You will have to get over your reluctance to assess what people are like if you want to surround yourself with people who have the qualities you need. That goes for yourself too. People almost always find it difficult to identify & accept their own mistakes and weaknesses. (1/4)
Sometimes it's because they're blind to them, but more often it's because their egos get in the way. Most likely your associates are equally reluctant to point out your mistakes, because they don't want to hurt you. You all need to get over this. (2/4)
More than anything else, what differentiates people who live up to their potential from those who don't is their willingness to look at themselves and others objectively and understand the root causes standing in their way. (3/4)
That’s why I’m so excited to have shared PrinciplesYou with you. And I’m thrilled that the Dot Collector is coming soon too. Stay tuned for more. bit.ly/3vzYY13 #PrinciplesYou (4/4)

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8 Jun
Some ways of thinking will serve you well for some purposes and serve you poorly for others. It is highly desirable to understand one’s own and others’ ways of thinking and their best applications. Some qualities are more suitable for some jobs. (1/4) Image
For example, you might not want to hire a highly introverted person as a salesman. That’s not to say an introvert can’t do that job; it’s just that a gregarious person is likely to be more satisfied in the role and do a better job. (2/4)
If you're not naturally good at one type of thinking, it doesn't mean you're precluded from paths that require it. It does, however, require that you either work with someone who has that required way of thinking (which works best) or... (3/4)
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7 Jun
If they choose to have a primarily win-win cooperative-competitive relationship, they must take into consideration what is really important to the other and try to give it to them in exchange for them reciprocating. (1/5)
In that type of win-win relationship, they can have tough negotiations done with respect and consideration, competing like two friendly merchants at a bazaar or two friendly teams at the Olympics. (2/5)
If they choose to have a lose-lose mutually threatening relationship they will primarily think about how they can hurt the other in the hope of forcing the other into a position of fear in order to get what they want. (3/5)
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5 Jun
Because of the biases with which we are wired, our self-assessments (and our assessments of others) tend to be highly inaccurate. Psychometric assessments are much more reliable.
They are important in helping explore how people think during the hiring process and throughout employment.
Though psychometric assessments cannot fully replace speaking with people and looking at their backgrounds and histories, they are far more powerful than traditional interviewing and screening methods.
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4 Jun
You’re going to want to know what you’re like, right? And, you’re going to want to know what the people around you are like, right? By knowing what you’re like, you’re going to know what to do with yourself to get what you want.
And by knowing what the people around you are like, you’ll know what to expect of them, and how to interact with them in the best possible way.
Knowing how you think and how others you interact with think is critical in getting what you want in both your personal life and in work.
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28 May
On this Memorial Day weekend, I find myself simultaneously thinking about 1) the American heroes who lost their lives in battle fighting to protect the American way and... (1/4)
2) how unlike that American way some Americans are now treating Asians, Blacks, and Jews while too few Americans are expressing their revulsion to that. (2/4)
The disconnects between the principles of America that are worth fighting & dying for—i.e., that all people are created equal—and these behaviors are upsetting to me... (3/4)
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25 May
Many of you have asked me to share my #PrinciplesYou personality type, which I’m happy to do. I’m a Shaper, with strong elements of Inventor and Adventurer. The assessment described me to a tee in much greater detail than I can convey in this post. (1/7)
Being a Shaper means loving to visualize great things and build them out and being willing to wrestle with the obstacles to achieve that visualization. Being an Inventor means that I love to come up with original ideas and designs that never existed before. (2/7)
Being an Adventurer means that I’m excited by going into the unknown and even the risky. Those are my great pulls in life.

The profile also highlights my big “watch out for's.” (3/7)
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