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NAME: Virginia Creasy
DATE: 07/30/2016 1YOUR MOTIVATIONAL BLUEPRINT
THIS IS WHAT MOVES YOU.
This is what makes you tick—what gets you out of bed in the morning. Based on your stories of
success, we’ve mapped out your motivational blueprint so you can gain new insights into why you
do what you do, and how you can leverage your motivations to deepen your sense of meaning, joy,
and productivity in your work.
Here’s what you’ll find in this report to help you do this:
Your Core Motivations: In-Depth Analysis
Your 4-Step MCORE Development Plan
Your Achievement Stories
Motivational Profile (By Rank)
Motivational Profile (By Domain)
Appendix A: Domain & Theme Descriptions
Appendix B: The Power of Your Core Motivations
Appendix C: How You Responded
Below you’ll find your top three core motivations. The first two sections, bolded above, are the essential part of your report. If you want to discover
the motivational blueprint in your story, and gain a renewed sense of productivity, fulfillment, and purpose in your life, then you’ll need to work
through these two sections. The remaining sections will help you dive more deeply into your entire motivational blueprint. Now, go discover what
moves you, and put it to work!
YOUR CORE
MOTIVATIONS:
1
Experience the Ideal
2
Be Key
3
Develop

YOUR CORE MOTIVATIONS: IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS
Below is a detailed description of your top three core motivations. As you read these, think about
how each motivation plays out in your life.
1
Experience the
Ideal
You are motivated to give concrete expression to certain concepts, visions or values that are
important to you. You want to live out your ideas and ideals and to measure up to a self-image
or role you adopt or are cast in. These intangibles may take a variety of forms. Perhaps, your
political beliefs, moral and spiritual values, philosophical outlook, or your attitudes toward
work are what you seek to live out with intensity and purpose. It is likely that your life-style,
occupation, place of residence, the people with whom you want to associate and the nature of
your relationships with others reflect these concepts. In general, you want your life to reflect as
closely as possible the way you think it should be lived and your actions to reflect the kind of
person you think you ought to be. The process of striving to realize these ideals may be what
gives you satisfaction and pleasure. It is important for you to concentrate on functioning in a
role, assignment, or responsibility that involves you in a process of transforming what is
intangible or abstract into some concrete form or expression.
MOTIVATIONAL POLARITIES
Positive behaviors/attitudes
Imaginative, creative and highly
conceptual
Committed to what they believe in,
motivated and driven to express
themselves
Emphasis upon integrity and living out
their truth or ideals
Enjoying seeing work take form, thoughts
develop, and ideas gain substance
Negative behaviors/attitudes
Idealism or romanticism leading to
frequent disappointments
Their driving concept or idea may not be
grounded in practical reality
Acting as day dreamers or 'operating with
their heads in the clouds'
Only wanting to work on their own ideas
and ensure they are right

Continued
2
Be Key
You are motivated to be a key person who holds things together and gives them meaning
and/or direction. You gravitate toward hub-of-the-wheel positions near or at the working
core of the organization where you can play a vital role in its life. You may be the one who
leads the charge, the master planner, the expert who solves the problems, the one who keeps
the wheels turning. You want to be needed, to be called upon, and to be directly or indirectly
responsible for success. Organizational needs and structures tend to be focal points in your
thinking. Special problems that hinder the organization and its progress naturally emerge on
the forefront of your attention. You may also be quite interested in being key for individuals,
especially by helping them navigate through difficulties, by providing care, by being trusted
and relied upon to help. Your ability as a problem solver may help to distinguish your work as
key. You tend to develop special knowledge and skill according to whatever your people need.
Regardless of your formal role or position, you want your efforts to be centrally important.
Holding a project together, through a key
role
Enjoying being critical to its success,
providing direction and momentum
Living up to the trust and responsibility
placed on them
When chosen or asked, doing all they can
meet the need, solve the problem or
deliver the goods.
Taking on too much, getting burned out
Resisting the sidelines and insisting on
being at the center of the action
Needing to be key and gain the
recognition, no matter what official role
they undertake
Interfering and 'stepping on the toes' of
others

Continued
3
Develop
You are motivated to build and develop. Whether that process focuses on a physical object, on
organizational structure, on a concept or theory, a relationship, or the talent of another person,
your satisfaction comes in seeing how the finished product or result reflects all the steps,
techniques, and procedures that brought it to its final form. Putting the various parts together,
block upon block, stage by stage is what you really enjoy. Your achievement narrative may
include construction projects where you enjoy sketching plans, examining each step of a
building process to determine the materials, equipment, manpower, and procedures necessary
to accomplish it. Another story might describe developing the skills, knowledge, or character
of individuals or groups of people. You may educate, coach or train others and influence them
to realize more of their potential. Another story may feature forming relationships with other
people. In other stories you might be designing and building prototypes of new products,
drafting architectural plans, or formulating theories. Your motivation to build may be
expressed as a sculptor, potter, or cabinet-maker, writer or artist. Whatever the pursuit, you
never get tired of building.
Interested in others' development and
often skilled at enabling others to progress
Interested in development steps, logical
processes and methods
Often practical and application driven
Planning effectively and executing
through direct involvement and action
Needing 'hands-on' involvement no matter
what role they are in
Finding maintenance activities boring
Continuing to build, form or develop,
extending things further that no longer
need improvement or growth
Offering coaching or help to those who
don't want it

APPLICATION
EXERCISES TO OWN YOUR MOTIVATIONAL BLUEPRINT
You’ve read about your Core Motivations. Now you might be wondering, “What next?” Well, we
suggest you start right here.
Knowledge of your Core Motivations is interesting and valuable by itself, but this understanding becomes even more valuable when applied to real-
life issues and concerns. Below, you’ll find four application exercises for you to work through on your own or with the help of your MCORE Coach.
Going through these exercises will help you to gain deeper self awareness and put you in better position to accurately predict how you will perform
in the future. This will empower you to target those situations, environments, and relationships that provide a “good fit” for you.
1
OWN YOUR CORE
MOTIVATIONS
2
CREATE YOUR CORE
MOTIVATION
STATEMENT
3
IDENTIFY YOUR
MOTIVATIONAL ENERGY
4
IDENTIFY THE SHADOW
SIDE

EXERCISE 1
OWN YOUR CORE MOTIVATIONS
1. Please take out a green, yellow and red highlighter.
2. Review your MCORE report and the explanation of your top three core motivations.
Use the green highlighter to mark the statements in the explanation that bring clarity about your actions and motivations.
Use the yellow highlighter to mark the statements that moderately resonate with you.
Use the red highlighter to mark the statements that do not apply to your motivation.
If you are working with a coach, once this is complete please send a copy to your coach so he/she may answer any questions you may have regarding
your top three core motivations.

EXERCISE 2
CREATE YOUR CORE MOTIVATION STATEMENT
Your top three Core Motivations can be described separately, but in the practice of your life they are integrated. In this exercise we encourage you to
create a single statement that pulls together your top three Core Motivations.
Your Core Motivations
Write your top three motivations below.
Words That Resonate
Using Exercise 1, choose words from the descriptions of your Core Motivations that
especially resonate with you and write them in below.
#1 CORE MOTIVATION
#2 CORE MOTIVATION
#3 CORE MOTIVATION
Now, create your own integrated statement:
I AM FUNDAMENTALLY MOTIVATED TO ____________________________________ AS I
____________________________________ AND ____________________________________.
(insert words from #1)
(insert words from #2) (insert words from #3)

EXERCISE 3
IDENTIFY YOUR MOTIVATIONAL ENERGY
Use the first column in this chart to write down activities you’re highly motivated to do, and those for which your motivational energy is low. Then,
go to your Motivational Profile (By Rank) of your report that shows the ranking of your MCORE themes. In column two write down those themes
that correspond to the energizing and draining activities. If you are working with a coach, then once you are done, print, scan and e-mail to your
coach prior to your review session.
Activities & Your Motivational Energy For Them MCORE Themes
ENERGIZING
What activities do you do that are part of your work, personal relationships or
leisure activities that energize you?
Which of your top themes account for your interest in these activities?
DRAINING
List initiatives or activities that provide you with a low level of satisfaction.
These may be things that are obligations or expectations.
Which themes connect with your experience of low energy or motivation?

EXERCISE 4
IDENTIFY THE SHADOW SIDE
Each Core Motivation is positive and good but also has a potential “shadow side”—a negative manifestation of the gift—that can occur if the
motivation is not properly managed. The “shadow side” typically happens when people overemphasize their Core Motivations or neglect
responsibilities that are “off the radar screen” of motivation. Identifying these “shadow sides” is the first step to managing them! In the first column
write your top three Core Motivations. Then, in the second column capture some ways that you might be expressing them in unhealthy or ineffective
ways.
Your Core Motivations What are the “Shadow Side” issues you face associated with these Core
Motivations?
#1 CORE MOTIVATION
#2 CORE MOTIVATION
#3 CORE MOTIVATION

YOUR ACHIEVEMENT STORIES
NO.1STORY
Instance/activity that provided you deep satisfaction.
Designed and executed a registration process.
Describe what you actually did.
I designed and managed registration at an event for children with special needs. I had to think about fire codes, how to make people feel comfortable as
they went through the process, and how to make volunteers engage with the families. I was 14 at the time, and had a team of several adults and teenagers
working with me. I knew everyone by name, and was able to pair the right volunteers with the children. Registration got hectic, but I was able to work
through it all with satisfactory results.
What about the activity was particularly enjoyable or satisfying to you?
Taking the whole process from my conceptual design to completion.

NO.2STORY
* You ranked this story as most significant.
Believed in someone despite everyone else's opposition.
A few weeks after beginning to date my then boyfriend, a lot of my friends discouraged me from the relationship, saying that he had a bad track record
with girls. I didn't ask him any questions, and kept believing in him. Soon after that, he voluntarily confessed his past mistakes, and wanted to let me walk
away. But I didn't. I admired his honesty, and loved him all the more, delighted to invest my life in him, believing that wholehearted forgiveness is central
to life. Now we are married!
My ability to see the good in him that he couldn't see himself.

NO.3STORY
Sitting at the top of a tree in a storm.
When I was a kid, there was a big tree in our front yard. I knew every branch so well I could actually climb the tree with my eyes closed. I climbed to the
very top and clung to highest branches that would bear my weight. I could look over my house into the valley. I especially liked doing this when it was
windy and close to storming, because it felt so daring. Sometimes rain stung my skin, but it only added to my feeling of triumph. I surveyed the whole
world from my perch, and spun visions.
Immersion into a wild sense of freedom.

MOTIVATIONAL PROFILE (BY RANK)
RANK MOTIVATIONAL THEME YOUR SCORE
1 Experience the Ideal 4.7
2 Be Key 4.6
3 Develop 4.3
4 Be Unique 4.3
5 Meet the Challenge 4.2
6 Achieve Potential 4
7 Make it Work 4
8 Meet Needs 3.8
9 Make an Impact 3.8
10 Overcome 3.7
11 Organize 3.5
12 Explore 3.5
13 Demonstrate New Learning 3.5
14 Comprehend and Express 3.3
15 Bring Control 3.3
16 Improve 3.3
17 Bring to Completion 3.2
18 Participate 3
19 Advance 3
20 Influence Behavior 3
21 Excel 2.8
22 Gain Ownership 2.7
23 Master 2.6
24 Evoke Recognition 2.3
25 Establish 2.3
26 Make the Grade 2
27 Make it Right 1.7

MOTIVATIONAL PROFILE (BY DOMAIN)
DOMAIN MOTIVATIONAL THEME YOUR SCORE
PROCESS Advance 3
Demonstrate New Learning 3.5
Develop 4.3
Experience the Ideal 4.7
Explore 3.5
Organize 3.5
CHANGE Achieve Potential 4
Improve 3.3
Influence Behavior 3
Make an Impact 3.8
Make it Work 4
PERSONAL PERFORMANCE Be Key 4.6
Be Unique 4.3
Evoke Recognition 2.3
Excel 2.8
POWER Bring Control 3.3
Comprehend and Express 3.3
Gain Ownership 2.7
Master 2.6
Overcome 3.7
DEFINED PURPOSE Bring to Completion 3.2
Establish 2.3
Make it Right 1.7
Make the Grade 2
Meet Needs 3.8
Meet the Challenge 4.2
Participate 3

APPENDIX A:
DOMAIN & THEME DESCRIPTIONS
PERSONALPERFORMANCEDOMAIN:
People with Core Motivations in the PERSONAL
PERFORMANCE domain seek contrast between their
performance and that of others. They strive to reflect
something extraordinary or distinctive about themselves.
BE KEY
You are motivated to be a key person who holds things together and gives
them meaning and/or direction.
EXCEL
You want to excel or, at the very least, to do your absolute best as you
exceed the performance or expectations of those around you.
EVOKE RECOGNITION
You are motivated to capture the attention and interest of others.
BE UNIQUE
You seek to distinguish yourself from others by displaying some talent,
quality, or aspect that is distinctive and special.
PROCESSDOMAIN:
People with Core Motivations in the PROCESS domain want to
be involved from start to finish. They enjoy the stages of
growth. They enjoy the process as an end in itself rather than
merely a “means to an end.”
EXPERIENCE THE IDEAL
You are motivated to give concrete expression to certain concepts, visions or
values that are important to you.
DEVELOP
You are motivated to build and develop.
EXPLORE
Pressing beyond the existing limits of your knowledge and/or experience,
you explore what is unknown and perhaps mysterious to you.
ADVANCE
You love the experience of making progress as you accomplish a series of
goals.
DEMONSTRATE NEW LEARNING
You are motivated to learn how to do something new and to show that you
can do it.
ORGANIZE
You want to set up and maintain a smooth-running operation.

APPENDIX A:
DEFINEDPURPOSEDOMAIN:
People with Core Motivations in the DEFINED PURPOSE domain
direct their energy toward the task of accomplishing well-defined
objectives. The fact that they achieve what they set out to achieve is of
primary importance to them.
MAKE THE GRADE
You are motivated to make the grade and gain acceptance into a group in which you
want to be a member or participant.
MEET NEEDS
You are motivated to identify and fulfill needs, requirements, and expectations.
MAKE IT RIGHT
You are motivated to do things the “right” way.
MEET THE CHALLENGE
Your sense of achievement comes in looking back over a challenge you have met or a
test you have passed.
ESTABLISH
Your achievements also reveal a motivation to establish and to be established.
PARTICIPATE
You enjoy being involved in efforts in which people work together for a common
purpose.
BRING TO COMPLETION
Your motivation is satisfied when you can look at a finished product or final result
and know that your work is done and that you have met the objective you set out to
accomplish.
POWERDOMAIN:
People with Core Motivations in the POWER domain want to
exercise control over situations, people, themselves, things or
knowledge. They tend to look for challenges or problems which
allow them to exhibit the strength of their personal force and
capabilities.
HAVE OWNERSHIP
The nature of your motivation is expressed through efforts to acquire what
you want and to exercise ownership or control over what is yours.
OVERCOME
Your motivation focuses on overcoming and winning out over difficulties,
disadvantages, or opposition.
MASTER
Your motivation is satisfied when you are able to gain complete command of
a skill, subject, procedure, technique, or process.
BRING CONTROL
You want to be in charge and in control of your own destiny.
COMPREHEND AND EXPRESS
Your motivation focuses on understanding, defining, and then communicating
your insights.

APPENDIX A:
CHANGEDOMAIN:
People with Core Motivations in the CHANGE domain want to
have a definite effect upon the world around them. They want
to stand back from their work and see that they have made a
clear difference. They need to be in environments that are open
to change.
MAKE AN IMPACT
You seek to make an impact or personal mark upon the world around you.
INFLUENCE BEHAVIOR
You are motivated to gain a reaction or response from people that indicates
you have influenced their thinking, feelings and behavior.
IMPROVE
You are happiest when you are using your abilities to make things better.
ACHIEVE POTENTIAL
Identifying and realizing potential is a constant focus of your activities.
MAKE IT WORK
Your motivation focuses on fixing something that has broken down or is
functioning poorly.

APPENDIX B:
THE POWER OF YOUR CORE MOTIVATIONS
Your motivational blueprint is truly unique.
Based on over 50 years of empirical research using SIMA® (System for Identifying Motivated Abilities), we have found that every person has a distinct pattern of motivation
that is:
ENDURING
Your pattern emerges early and remains constant throughout life. Values and
lifestyle can and do change, but the fundamental character of your unique
motivational pattern does not.
EXPLANATORY
Your motivational pattern can help you understand why you perform as you do
and where you find joy and frustration.
IRRESISTABLE
Regardless of environment or circumstance, your pattern will express itself
somewhere in your life. Use of your pattern is the essence of meaningful life and
work to you.
INSATIABLE
You will never satisfy your motivation in a final way, regardless of how often you
have had a chance to express it or how many achievements you have
accomplished.

APPENDIX B:
THE POWER OF YOUR CORE MOTIVATIONS
The Pattern in Your Stories
We have been working with people’s ‘stories’ for over fifty years. These are achievement stories of people describing activities they have enjoyed doing and believe they have
done well. We have found that there is a unique ‘structure’ in each person’s story, a pattern in each person’s achievements.
The Core Motivations in your MCORE Report are at the very heart of your pattern. They reveal:
WHAT MOVES YOU: The driving purpose—sometimes conscious but often sub-conscious—of your natural actions, preferences, and decisions.
WHAT MAKES YOU TICK: Why you get immersed in some activities but fail to engage in others.
WHAT MAKES YOU COME ALIVE: The results that you consistently strive to fulfill in your work and relationships.
Your Top, Middle, and Bottom Motivational Themes
Here’s how to understand the differences between what we call your top, middle, and bottom themes:
TOP THEMES: These themes, especially the top three, energize and engage you. They are life giving.
MIDDLE THEMES: These themes only mildly engage you. You might draw on them to get the job done, but they are not life giving.
BOTTOM THEMES: These themes do not motivate you and you might perform them at a low level if required. Engaging in these themes tends to sap your energy.

APPENDIX C:
HOW YOU RESPONDED
ANSWER %
Not satisfying 6
Slightly satisfying 13
Moderately satisfying 18
Very satisfying 31
Most deeply satisfying 15
Does not apply 17
MCORE is grounded in the System for Identifying Motivated Abilities® owned by SIMA International. For more information about MCORE and other SIMA based products and
services please contact us at information@pruvio.com

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