 Anticipating obstacles and taking serious care when making decisions or choices allow individuals with high deliberative to be “risk-reducers”.
How do they think? Life is a minefield. Considering all options and thinking through the pros and cons of each scenario enables these individuals to carefully identify the dangers, weigh their relative effect, and then walk deliberatively with care. How do they feel? Although situations might seem in order, they sense many risks that lie beneath the surface. They are compelled to draw each one out into the open. Making the correct choice is more important than the time it takes to do so. How do they behave? Needing time to listen and think before being expected to speak is important for high deliberators. Before moving on, these individuals are double and triple checking their work to make sure there are no landmines and the right decision has been made. Tips for living your best life as someone with DELIBERATIVE: • Be sure to set aside some time each day for yourself. • Make sure when making decisions you have enough viable time to do so and don’t feel rushed. • Help others think through their decisions before they act too quickly. Haven't taken Strengths yet? Click here Follow reCreate on Instagram and Twitter under reCreateSD Like this post? Comment below!
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 WOW! What a great year this has been!
When the holidays arrive I start reflecting on what life has held for the last 12 months. This year I am in awe of all the wonderful things reCreate has been apart of and how much richer my life has been because of people like you. Yes...I'm talking about you. I think about how blessed I am to do what I do everyday. When people ask me about my work, how many of us get to say, "I get to talk about what's right with people"? I know this world could use a few more of us out there. I think about the hope I've seen in peoples faces when they realize their uniqueness. I think about confidence gained due to doing more of those things they love and less of those they don't. I think about better communication between individuals, families, teams, and organizations. I think about better boundaries. I think about better understanding. I think about more grace given. And I think about the change that's occurred in me and around me because of such conversations. All because we started talking about what's right with people. As 2014 comes to a close and 2015 begins, I challenge you not to get lost in the hustle and bustle of a new year but to be mindful of being a light for someone else. Start talking about what's right with them. Investing in them. Encouraging them. Spending the time necessary to understand them and help them. If all of us just chose one person to love on this year imagine the change the world would see. Thanks for being apart of the reCreate family! I so look forward to this new year with you and all the fun and exciting things to come! Stay tuned! With much love, Sarah  Someone who is using his or her Strength of input will be very inquisitive. Their interests guide them and are always on the look out for information that can be helpful down the road.
How do they think? People with high Input always want to know more. They ask a lot of questions and have this insatiable thirst for new information. They think the world is an exciting place because of its limitless variety and complexity. How do they feel? Individuals with input feel compelled to use the information they know for others. They have a constant need for acquiring new knowledge to help others when the information can be called upon. How do they behave? Those with high input acquire, compile, and file things away. They are deemed “collectors” of books, facts, memorabilia and other things that interest them for future use. By bringing tangible tools that can facilitate growth and performance, those with high input are great resources to a team. A few tips to help those with Input to live at their best: • Make sure you are scheduling time to read books and articles that stimulate you. • Create a system that will help you store and organize all your information you’ve collected. • Be aware that you will never feel that you know enough. Haven't taken Strengths yet? Click here Follow reCreate on Instagram and Twitter under reCreateSD Like this post? Comment below!  What are your Top 5?
Harmony WOO Connectedness Ideation Activator How do you see them playing out in your life? I notice each of my themes on a daily basis. Whether I’m using WOO to make a new friend at the coffee shop, leveraging Connectedness to draw together ideas and find solutions, helping create Harmony amidst conflict within my family or friends, coming up with creative business ideas with my Ideation theme or using my Activator to get a group together and kickstart a new project, my themes help me navigate through life with energy and purpose. As an aspiring entrepreneur, I use my themes to draw connections from my past experiences and close relationships, meet new partners/clients, find support in my budding roll through mentors, create innovative ideas and use my energy to get things going! What is your favorite theme? My favorite theme is my Connectedness. I can easily see the links between occurrences in my life, things that I’ve learn, and the people around me so I can better understand my place and purpose in the world. I remember things that I learned years ago and are just now coming to fruition, or people who’s influence on me now resonates in a unique and helpful way to accomplish my current goals. Being able to see those connections encourages me and helps me to know that I’m on the right path. If I cannot make those links and connections—for instance between my Strengths and my role—I feel very unsettled. It’s like the puzzle is scattered, the web is torn apart. My Connectedness helps me to determine whether I am doing something that is the right fit. I also love making connections amongst people. People are always asking me if I know someone who can do this or that or is looking for a roommate or recommendation because they know I love connecting the people in my life to collaborate more effectively and build great relationships. What one theme that gets in your way? One theme that gets in my way (although it’s also a favorite!) is my Ideation. I have so many ideas constantly swirling around in my head and I love letting them run wild that sometimes, they get overwhelming. The idea will become larger than life and I need to either get a wake-up call from a friend or bring in backup to support me in the crazy goal. For instance, this year I decided to throw a Christmas party and invite 60 people to my small downtown apartment where I thought it’d be great idea to build a DYI Photo Booth. My idea for the booth got so extravagant that I actually had to call up an architect to help me design the booth and another friend to build it with me. When my ideas run wild, I usually end up having some sort of great experience or learning something new about myself, but sometimes I just need to be more practical. How has knowing your Top 5 empowered you to live a more authentic life? Knowing my Top 5 has changed my life. Authentic is a great word. I have traits that I knew were inherent in my being but I couldn’t verbalize or explain why it is that I do what I do. It was frustrating at times because I didn’t understand why people didn’t always accept those qualities (Activator for instance) and I knew that when asked to alter those traits, I felt inauthentic. Understanding my Top 5 allowed me to better understand the environments in which I thrive and I now seek them out intentionally. Knowing my Top 5 in depth, also allows me to have a vocabulary to explain my qualities as Strengths and has helped me to reach a level of self-awareness and clarity that I’ve never had before. Haven't taken Strengths yet? Click here Follow reCreate on Instagram and Twitter under reCreateSD Like this post? Comment below!  Someone who is using his or her Strength of empathy has an intuitive sense of other’s emotions and feelings. They sometimes can hear the unanswered questions and anticipate needs of others before it’s even expressed.
How do they think? People with high Empathy put themselves in other’s shoes. They can instinctively understand the thoughts and emotions of those around them, sometimes before that person has the ability of understand it themselves. How do they feel? Individuals with Empathy feel or perceive people’s joy and pain. Their disposition is powerful and assists them in saying the right thing in the right tone. How do they behave? Those with high empathy see the world through the eyes of others and share their perspective. They help other’s express their feelings and find the right words. Building and forming relationships that have great emotional depth is a trademark of someone high in empathy. A few tips to help those with Empathy to live at their best: • Make sure you take time each day to decompress. • Help others name their feelings and become aware of those feelings around them. • Practice refining your words to help you more clearly articulate the feelings you experienced and observed in others. Haven't taken Strengths yet? Click here Follow reCreate on Instagram and Twitter under reCreateSD Like this post? Comment below! The ladies of reCreate were asked to be guest speakers on Called to Coach with Gallup on November 21, 2014. Here's our interview for all those who missed it! Haven't taken Strengths yet? Click here
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How do they think? Arrangers are thinking about how they can organize and reorganize people, pieces, or resources to achieve maximum productivity. They enjoy thinking about all the variables and how they can align and realign them to create the perfect and most productive configuration. How do they feel? They feel confident and are best in dynamic situations. They intuitively sense how different people can work together. They are up for a complicated challenge that allows them to think on their feet about how everything will fit together. How do they behave? They jump into the confusion, devise new options, hunt for new paths, and figure out new partnerships. The ability to organize while also having the flexibility to change on a dimes notice really highlights the effectiveness in arrangers. Tips for living your best life as someone with ARRANGER: • Seek complex, dynamic work environments in which there are few routines. • You may feel happiest when you’re apart of a team-look for this both personally and professionally. • Develop successful strategies for getting things done. Challenge yourself to find new ways to become most efficient. Haven't taken Strengths yet? Click here Follow reCreate on Instagram and Twitter under reCreateSD Like this post? Comment below!  Fairness and is the hallmark value for someone who is highly talented in Consistency. They get things done in their own lives and within teams they are a part of by setting consistent rules and practices.
How do they think? Individuals who are high in Consistency are keenly aware of the need to treat people the same. They believe people function best when they are in a consistent environment where clear rules are applied to everyone. How do they feel? People high in Consistency feel like they are guardians to what is fair and what is just. They never want anyone to gain an unfair advantage by bending the rules in someone else’s favor because they feel this is truly offensive. How do they behave? Balanced is a good way to describe the behavior of someone with Consistency. They set clear and consistent rules that make their lives and the lives of others predictable. And creating predictable environments is how they try and set up their lives. Tips for living your best life as someone with Consistency:
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