Reset! by Rosalyn Palmer

Author:Rosalyn Palmer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Panoma Press Ltd

“The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.”

Aristotle

Many companies use psychometric testing, or the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator ® (MBTI ®) test which gives a snapshot of what motivates you, how you feel, whether you are intuitive, etc. It is a way of making the psychological types described by C.G. Jung understandable. It is a relatively straightforward test (and many free versions exist on the internet) that categorises everyone into one of 16 distinctive personality types based on your interests, reactions, values, motivations and skills.

What is good about such tests is that you can gain better insight into not only your strengths and weaknesses, but also those of others. Such mutual understanding can then lead to improved relationships with others at work. For example, if you are very extrovert and outgoing, you may sit in a meeting with someone very quiet and mistake their reluctance to jump into conversation as being that they have no opinions worth sharing. They may be a reflective type and as such could be a very safe pair of hands for the extroverts who literally form their opinions as they speak. As someone who can relate to this latter type, I’d argue that you need all sorts to make a strong team. Having someone willing to jump in and take charge and come up with a solution quickly can also be relevant and necessary.

So, playing to everyone’s strengths is key, as is an understanding about what makes you tick, how you tend to react and how to work better with others.

Businesses always work out better ways to plan and behave. Yet those who work in corporations and spend huge amounts of time on training, development and detailed business plans fail to have a life plan. They wouldn’t start a project without a project plan but have no blueprint for their life. Before we cover this in more detail in Chapter 7, let’s take a moment to look at a snapshot of the key elements of an effective life plan. The easy to remember Five B’s of a Better Life Plan comprise:

Belief

Blue sky thinking

Bait

Brand you

Bulletproof

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