When I'm really enjoying my work, I am: Curious and perceptive Determined to fulfil my purpose Flexible and fast-moving Focused and driven Creative and forward-looking Committed to making a difference Full of energy to try new things to help people Using my skills to make people's lives better When I'm working hard but not getting results, this is what I do: I look for a practical problem I can fix easily I find something new to try and give it a go I think about what went right before and how I could do it again I work longer hours to improve my work I think about why I'm doing it and what I want to achieve I look at my heroes for new ideas I want to persuade other people to like what I'm doing I brainstorm new ways of approaching it How do you feel when someone hands you a problem? I want to dig deep into what's going on A problem? Cool – I'll come up with a plan Let's work out together how we can do this really well I want the other person to be sure I have the practical skills to solve it I'm going to work on this until I'm confident it's sorted I'll get started right away and try some new approaches to fix this! Let's sit down together and come up with some ideas Let's try some different things together and see what works! I get most demotivated when.... I'm working really hard on all sorts of things but I'm not seeing results I'm putting everything into getting stuff done but no one seems to notice I see what successful things other people are doing and I don't know how to do them There are too many things needing my attention I've got a great plan, but no one else seems very interested I have some great ideas, but they just need so much stuff to make them happen I want to get things right before I start something, and it takes forever My family, friends or colleagues expect me to be different to what I want to be What's the way you think about planning? It means everyone can contribute their thoughts I love it! It's all about visions and new ideas I don't much like it, but it means I know what to focus on I'd much rather get on and see what works I like to know what's worked well and repeat it It's great to plan something and know other people will like it It's only useful if I've got the skills and time to make things happen Building visions is great, but too much detail is a pain If I could be famous for one thing, it would be: Coming up with brilliant new ideas and plans Having a really clear purpose for my life and work Making things happen! Being a true expert at what I do Changing the way people think Making the world a better place to live Fixing people's problems creatively and brilliantly Solving a big problem by using my skills and expertise My perfect day would include: Being able to really focus on my area of expertise Making progress with lots of different things Making something work really well for lots of other people Helping someone else have a powerful new insight about something Brainstorming new ideas with people who share my values Coming up with an inspiring new plan of action Helping another person in a way they love Planning how I can make a real difference to the world My productivity takes a nose-dive when: There are too many tasks I have to do, and I feel I'm getting nowhere People tell me they don't like what I'm doing Something takes way longer than I think it should, and I want to move on I'm under pressure to let things go before I've finished thinking them through I think my own skills aren't good enough for what I'm doing My inner values and dreams conflict with what other people think I should do I have too many decisions to be made, coming at me from all angles Things that I used to do aren't working any more (Visited 615 times, 1 visits today)
