Hey, what is your behaviour profile?

Hey! Don't you realize that our personality is as unique as a fingerprint. No one has the exact same personality traits. Differences in upbringing, environment, personal experiences and genetics all play roles in shaping one's personality traits. Eigh, I just read some worthwhile articles about human's unique behavior profile. Actually, I'm very excited to repost it here on my blog. Hopefully it will also be worth for you ;;)

The concept of a behaviour profile was developed in the late 1920’s as a result of psychologist Dr. William Marston’s theory that there are four basic personality types: D for Dominant, I for Influencer, S for Steady and C for Compliant (or DISC for short).

Over the years, different versions of the same theory developed including BEST (Bold-Expressive-Sympathetic-Technical). However, there are four distinct groupings of personalities, based on Dr. Gary Couture’s version, using bird names: Doves, Eagle, Peacock, and Owl.

The ‘bird’ version has become quite popular as most people can relate easier to a visual object like a bird, rather than just a descriptive word. For this reason, we’ll go with Dr. Couture’s ‘bird’ version – besides, wouldn’t you rather describe yourself as an ‘Eagle’ or ‘Dove’ instead of ‘Dominant’ or 'Compliant’?

You and I fit into one of these basic personality types, which define the way we interact with other people, the way we go about life, our personal drivers and how we succeed. We will often relate better to people who have a similar behaviour profile, and find other behaviour patterns annoying and maybe even a little intimidating.

But more importantly, these behaviours have a major impact on how we progress through life.

So what are the 4 behaviour types? In a nutshell they are:

1. Dove

Dove: The compassionate and peaceful dove. The dove is people-orientated, loyal, friendly, hard working and a great team player but tends to avoid change, confrontation, risk-taking and assertiveness.

2. Owl

Owl: The wise owl. The owl is logical, mathematically minded, methodical and sometimes seen as a perfectionist. The owl can be slow to make decisions and inflexible if rules and logic says otherwise. Owls are not big risk takers but love detail.

3. Peacock

Peacock: The showy peacock. The peacock loves talking, being the centre of attention, has passion/ enthusiasm and is happy/ optimistic. Peacocks can be accused of talking too much, and aren’t good with detail or time-control.

4. Eagle

Eagle: The bold eagle. Eagles are dominant, stimulated by challenge, decisive and direct. Eagles can be blunt/ stubborn, can lose sight of the big-picture and can be insensitive to other people’s needs. Eagles are natural achievers.

So, what's yours?

*This article was reposted from:
http://www.achieve-goal-setting-success.com/behaviour-profile.html