Strengths Insight Guide

SURVEY COMPLETION DATE: 05-04-2014

Delia Tomlinson
Your Top 5 Themes
Input
Learner
Achiever
Intellection
Futuristic

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Input
Shared Theme Description
People who are especially talented in the Input theme have a craving to know more. Often they like to
collect and archive all kinds of information.

Your Personalized Strengths Insights

What makes you stand out?
Driven by your talents, you read to stimulate your mind, to broaden your perspective, and to explore
familiar as well as unfamiliar subjects. Reading is a solitary activity, which is one of the reasons why
you like it so much. You are quite comfortable being alone with your books and your thoughts.
Because of your strengths, you continually seek wisdom from people with whom you have intelligent
conversations. You not only listen but also share your thoughts. In the process, you are likely to move
beyond concrete facts. Your curiosity draws you to speculate that is, reflect or wonder about
theories, ideas, or concepts. To keep your mind fresh, you frequently quiz individuals who are equally
fascinated with the intangible and abstract aspects of life. By nature, you choose to associate with
people who think big and think smart. Exchanging ideas, concepts, or theories with intelligent
individuals exhilarates you. You pull together as many thoughts as possible from these animated
conversations. You never know when someones question or suggestion will be valuable. You
mentally file away or physically document these snippets that is, small bits of insight or wisdom
for easy retrieval. Instinctively, you long to know more so you remain on the cutting edge of your field
or areas of interest. Your inventive mind usually generates more possibilities than you can handle or
fund. Nonetheless, you are committed to acquiring knowledge and/or skills. You study everything
involved in a situation and conceive entirely new ways of seeing or doing things. What you already
know prompts you to ask questions and delve even deeper into a subject or problem. Its very likely
that you sometimes enjoy instructing others. Because you like to read, you probably have more
information to share with your students than some educators do. The individuals you tutor benefit from
the facts or insights you gather from the printed page or the computer screen.
Questions

1. As you read your personalized strengths insights, what words, phrases, or lines stand out to
you?
2. Out of all the talents in this insight, what would you like for others to see most in you?

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Learner
Shared Theme Description
People who are especially talented in the Learner theme have a great desire to learn and want to
continuously improve. In particular, the process of learning, rather than the outcome, excites them.

Your Personalized Strengths Insights

What makes you stand out?
By nature, you may devote yourself to things that intrigue you. Sometimes your attention intensifies if
you are encouraged to immerse yourself in a specific activity or topic. Chances are good that you are
motivated to continually acquire knowledge and skills. Discovering new ways to use your talents
energizes you. You are likely to escape from situations and avoid people who want you to keep doing
what you already know how to do well. Maintaining an intellectual status quo is unacceptable to you.
Instinctively, you are attracted to difficult and challenging endeavors. You are not inclined to look for
the easy way out. You are bold. You take risks. You dare to stretch your mind. You test the limits of
your abilities in ways that timid individuals would not attempt. Driven by your talents, you normally
dedicate yourself to acquiring knowledge and gaining skills. You probably devote many hours to
mental labor. Its very likely that you fill your mind with new ideas by asking questions, reading,
studying, observing, or listening. Normally, you accumulate facts, data, stories, examples, or
background information from the people you meet. Determining what they want to accomplish in the
coming weeks, months, or years generally satisfies your curiosity. These insights also allow you to
understand why individuals behave they way they do in different situations.
Questions

1. As you read your personalized strengths insights, what words, phrases, or lines stand out to
you?
2. Out of all the talents in this insight, what would you like for others to see most in you?

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Achiever
Shared Theme Description
People who are especially talented in the Achiever theme have a great deal of stamina and work
hard. They take great satisfaction from being busy and productive.

Your Personalized Strengths Insights

What makes you stand out?
Its very likely that you characteristically exhibit tendencies for precision and accuracy. You probably
work intently to eliminate errors. You habitually review your plans to ensure each step is properly
sequenced and implemented. By nature, you make an effort to be friendly and talkative whenever the
situation demands. Even so, you treasure your work or study time. Why? You yearn to produce
tangible results each day. Socializing, while important, fails to provide outcomes to which you can
point and measure. As a result, you likely resist devoting time to activities that impede progress,
compromise productivity, or waste precious time. Because of your strengths, you approach your workrelated or academic assignments with a great deal of intensity. You are known for putting in long
hours and working hard. Driven by your talents, you might put forth a lot of effort to design step-bystep procedures for handling repetitious tasks. Maybe you expect everyone to follow these rules once
they are put in place. When you make a habit of using these processes, you may reach some goals a
bit more quickly, reduce certain kinds of errors, or avoid missing particular deadlines. Instinctively, you
occasionally enjoy teaming with friends who share your ability to work long hours. You might prefer
partnering with people who pay close attention to timelines or priorities. Maybe you are attracted to
individuals who devote their physical or mental energy to the tasks at hand.
Questions

1. As you read your personalized strengths insights, what words, phrases, or lines stand out to
you?
2. Out of all the talents in this insight, what would you like for others to see most in you?

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Intellection
Shared Theme Description
People who are especially talented in the Intellection theme are characterized by their intellectual
activity. They are introspective and appreciate intellectual discussions.

Your Personalized Strengths Insights

What makes you stand out?
Chances are good that you may place great value on moments alone with your thoughts. You might
consider whatever arouses your intellectual curiosity. Setting aside time each week to explore
particular ideas might be a pleasurable or necessary activity for you. Its very likely that you can
welcome into your life people who represent a diverse range of personalities, backgrounds,
educational levels, or cultures. This ability to be open often influences what you read in newspapers,
magazines, books, or on the Internet. By casting your net for information far and wide that is, in
every direction you are apt to catch the ideas of numerous writers. You probably regard reading
as a pleasure rather than a duty. By nature, you occasionally go off by yourself to think through things.
Instinctively, you may feel better about yourself and life in general when you have time to carefully
examine ideas, scrutinize documents, or inspect numerical data. Perhaps certain people describe you
as studious or scholarly. Driven by your talents, you occasionally find a quiet place to be alone so you
can clarify your plans, theories, questions, or solutions. Once you know what you think, you might
launch a discussion. You might elaborate on certain ideas when it is necessary to do so. Being
deprived of preparation time periodically puts you at a disadvantage. On these occasions, you try to
say as little as possible or hope someone else gets people talking.
Questions

1. As you read your personalized strengths insights, what words, phrases, or lines stand out to
you?
2. Out of all the talents in this insight, what would you like for others to see most in you?

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Futuristic
Shared Theme Description
People who are especially talented in the Futuristic theme are inspired by the future and what could
be. They inspire others with their visions of the future.

Your Personalized Strengths Insights

What makes you stand out?
Driven by your talents, you may generate numerous ways to enhance, upgrade, revise, correct, or
revamp certain processes, action plans, or itineraries. Sometimes your suggestions influence how a
project will unfold in the coming months, years, or decades. You might find fault with your own or
another persons talents, skills, or knowledge. To some extent, fixing people or things ranks in the top
half of your list of favorite activities. By nature, you channel your mental and physical energies toward
what you can accomplish in the months, years, or decades ahead. The question you must answer is
this: How far into the future can I think before my ideas start becoming vague or uninspiring? Its
very likely that you periodically spend a lot of time considering certain things you might need to do
better in the coming months, years, or decades. Instinctively, you occasionally think about what you
could fix or do better. Your mind might be occupied by what you can accomplish in the coming
months, years, or decades. This partially explains why you find todays events ordinary and less
fascinating than the future. Because of your strengths, you are sometimes filled with hope as you
think about the good things you might accomplish in the coming months, years, or decades. Perhaps
this reinforces your sense of personal well-being. When you are forced to concentrate solely on
current situations, you may become less enthusiastic about life.
Questions

1. As you read your personalized strengths insights, what words, phrases, or lines stand out to
you?
2. Out of all the talents in this insight, what would you like for others to see most in you?

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