Strengths Guide - Chris Carpenter

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Chris Carpenter

Your Top 5 Themes

IdeationInputAnalyticalLearnerIntellection

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IdeationShared Theme Description

People who are especially talented in the Ideation theme are fascinated by ideas. They are able tofind connections between seemingly disparate phenomena.

Your Personalized Strengths Insights

What makes you stand out?

It’s very likely that you might channel some of your energy toward what you can accomplish in thecoming months, years, or decades. Periodically your mind churns out new and inventive ways ofreaching your desired goals. You may risk becoming bored or delivering a lackluster performancewhen you are forced to adhere to a predetermined process, a tried-and-tested procedure, or atraditional method. Once in a while, you hear yourself pleading, “But, if we only did it this way, it wouldbe a bit better.” By nature, you are an original and innovative thinker. Others frequently rely on you togenerate novel concepts, theories, plans, or solutions. You refuse to be stifled by traditions or trappedby routines. You probably bristle when someone says, “We can’t change that. We’ve always done itthis way.” Driven by your talents, you are apt to be the person teammates, classmates, or coworkerspull into brainstorming sessions. Why? You have the assertiveness to speak up when you think ofsomething. You also generate more ideas than most people do. You are creative. You areimaginative. You are not embarrassed to think out loud. Chances are good that you regard yourself aslogical and reasonable. You spontaneously reduce mechanisms, processes, proposals, ideas, orformulas to their basic parts. You figure out how the pieces interrelate. Your discoveries tell you whysomething does or does not function the way it should. Because of your strengths, you contributemany innovative ideas to the group during brainstorming sessions. You tend to be highly imaginativewhen proposals are fully heard and any criticism is reserved for a later time.

Questions

1. As you read your personalized strengths insights, what words, phrases, or lines stand out toyou?

2. Out of all the talents in this insight, what would you like for others to see most in you?


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InputShared Theme Description

People who are especially talented in the Input theme have a craving to know more. Often they like tocollect and archive all kinds of information.



Chances are good that you may harbor feelings of good will toward certain people you meet. From thestart, you might pose questions that reveal to you another person’s talents, interests, or goals.Knowing someone like you do might allow you to appreciate him or her more than others can. Certainindividuals turn to you for insights about strangers or newcomers to the group. Sometimes yourknowledge helps them accept a few of these outsiders sooner rather than later. By nature, you try topay attention to what you do naturally and well. Occasionally you set out to broaden your knowledgein certain areas or sharpen specific skills. Maybe you are motivated to strive for excellence by using aparticular talent. Perhaps you refuse to waste time, energy, or money correcting or fixing some of yourlimitations. Now and then, you aim to concentrate on what you do quite well. You may think this is amore challenging way to live. Driven by your talents, you compel individuals or groups to quickly moveinto action by using official-sounding words. Your extensive vocabulary also contains hard-to-understand terminology that sets you apart. Thus, you speak with an air of authority that you often failto hear. So, when you display impatience and say, “Let’s get started right now!” many people refrainfrom questioning your decision. Instinctively, you might enjoy acquiring certain types of knowledgeand/or skills. You might want to build on particular abilities you know you already have. When youmeet people who value education like you do, perhaps you are interested in hearing about a few oftheir personal or professional ambitions, intentions, or goals. Understanding what they aim toaccomplish may be the beginning of a practical partnership or an enduring friendship. Because ofyour strengths, you may long to gather certain types of information about specific individuals. Perhapsyour “need to know” is rarely satisfied. The more facts you gather, the easier it might be for you tounderstand someone’s strengths, limitations, interests, likes, dislikes, or goals. You might be inclinedto study human beings one by one. To some degree, your ongoing observations of selectedindividuals provide you with interesting insights into human nature.

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AnalyticalShared Theme Description

People who are especially talented in the Analytical theme search for reasons and causes. They havethe ability to think about all the factors that might affect a situation.



It’s very likely that you sometimes take time to reflect on what people say, reaching conclusions onlyafter thoughtfully weighing the information, rather than reacting to the moment. Your practicality mighthave a sobering effect on certain types of discussions. Now and then, you intensify your own or otherpeople’s capacity to consider “the bigger picture.” Because of your strengths, you aid others byconcentrating their attention on objective and factual information. You probably examine data, reviewstudies, conduct investigations, gather evidence, and decide what it all means. You are likely todocument the steps so individuals can quickly reference the material later. Chances are good that youmay notice that you examine the elements that make up some of the events, problems, humaninteractions, or challenges in your life. When you delve into the facts or data, the reasons why thingsare unfolding as they are become a bit clearer. Instinctively, you genuinely enjoy activities when justabout everything makes sense. You naturally gravitate to tasks where facts, events, processes, orideas are methodically outlined. Driven by your talents, you spend some of your time examiningproblems, malfunctions, or glitches. If you experience a personal or professional loss, make amistake, or suffer a defeat, you might investigate. Perhaps you feel restless until you have answers toyour basic questions: What? How? When? Where? Who? Why?

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LearnerShared Theme Description

People who are especially talented in the Learner theme have a great desire to learn and want tocontinuously improve. In particular, the process of learning, rather than the outcome, excites them.



It’s very likely that you prefer to concentrate on activities, problems, opportunities, or subjects thatreally intrigue you. Each time you acquire new information, you feel you can help people who needthe same information. Driven by your talents, you might direct your mental and physical energy torequired tasks, while optional tasks receive less attention. Under these circumstances, your ability towork or study for hours at a time may work to your advantage. Your biological makeup mightdetermine when you are most alert, efficient, or productive. Chances are good that you occasionallysee yourself as a contributing member of the group. You enjoy partnering with certain people.Perhaps you like to exchange information, share observations, or offer tips for doing things moreeasily, efficiently, or swiftly. You might be happiest collaborating with individuals who are not stingywith what they know. In some situations, you can figure out how everyone on the team can benefitfrom each other’s knowledge, skills, experiences, or wisdom. Because of your strengths, you insertintricate or theoretical words into your everyday, academic, or professional conversations andwritings. Your natural interest in language explains why you enjoy mastering unusual words and theirmultiple meanings. While others struggle to memorize new terms in classes or seminars, you tend tocommit words to memory with relative ease. You probably find this process is both natural andpleasurable. Instinctively, you may feel good about life when people answer your questions and keepyou informed about topics that affect you personally or professionally. Perhaps you prefer to bebombarded with facts, data, and/or explanations. Maybe receiving only bits and pieces of informationraises your level of anxiety, suspicion, or frustration. Sometimes you become upset when individualsforget or refuse to tell you something you think you have a right or a need to know.

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IntellectionShared Theme Description

People who are especially talented in the Intellection theme are characterized by their intellectualactivity. They are introspective and appreciate intellectual discussions.



Because of your strengths, you feel that you can accomplish more in the future than you have in thepast. This explains why you enter into conversations with bright individuals. During these give-and-take sessions, you gather knowledge or acquire insights you can use later. Absorbing newinformation, facts, or viewpoints is just one of the ways you keep your mind open and your thinkingfresh. Chances are good that you might reflect on some of the good events, experiences, oropportunities you have had or people you have known. Now and then you pause to consider things forwhich you are grateful. Maybe you avoid individuals who seldom say “thank you” or express any sortof appreciation. Maybe they think there is a scarcity of good things. You, on the other hand, thinkthere is an abundance of good things. It’s very likely that you have new ideas whirling around in yourhead much of the time. You are very interested in solving problems, conceiving new concepts,designing plans, or understanding everyday matters. Driven by your talents, you are likely to berestless until you have collected enough insights to thoughtfully examine an abstract concept, theory,or idea. This is one reason why you are attracted to people who frequently engage in intelligentconversations. They intentionally avoid casual chit-chat or meaningless small talk. Instinctively, youwade into the middle of thought-provoking conversations. You speak theoretically — that is, you talkabout things that have not been invented, proved, produced, or put into practice. Your vocabulary isas complicated as your thinking. This explains why you consider at length an array of insights,concepts, or philosophies. You prefer talking with individuals who instantly grasp the meaning of yoursophisticated words.

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