Contender



The system:
AN INDIVIDUAL SYSTEM (applies goal setting to get ahead).
You believe life to be a competition offering status and opportunity for the winners who compete with drive and talent.

Questions you ask:
Can I win? Does winning bring big rewards? How can I get the edge?

Observable behaviours:
Self orientated. Planning and plotting. Thrusting.

Daily experience:
Trying to get on. Outward signs of success and status. Energetic and flexible.

Central theme:
Existence is focused on personal success and gain.

How do these athletes see the world?
  • Sees a world full of individuals seeking opportunities to 'get on'.
  • Sees reality as a competition won by the hardest working and smartest.
  • Human nature is changeable and self-generated.
  • Becoming a success should be a guilt-free activity.
The strengths include:
  • Self-assured
  • Can motivate and energise others
  • Good negotiator
  • Focuses and applies resources well
  • Mover and shaker
  • Willing to work extremely hard in pursuit of goals.
The weaknesses include:
  • Selfish
  • Bad loser
  • Insensitive
  • Intolerant of weakness in others
  • Manipulative
  • Very political.