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Snarky Old Fart (in training)
There is a "personality test" called the Clifton Strengths (aka The Gallup Strengths Finder because Gallup purchased the rights to the research Dr. Clifton did).
Research Psychologist Dr. Clifton and his grad students interviewed hundreds of thousands of folks back in the mid to late 20th century, and identified key strengths that people had, which would make them successful or not at certain professions. They found 34 of these key strengths. They then developed a test for each of those strengths. If you've ever taken one of those 150-ish question tests for Meyers-Briggs, DISC or others, same idea.
BUT they're not trying to put you in a box like the INFJ or ENTP or whatever Meyers Briggs does. Instead you get a ranking. Here are my top 10, next to the other 24.
If the strength is in the top 10, I can use it easily and naturally.
Note the green Strategic Thinking and Blue Relationship Building strengths are all top 10.
The purple "Achiever," that is top for almost all very successful business builders, That's my LEAST strong attribute.
Once I learned this style of strength building, I learned why I was talented with photography, but sucked at the business side.
Those top strengths - AFTER Adaptability - all work for making the stories flow. I'm better at coming up with the story ideas and writing the books, than looking at numbers, making marketing decisions, or building the business.
