A Tale of Two Personalities
Which one are you? Note: one is not better than the other. The thinker brings the ideas. The doer executes. Which one do you typically operate in?
1. You can be a THINKER and analyze all those ideas and not see any progress.
2. You can be a DOER and do so much and get burnt out easily.
Because one persona may be more dominant than the other, you find yourself unconsciously operating in that dominant persona, frequently. Recognize that you can actively manage BOTH personas. The key is to make a conscious effort to operate in the other persona that is utilized less. You can approach it this way:
“𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘛𝘏𝘐𝘕𝘒𝘐𝘕𝘎 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨?” 𝘖𝘙
“𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘋𝘖 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘐 𝘥𝘰, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘴”.’
You can operate in BOTH personas when you know which one you are good at and which area you need help with. Managing both personas greatly influences your progress.
A great place to start is to talk to someone who you’ve seen or know can operate in the persona you hardly operate in. Take note of how they operate in that persona and follow suit.
Keturah Adams