Attributes to Develop
Work in these areas can help uncover hidden gifts and talents.
• Healthy curiosity
• Asking questions to learn how others think
• Seeing both sides of a situation
• Tact
• Logic
• Communication of internal dichotomies
• A positive approach to life and other people
• Purposely cheering up others
• Using a nonthreatening approach when expressing ideas
• Listening
• Openness to new ideas and experiences
• Seeking factual information before making decisions
Tendencies to Leave Behind
Working to reduce the influence of these tendencies can help make life easier and more enjoyable.
• Self-righteousness
• Aloofness
• Assuming others know “where they’re at”
• Thinking one knows what others are saying without really listening
• Needing to be right
• Espousing “Truth,” without taking others’ views into account
• Careless spontaneity
• Taking shortcuts
• Taking oneself too seriously, having a ponderous approach to life
• Acting on intuition without checking the facts
• Resisting ideas that are foreign to one’s belief system
• Prejudging present situations on the basis of your past experience
