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Be Direct – How a High D-Style Prefers Others Communicate with Them

2024-08-19T09:35:17-06:00 August 20th, 2024|Categories: DISC Basics, DISC and Communication|Tags: , |

For the last couple months, we talked about how each DISC Style prefers to communicate. Please see the blogposts on my website, www.idealpersonideealplace.com/blog from 7/2/24 to 8/13/24 if you want a refresher. For the next month or so, we will look the other side of that communication coin: How does each DISC Style want others to [...]

How Does a Detail-Loving High C Person Prefer to Communicate?

2024-08-12T09:54:08-06:00 August 13th, 2024|Categories: DISC Basics, DISC and Communication|Tags: , |

As I write this, we are in the framing stage of building a new house 565 miles from where we currently live. Talk about details and challenges! Many years ago, we built a facility - our home and our orthodontic office in one building. As you can imagine, the details and decisions were relentless. We had [...]

How Does the Patient, People-Focused High S-Style Prefer to Communicate?

2024-08-05T09:55:55-06:00 August 6th, 2024|Categories: Office Staffing, DISC Basics, DISC and Communication|Tags: , , |

The High S-Style is usually a person you can sit and talk with for hours - comfortable, friendly, usually a great listener, and seems to know the right questions to ask to draw out a good conversation. The S-Style is one of my highest-ranking styles. So it’s not surprising that one of my favorite things to [...]

People Withdrawal and Other Side Effects of the End of Family Vacation Time

2024-07-29T16:05:42-06:00 July 30th, 2024|Categories: DISC and Self-Renewal, Summer Family Vacation|Tags: , , |

The DISC System fascinates me! I have learned from its usefulness in a myriad of situations. It is interesting to apply it to Family Vacation, especially as we end our time together. As a quick review of each DISC Style, think of someone (maybe it’s you) who: D – Has to TAKE CHARGE I – Always [...]

Crazy Fun of Family Vacation Continues – Adding S’Mores

2024-07-22T16:20:17-06:00 July 23rd, 2024|Categories: DISC and Self-Renewal, Summer Family Vacation|Tags: , , |

At some point in your life, I hope you have relished the fun of roasting marshmallows over an open fire, then taking that golden (or burnt) piece of ooey gooeyness, placing it on top of a graham cracker topped with a chocolate bar, adding the top layer of graham cracker (or first MORE chocolate bar) and [...]

Let the Crazy Fun Begin!

2024-07-15T12:14:37-06:00 July 16th, 2024|Categories: DISC and Self-Renewal, Summer Family Vacation|Tags: , |

I am in the middle of a series on using the DISC System to understand how people prefer to communicate. But one of my most-anticipated times of the year is here – Extended Family Vacation - when we gather with our children and grandchildren to share time together. It is also one of my two breaks [...]