What is the Fun-Loving I-Style’s Distinctive Approach to Time?

Last week, we focused on how the  D-Style uniquely approaches Time. If you’d like to read that blogpost, just click here.

For the next two weeks, I want to continue to take one DISC Style at a time and delve into more of their unique approach to Time. This week, we have the High I-Style. I can certainly identify with these details as the High I-Style is one of my two strongest. I also see myself in the ways I love to bounce around between projects and have a harder time working through the “messy middle” to finish them. And I always have time for Play! It’s something I constantly have to be aware of and address.

Whether you are a writer, teacher, parent, dentist, or any other occupation, if you have lots of I-Style in you, do these tendencies describe you?

The High I-Style person tends to:

• Be fun-loving, a “party looking for a place to happen”
• Focus on people more than on tasks
• Have a “faster speed motor”
• Be more outgoing – an extrovert
• Be very persuasive
• Have a positive attitude – usually sees the jar half full
• Have lots of enthusiasm

I-Style and their approach to Time:

• They are Active individuals – time is for doing things and having fun
• They are always ready to start and jump right in with enthusiasm
• It is often important to involve other people in whatever they are doing – makes the time go faster
• They sometimes are too anxious for the successful outcome of a project – want to “jump Time” and get to the end result
• They tend to have a short-term perspective on Time
• They need Discipline in the use of their Time
• Their energy and enthusiasm can diminish over Time, especially during the long “work at it” phase of a project
• They can easily get distracted by another new, exciting project
• The opportunity for Play can be a Siren Call on their Time

[Thanks to Extended DISC for their insightful webinar on the DISC Styles and Time.]

QUESTION: Can you identify with this I-Style approach to Time? Or have you seen it in action from others? I’d love to hear your thoughts and observations. Please share in the comment section below.