Picture this: you’re in a meeting with your coworkers or staff. The goal is to come up with ways to attract new patients. One gal strongly states, “Listen! We’ve got to have more carrots to entice them to come in!” Another guy responds, “Perhaps if we up’d our FaceBook time and built strong relationships with our [...]
Years ago, we built a facility - our home and our office in one building. As you can imagine, the details and decisions were relentless. We had an excellent architect as well as a fabulous builder who used top quality workmen. But the decisions came down to me and my husband. As a High D & [...]
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. One of my favorite things to do when I’m riding in [...]
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Preamble to the Declaration of Independence As I think about this powerful statement that has influenced nations for centuries, it brings [...]
In last week’s blogpost, we talked about how a High D prefers to communicate - dealing directly, frankly, no-nonsense, focused on the task at hand. This week, our subject is the High I’s ideal way to communicate, which is vastly different, as you’ll see below. Since High I’s make up about a third of the population, [...]
A few years ago, I overheard a conversation that went like this: “But I only want to say it once! Can’t you get it if I just say it once?!” to which the partner in the conversation clearly answered, “NO! I can’t get it if you just fire through it once. I still don’t understand!” As [...]
