Octogram
The top-left quadrant of the Octogram is colored a warm, friendly yellow because this is the home of the warm and friendly traits “Team Player” and “Helper”. These traits are a measure of how much you feel for other people. But it is not a measure of how well you can deal with people. A recent…
read more“No”. The Octogram test is identifying the types of work you like to do. It’s easier to learn things you are interested in. It is easier to be motivated when you are doing things you like to do. You are more engaged and happier when you are doing things you like to do. But the…
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The Talent Profile report says a LOT about you. Even though we put in a lot of work to make sure you can understand, and apply, the results to your own career, there might be some question about how you should react to the results. I decided to publish my own profile and write down…
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Experimental research (by Vazire, Newton, Yudowsky, Gilovich, Medvec and Savitsky to name just a few) has shown that you overestimate how much other people know about you, how much attention they pay to you, how much they can tell about what is going on in your head. They don’t know what is going on in…
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Does my current work environment allow me to play to my strengths? Step 1 Print out your Basic Report or Talent Profile and get your Octogram result image Step 2 Draw an Octogram and map out what your current job requires.  How closely does the map match with your own Octogram profile? Let’s see…
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I usually don’t spend a lot of time thinking about my career. It’s something that just sort of happens as we move from job to job over time. It might mean a new company, a move, a new position or new challenges and skills to learn. A career is something that you are just involved…
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When you get your Octogram results, you will see areas where you are strong and areas where you are weak. Your first inclination might be to zero in on those weaknesses and try to figure out how to fix them. Don’t do that. If you were a fantastic fighter pilot, but really lousy at double-entry…
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