I WANT EVERYONE
to be perfect so I’ll be right!

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SITEs: “Personality & the Brain” / #1 Overview

 

LEVELS by TYPE
NOTE: Each type is divided into 9 levels of Psychological Health, 1= highest & 9=lowest, grouped into Healthy, Average & Unhealthy. These 9 posts are a summary of these sub-groups by Type, in broad strokes, based on Oscar Ichazo’s work.

TYPE 1 – The REFORMERS / Perfectionists
♦︎ Healthy  – characterized by Acceptance & Wisdom, leading others through integrity & reason.
♦︎ Unhealthy  – use Condemnation & Punishing behavior. Hindered by perfectionism & resentment.

HEALTHY 1s  “I am hard-working and ethical”
♦︎ The Upstanding Citizen: accepting, conscientious, ethical, hard-working, objective, responsible & wise. Rational yet idealistic.

● Right Action** overcomes the 1’s vice of anger & resentment, bringing them closer to their ideal of perfection. They have high standards, integrity, live by their values, are commitment to quality & don’t cut corners. They do more than is expected of them & finish most things they start.
** Right Action is the ethical conduct that aligns with universal moral truths, compassion & mindfulness
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AVERAGE 1s: “I maintain my spaces in an orderly way.”
♦︎ The Perfectionist: clean, conscientious, neat, organized, punctual, responsible & tries to live up to good moral standards

● Reformer / crusader ‘high-minded’ idealist.  They’re hard on themself, which ‘leaks out’ as resentment & being critical of people-places-things. Constant frustration at ‘things being wrong’ makes it seem like they’re making headway in advancing what is “right”, but actually their indirect anger pushes their internal world further from it. The tempting path of perfectionism can lead to unintentional & counter-productive outcomes.
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UNHEALTHY 1s: “I am obsessive-compulsive”
♦︎ The Anal-Retentive: closed-minded, controlling, inflexible, overly traditional, self-righteous
● They’re ever more dogmatic, impersonal, intolerant, judgmental, moralizing, & can only see one ‘right way’ – theirs.
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Type 1 INTEGRATION
♦︎ Healthy loop: The Basic Desire of ‘Needing to be Right’ leads 1s to seeking truth & do the right thing. When they do, the need is satisfied & balance is reached.

♦︎ Average state: 1s don’t work to seek truth as much, so the need to be right increases. If 1s work hard toward their heart’s desire, balance can be created.
♦︎ Unhealthy loop is run by the Basic Fear of “being condemned”. As a defense 1s judge & correct others right off, but since this is not right it adds to their basic fear & prevents balance.

LENS you see the world thru: “I see what’s wrong & how it can be improved. I carry around an internal yardstick I use to measure myself & others.”
GROWTH: Stop correcting others & start examining yourself for ‘truth’.

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LEVEL 5 in BIZ (Mid-Average)
AS LEADERS
The best ONE leaders are conscientious & rock solid, with the end goal always in mind
YOU:
• are guided by quality control, since for them quality & control go hand in hand
• have a clear picture of the ‘correct’ results & the best way to get there
• tend to direct & define procedures, keeping others on the designated track
• like to plan in detail & to follow it rigidly
• lead by executing this plan & assigning responsibility for each part
• find it hard to delegate, worrying about getting the job done right
• tend to correct others & often criticize instead of praise
• have usually risen thru the ranks, so can see who the hard workers & team players are – or aren’t

SUPERVISING Type 1 WORKERS
Your type 1 employees need a plan to work toward, so you can either form a strategy with them or let them make one for themselves – within the context of your project. As a leader you need to play by the rules with 1s & clearly explain what you want.  When either praising a 1’s performance or discussing work deficiencies, be specific & detailed
THEY:
— are very practical, so can shape abstract ideas into step-by-step procedures
— are devoted to being on a schedule, so you need to be on time too. And if you make them late they won’t easily forget or forgive
— need specific guidelines, so loopholes can be very confusing
— prefer DO-ing rather than feeling, & focus on work rather than relationships
— need a great deal of structure in assignments & reports

As a worker – if your boss is a 1, find out how they like things done & do it that way. It will make your life a lot easier.     From: Global Leadership Foundation

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