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Preface
The other night after work I came home and watched 'The Exchange' on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It is a business program.
Gretchen Rubin, that was a new writer to me, was interviewed and she discussed human nature and habits. Her website offers a tendencies test, which I took and it seems somewhat insightful in regard to me.
I will post and then discuss briefly on audio. My comments in bold.
Gretchen Rubin
Cited
'In a nutshell:
Upholders respond readily to outer and inner expectations
Questioners question all expectations; they’ll meet an expectation if they think it makes sense
Rebels resist all expectations, outer and inner alike
Obligers meet outer expectations, but struggle to meet expectations they impose on themselves'
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According to your answers, your dominant Tendency is Questioner.
Questioners question all expectations, and will meet an expectation only if they believe it’s justified, so in effect, they meet only inner expectations.
This is does not mean a questioner only cares about her/his own needs, I reason. The needs of others can still be met but it is more of a focus on meeting those needs through meeting inner expectations as opposed to meeting outer expectations.
In other words, I do not reason that a questioner is necessarily more selfish than an upholder.
Once Questioners believe that a particular habit is worthwhile, they’ll stick to it—but only if they’re satisfied about the habit’s soundness and usefulness.
They resist anything arbitrary or ineffective; they accept direction only from people they respect.
Reasonable.
Questioners may exhaust themselves (and other people) with their relentless questioning, and they sometimes find it hard to act without perfect information.
I have had to learn to accept very good/excellent as opposed to near perfect.
If you’re thinking, “Well, right now I question the validity of the Four Tendencies framework,” yep, you’re probably a Questioner!
