately they can decide that their clients “Just aren’t ready.” “They didn’t want to change badly enough.” Or they conclude that they are “too narcissistic, too controlling or too arrogant” to change.

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Submitted by adranitsaris on Jul 6, 2012 - 4:17 pm
July 6, 2012

PERSONAL GROWTH

Who Are You Meant to Be? It’s Time to Regroup and Find Out!

Life has a way of keeping us so busy, jumping from one role to the next, that we forget who we are and who we are meant to be. Too often we get stuck in ruts, shifting in and out of professional, relational and familial roles, while trying to be who others need us to be. Life becomes about survival and, as we struggle to simply stay afloat, we stop striving to achieve our full potential. We make decisions that are safe rather than in our best interest. 

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Submitted by karolina on Jul 3, 2012 - 3:35 pm
July 3, 2012

PERSONAL GROWTH

Are you Living Life on Autopilot?

     With the hundreds of volumes that have been written on the ins and outs of personality, emotions, and behavior, how can it be that most of us know more about the basic features of our televisions or computers than we do about our own thoughts and feelings? A quick scan of the self-help section of any bookstore confirms it: we have more information at our fingertips on how to build self-awareness than we could ever read in a lifetime.

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Submitted by Anonymous on Mar 24, 2011 - 4:19 pm
March 24, 2011

ORGANIZATIONAL AND BUSINESS

Closing the Knowing Doing Gap

Collectively, we love to learn about how to improve and develop ourselves. We watch shows, read books, and take courses because we want to learn how to change our behavior. There has never been a time in society when we have had more information about what it takes to maintain a healthy body, have effective relationships and be an influential, effective leader.

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Submitted by Anonymous on Mar 22, 2011 - 9:21 am
March 22, 2011

ORGANIZATIONAL AND BUSINESS

The Performer Striving Style - Oprah Winfrey

I will be writing a series of blogs about each of the Striving Styles with examples of famous people to illustrate the Style.  This will give you the opportunity to see how the drive to meet our predominant need plays out in the lives of these people. It will include what happens when they are self-actualizing and when they go into their self-protective mode. I will also provide some general information about the Style.

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Submitted by Anonymous on Feb 2, 2011 - 4:43 am
February 2, 2011

PERSONAL GROWTH

What is Your Romance Style?

Building self awareness leads to greater satisfaction in romance and in life. One of the first steps you can take to build self awareness is to get to know your Striving Style™ and have a consultation with us to interpret your results and what it means to you.

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What's your Striving Style?
The Adventurer Striving Style Type Illustration
The Adventurer

Adventurers get their need to be sponta­neous met by being in constant activity and are action-oriented individuals. 

The Artist Striving Style Type Illustration
The Artist

Artists get their need to be creative met by creating or being surrounded by beauty; they imagine a perfect ideal and then strive to create it. 

The Intellectual Striving Style Type Illustration
The Intellectual

Intellectuals meet their need to be knowl­edgeable by engaging in continuous learning, conceptual clarity, and self-mastery. 

The Leader Striving Style Type Illustration
The Leader

Leaders get their need to be in control met by “taking charge” and organizing people, activities and work. 

The Performer Striving Style Type Illustration
The Performer

Performers get their need to be recognized met by seeking center stage and are energetic, charming and enthusiastic. 

The Socializer Striving Style Type Illustration
The Socializer

Socializers get their need to be connected met by being with people, building networks and getting involved. 

The Stabilizer Striving Style Type Illustration
The Stabilizer

Stabilizers meet their need to be secure by meeting societal and familial expectations and are very loyal people.

The Visionary Striving Style Type Illustration
The Visionary

Visionaries meet their need to be percep­tive by seeking to attain awareness, understanding and continuous improvement. 

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