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Strengths Insight Report
SURVEY COMPLETION DATE: 09-08-2015
Demetrius butler
Your Top 5 Themes
Competition
Adaptability
Command
Futuristic
Strategic
Competition
Shared Theme Description
People who are especially talented in the Competition theme measure their progress against the
performance of others. They strive to win first place and revel in contests.
Your Personalized Strengths Insights
What makes you stand out?
Instinctively, you yearn to lead a big organization. You want to be the person who makes major
decisions. You like the idea of being “number one.” Chances are good that you concentrate your time
and energy on eliminating your shortcomings. You are motivated when your results are compared to
those of others. This is one reason why you routinely incorporate self-improvement activities into your
life. It’s very likely that you work hard to be the best or “number one.” When your performance is
compared to everyone else’s, you aim to win. If you were an Olympic athlete, being presented with a
silver or bronze medal would be a huge disappointment. Only the gold medal in your chosen event
would make you happy. By nature, you likely are motivated to vie against a variety people for the top
award or the best score. Winning makes you eager to test your knowledge, skills, and talents again
and again. Knowing scores, ratings, or rankings are being tallied undoubtedly keeps you interested in
selected activities. When these measurements are missing, you probably struggle to stay fully
engaged. Because of your strengths, you feel life is good when you can outthink or outmaneuver
people such as your rivals, classmates, or peers.
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Adaptability
People who are especially talented in the Adaptability theme prefer to “go with the flow.” They tend to
be “now” people who take things as they come and discover the future one day at a time.
Chances are good that you are much happier with life when you quit trying to control people as well
as the day’s events, opportunities, or surprises. You experience a sense of freedom each time you
relax and live in the moment. You probably are able to deal with change a lot better as a result.
Because of your strengths, you realize the quality of your life dramatically improves when you are
surrounded by the loveliness of nature and enthralled — that is, held spellbound — by the artistry of
human beings. It’s very likely that you allow your life to unfold naturally. You trust you will find your
path as it evolves. You resist being tied to predetermined plans and standardized systems. You prefer
to experience life in the moment. You are eager to see where it takes you. By nature, you generally
find it is easier to know a person when the individual understands how to take life easy. Unraveling
the mystery of what makes someone unique cannot be rushed, in your estimation. This explains why
you intentionally avoid people who are constantly harried, hurried, stressed, or tense. Instinctively,
you make plans as you move into and through your day. Not being bound to a strict timeline or action
plan frees you to deal with problems or take advantage of opportunities at the moment they arise.
Command
People who are especially talented in the Command theme have presence. They can take control of a
situation and make decisions.
Because of your strengths, you normally feel very good about life, especially when specific people
accept your bold, assertive, and self-reliant style. You are even more optimistic when the same
individuals permit you to make your own choices. Instinctively, you have a knack for becoming well
acquainted with people. You thoughtfully observe, listen, and ask questions to understand each one
better. You probably support individuals when they encounter problems, setbacks, or obstacles. You
frequently give emotional support. You often contribute resources, such as money, supplies, or time.
You routinely introduce individuals to people they need to know. You regularly create opportunities
that match their talents. Driven by your talents, you boldly question a person’s thinking or actions even
when you sense your candor makes the individual feel uncomfortable. Often you combine your
straightforward style with your caring nature. Frequently you raise issues most people prefer to ignore.
Many family members, friends, colleagues, or classmates count on you to confront emotionally
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charged situations and deal with demanding individuals. Chances are good that you tend to be the
member of the team who suggests creative ways to do things. You are apt to propose many more
innovative ideas than others in your group. It’s very likely that you generate ideas quickly. You draw
clever linkages between facts, events, people, problems, or solutions. You present others with
numerous options at a pace some find dizzying. Your innovative thinking tends to foster ongoing
dialogue between and among the group’s participants.
Futuristic
People who are especially talented in the Futuristic theme are inspired by the future and what could
be. They inspire others with their visions of the future.
Driven by your talents, you may create some vivid images of what can be done in the coming months,
years, or decades. Perhaps you are prompted to transform your ideas into things you can touch,
taste, see, smell, or hear. By nature, you characteristically center your attention on what you want to
accomplish in the coming months, years, or decades. Being free of annoying distractions contributes
to your enthusiasm for life in general and the future in particular. Chances are good that you look to
the future rather than review what has already occurred in your life. You see little reason to cling to
the past. The future is full of potential. You set your sights on being accomplished and successful. It’s
very likely that you think a lot about the coming months, years, or decades. You gravitate to projects
and study subjects that promise to shape the future. You enjoy talking about possibilities that exist
only in your imagination. You probably worry about being left behind if what you know and do were no
longer valued or needed. You prefer to be a pioneer and an inventor. Instinctively, you periodically
envision what you can accomplish tomorrow, next week, next month, next year, or in the coming
decades. Your goals and aspirations might motivate you to keep moving forward. Perhaps the tension
you feel if a deadline is fast approaching forces you to concentrate on the right activities, discard
irrelevant information, or not waste time on intriguing distractions. Your one aim might be reaching
your objectives.
Strategic
People who are especially talented in the Strategic theme create alternative ways to proceed. Faced
with any given scenario, they can quickly spot the relevant patterns and issues.
Instinctively, you can reconfigure factual information or data in ways that reveal trends, raise issues,
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identify opportunities, or offer solutions. You bring an added dimension to discussions. You make
sense out of seemingly unrelated information. You are likely to generate multiple action plans before
you choose the best one. Because of your strengths, you analyze the lessons of the past to find clues
for handling future situations. Piecing together the causes and effects of historical events allows you
to discover alternate routes to your goal. You are seldom taken by surprise. Why? You probably have
studied your options and crafted innovative solutions. Chances are good that you customarily pinpoint
the core problems and identify the best solutions. You artfully and skillfully eliminate distractions. This
helps people gain a clear understanding of what is happening and why it is happening. You frequently
identify ways to transform an obstacle into an opportunity. By nature, you work diligently to invent
alternative courses of action. You notice new as well as unusual configurations in facts, evidence, or
data. Others, however, can see only separate, unrelated bits of information. You are fascinated by
problems that puzzle, confound, or frustrate most people. It’s very likely that you feel wonderful when
people value your innovative and original ideas. You are likely to help them envision what can be
accomplished in the coming months, years, or decades.
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