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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 ISTS 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 best 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 of how things work 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.
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.
ISTS and stress
You can be stressed as result of changes to the content of your work. You often develop detailed procedures about how you carry out your work and you are detail oriented.
You often take great pride in your mastery of detail. Consequently any changes at this area can be very stressful.
In order to reduce the stress level it is important to try and give yourself time to adjust to change so that you work out the reasons for what is proposed. If this is done successfully you could even turn into an advocate for the changes.
You run the risk of becoming so focussed on the details that you overlook the needs of your work mates.
This can be stressful for you and others in the organization.
In order to combat this problem it would be helpful if you try to work out how your work contributes to the bigger picture.
Lack of feedback that your work is valued and recognized can be a source of stress for you.
You should seek feedback from peers and supervisors. You prefer feedback that reflects your logical and objective disposition, rather than fulsome praise.
The dedication to your work could begin to falter without proper recognition and feedback."
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