MARCH 6 • TRUE LEADERSHIP • Episode 66
Daily Living In Your Personality 
So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin. James 4:17
Now you have a glimpse of our personality traits (March 1-5). Here is what I know — our behavior comes from our personality. Therefore, almost everything that we say and do is a result of who we are — our personality. By understanding our own personality, we can see where we are strong and where we are weak. We can plan how to work around and grow through our weaknesses and make the changes in our lives to best love and lead ourselves and others.
Regarding others, we can now understand why they do the things they do and learn how to best communicate with them in order to help them the most and help them understand themselves to work best in their strengths. Here are some key takeaways for each primary personality…
Dominant: Your issue is a lack of self-awareness and empathy. You need to care about people — individually and collectively. If not, you will lose good people and struggle to grow the organization (and family) as a leader. Your spouse and children need a much kinder and gentler person. Study, memorize, and live 1 Corinthians 13 on how to love. Raise your S!
Inspiring: Don’t seek after the approval of man. Seek to do the right thing and the next right thing. Build systems and habits that will help you focus — learn to stay on target! Schedules, budgets, and positive accountability are your friends. Learn to incorporate them in your daily routine and you will succeed. Otherwise you will start big, then fizzle out — in everything you do. Learn to bring everything to completion. Be a finisher. Raise your C!
Supportive: Learn to say ‘no.’ Learn to embrace change — even how to lead change! Don’t be passive aggressive — speak the truth in love — which requires you to speak! Learn to deal with conflict. Raise your D!
Cautious: You need more fun in your life — embrace people — you can be cold toward others. You are a great accomplisher — make sure loving others and showing that love is part of your accomplishments. Raise your I!
Despite what you think of personality, the things I have outlined are a million dollars worth of information. Observe them over the coming months to prove their validity. To ignore these is to do so to your own peril.
Quotes for the day:
For Dominant —
“Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.”
~Kahlil Gibran
For Inspiring —
“I don’t care how much power, brilliance or energy you have, if you don’t harness it and focus it on a specific target, and hold it there you’re never going to accomplish as much as your ability warrants.”
~Zig Ziglar
For Supportive —
“Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.”
~Jim Rohn
For Cautious —
“Smile. Let kindness emanate. You’re already the smartest person in the room. Help others enjoy life with the truths you bring.”
~Royce
Action: Here’s your takeaway — If you choose not to embrace these truths, then you will misunderstand people most of the time — because we typically think, “why can’t they be like me, which is the correct way to be!” God has made all of us to be different! Embrace understanding the differences! You don’t have to live in those differences, but you can visit them from time to time in order to communicate. The hand cannot say to the foot, I have no need of you…
After listening to this recording I want to add a final thought: Remember, you are a make up of all four of these traits — Dominant, Inspiring, Supportive, and Cautious — each to a greater or lessor degree. So you have the ability to understand as well as raise and lower each trait.
Pray: Lord, help me understand myself and others really well, and build habits of understanding and love so I can lead myself and others well.
That’s it! Much love and blessings! See you tomorrow.
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