This document provides advice on strengths and weaknesses ("bright sides" and "dark sides") for various personality types. It suggests balancing different strengths, such as being flexible but also decisive, thorough but not overanalyzing, and creative but also managing workload. It encourages using strengths like being a team player, consensus builder, or problem solver while avoiding weaknesses like being stubborn, indiscriminate, or critical. Overall, it emphasizes finding balance within one's strengths and between strengths and weaknesses.

1. ACHIEVER: Bright side = tireless. Dark side = workaholic. Find the balance.
ACTIVATOR: Bright side = self-starter. Dark side = ready-fire-aim! Practice
prudence. ADAPTABILITY: Bright side = flexible. Dark side = indecisive. Be
decisively flexible! ANALYTICAL: Bright side = thorough. Dark side = over analyze.
Replace the question mark WITH a period! ARRANGER: Bright side = conductor!
Dark side = constantly changes priorities. For the sake of the group, finish the drill!
BELIEF: Bright side = steadfast. Dark side = stubborn. Sometimes you might need
to go to the dark side. COMMAND: Bright side = determined / inspirational. Dark
side = strong-willed / stubborn. It's all in the delivery! COMMUNICATION : Bright
side = Great storyteller. Dark side = self-absorbed. Be great! COMPETITION :
Bright side = driven. Dark side = not a team player. Decide what's BEST for TEAM
and go for it! CONNECTEDNESS : Bright side = Always looking at the big picture.
Dark side = naive. CONSISTENCY : Bright side = follows clear guidelines. Dark side
= inflexible. Be Coach Wooden-like! CONTEXT : Bright side = seeks to learn from
the past. Dark side = living in it (past). DELIBERATIVE : Bright side = good
judgment. Dark side = cautious. Do stretch your comfort zone! DEVELOPER :
Bright side = coach. Dark side = spectator. BE Coach Wooden-like. DISCIPLINE :
Bright side = ability to structure. Dark side = challenged with change. EMPATHY:
Bright side = trust-builder. Dark side = "soft". Dare to be "soft". FOCUS : Bright
side = goal setter and goal getter. Dark side = tough to relax. FUTURISTIC : Bright
side = inspiring! Dark side = dreamer. Balance! HARMONY: Bright side =side = inspiring! Dark side = dreamer. Balance! HARMONY: Bright side =
consensus builder. Dark side = avoids conflict. Ask to understand. IDEATION :
Bright side = creative! Dark side = "create" more work! INCLUDER: Bright side =
Inclusive. Dark side = Indiscriminate. Listen to your gut. INDIVIDUALIZATION :
Bright side = appreciates differences in others. Dark side = difficulty placing
group above individual. INPUT (AKA COLLECTOR): Bright side = detail-oriented.
Dark side = cluttered mind. Purge! INTELLECTION : Bright side = deep thinker.
Dark side = slow to act. LEARNER: Bright side = loves many subjects. Dark side = a
know-it-all. Find the balance. MAXIMIZER : Bright side = always striving for
excellence. Dark side = perfectionist. Don't wait till perfect. POSITIVITY : Bright
side = optimistic. Dark side = naive. Be real with optimism. RELATOR: Bright side =
great friend. Dark side = cliquey. Be great. RESPONSIBLE: Bright side =
accountable. Dark side = micro-manager. Find the balance. RESTORATIVE : Bright
side = problem solver. Dark side = critical. How about appreciative inquiry? SELF-
ASSURANCE : Bright side = strong inner compass. Dark side = over confident.
SIGNIFICANCE: Bright side = seeks / does importance. Dark side = hungers
recognition. Eat humility! STRATEGIC: Bright side = intuitive. Dark side = close-
minded. Be open. WOO: (winning others over) Bright side = initial rapport builder.
Dark side = shallow. Actively listen!
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