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FROM CHAPTER THREE:"WHAT MAKES YOU TICK?"
(Note: this excerpt is taken from someone's personalized ebook. The content of your book would be personalized from your own responses to the FPYC questionnaire which you can begin at the top of this page.)
"...Knowledge work and the ESFS temperament
People of all temperaments are capable of being knowledge creators, providers or users of knowledge.
Temperament does have a major bearing on the way we prefer to work. If you have the motivation, desire and interest your temperament will not limit what sort of knowledge worker you might aspire to be.
There are two major challenges for you in the new economy.
The first is to adapt to the fast changing pace of life. This will depend upon having some understanding of why changes are taking place, and will involve looking beyond the
surface appearance of things.
You are the sort of person who learns by practical hands on activity.
You want to be involved in day to day activities solving practical problems or creating tangible products.
You build up your knowledge as a result of your practical experience.
You are inclined to be impatient with theories and ideas. Your practical experience becomes the basis of the rules you have for your work and life.
You are inclined to be impatient with theories and ideas. Your practical experience becomes the basis of the rules you have for your work and life.
There has been a great deal of automation and new work procedures have been introduced and made much of the old experience of many people irrelevant.
This sort of change can destroy the basis upon which practically minded people operate.
Many people run the serious risk of having to start all over again, but this need not be the case if you take sensible precautions.
This leads to the second big challenge for you, because one of the main precautions you can take is to develop your ability to think in terms of theories and ideas.
The new economy is tending to reward those who can figure out the cause of problems and then solve the problem.
This often requires a different type of thinking that may not come naturally to you.
This is thinking from ideas and theories to complement your practical experience.
The trick is to combine the both methods of thinking. If you make the effort to develop an understanding of the broader aspects of your work it will be easier for you to solve the sort of problems that are part and parcel of the new economy.
We all have the capacity to think in this way, and with practice you will be able to improve in this area.
ESFS and stress
When there are changes to personnel or changes to the basic standards required in your work, this can cause you stress.
You will often resist these changes, and you can be slow to adjust to new standards that govern your work.
It will be important for you to learn as quickly as you can how to deal with the new situation as you will find it difficult to function without well understood guidelines.
Try to anticipate changes and give yourself time to adjust to the new realities.
You are generally good at identifying potential problems and so given time you will be able to make the required adjustment.
Remember that this sort of thing is more the norm than the unusual in the new world of work.
You can sometimes cause stress for others by a tendency of being overly critical of others.
Very often these situations arise out of a values conflict, where your values differ from others.
Once you recognize the source of the conflict then it should be easier for you to negotiate an accommodation.
If the contribution that you make is not valued or recognized then there is tendency that you could become disheartened.
You are likely to be strongly committed to your values and you will almost always give of your very best."
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