Learn About Yourself

It’s helpful to learn about yourself and others who work with you. I like to use the Target Training International profiles. I’ve been reviewing my DISC results profile every six months or so to see if there have been any changes. I’m fairly certain I’ve changed. But I really haven’t. With all the change swirling, I’m usually back where I started.

So, where should we go now? What happens now? Should we fall into whatever is sitting there? Should we completely change everything? Or should we pretend that everything is the same? I’m going for “let’s see.”

How DISC Results Can Help

I can use DISC to evaluate these categories:

Dominance – How we respond to challenges

Influence – How we respond to people and contact

Steadiness – How we respond to pace and consistency

Compliance – How we respond to procedures and constraints

As I look at my DISC results, I see that I personally have stayed pretty much the same. DISC allows you to look at NATURAL style (it’s really you) and ADAPTED style (you’re pretending). In this confusion, you may have let your NATURAL style go – in other words, you are doing your own thing. It’s interesting for me to talk to people who have been ‘living’ in the ADAPTED style. It’s perfectly logical, but not very good for your vision.

Your DISC results are who you really want to be, but you can choose to adapt. You picked it! Unless there is some trauma, you’re likely going to want to be in your happy DISC place. People who are afraid or lost tend to jump into being ‘someone else.’ This is called the ADAPTED style. The person is likely scared of the reality of something. You have met people like this – they have wonderful conversations with you, but you can tell it’s a show. The sad part is they haven’t figured that out yet, and they are anxious.