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 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 [...]
One of my favorite things to do when I’m riding in a taxi (or Lyft or Uber) is to ask a few simple questions of my driver and see if they will go on to tell me their life story. I’ve heard some amazing histories and met some fascinating people from all over the world this [...]
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. To read it, click here. 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 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 [...]
Picture this: you’re in a meeting with your coworkers. The goal is to come up with ways to attract new patients. One person strongly states, “Listen! We’ve got to have more carrots to entice them to come in!” Another responds, “Perhaps if we up’d our FaceBook time and built strong relationships with our current patients, then [...]
Most of us, at any age, are involved in daily activities that require lots of people interaction - whether it is in an office, school, job, activities, etc. For some of us, this is inspiring and renewing. But for the High C-Style person, this can be extremely draining. As a reminder, the C-Style person tends to [...]
