The Overachiever
Needs:The Overachiever is extremely motivated to consistently perform across all contexts and be the best at what he does. The Overachiever is driven by the need to go beyond his capacities and make sense of what he is doing. His aims are related to the pursuit of meaningful actions, purpose in life and going beyond basic, individual and social needs. The Overachiever prefers intense competition at all costs.
Knowledge:The Overachiever tends to have advanced knowledge in one or multiple fields. His knowledge is based on principles which have been scientifically, rationally and logically established. The Overachiever’s scientific knowledge is obtained by the accumulation of experience, education, scientific methods, research protocols and experimentation. Scientific knowledge allows him to build and organize information in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the world. The Overachiever constantly seeks to use this knowledge to demonstrate that he is the best.
Values:The Overachiever is a demanding person who wants to be the best and knows what is good for him. His basic individual values are related mainly to his personal opinions and thus ignore social norms or commonly recognized values. Basic values or instincts allow the Overachiever to distinguish between good and evil from his unique perspective. The Overachiever may have difficulties with social interaction because he is seen as too aggressive.
The Opportunist
Needs:The Opportunist acts ambitiously to satisfy needs that could bring him pleasure. The Opportunist voraciously pursues the means to satisfy and exceed instinctual needs.
Knowledge:The Opportunist is a natural risk taker who uses smarts and logic to take immediate advantage of new opportunities. The Opportunist’s knowledge is based on principles which have been rationally and logically established and are generally recognized. The Opportunist obtains knowledge through work experience, education, specific methods, or experimentation. He is talented at organizing information in the form of testable explanations and predictions about specific situations.
Values:The Opportunist behaves with limited regard for principles or consequences to others. His basic individual values are related mainly to his instincts and experience-based knowledge and thus ignore social norms or commonly recognized values. Basic values or instincts allow the Opportunist to distinguish between good and bad from his unique perspective. Social interaction could be restricted to actions guided primarily by self-interest.
The Autonomous Thinker
Needs:The Autonomous Thinker is driven by needs self-transcendence. His aims are related to the pursuit of meaningful actions, purpose in life and going beyond basic, individual and social needs .
Knowledge:The Autonomous Thinker is a person of deep insight and intuition. Intuitive knowledge allows the Autonomous Thinker to make good use of his unique insight in all situations. His intuitive knowledge is based on inspirational principles that are often disruptive and do not necessarily correspond to social standards. Some could see the Autonomous Thinker’s knowledge as “great wisdom”, while others might view it as an obscure way to explain the world. Intuitive knowledge drives the Autonomous Thinker to a continuous personal quest, which sometimes pushes him to retreat from social activities.
Values:The Autonomous Thinker is a person who looks for answers within himself. His basic individual values are related mainly to his instincts and intuitive knowledge and thus ignore social norms or commonly recognized values. Basic values or instincts allow the Autonomous Thinker to distinguish between good and bad from his unique inwardly-focused perspective.
Your sphere of influence
Your predominant sphere of influence is myself
We each use our own personal resources to influence others while building relationships, so each of us has a different way of influencing our own environment. Praditus believes that an individual can actually work on three levels of influence: yourself, others and society. Therefore what we call the “sphere of influence” is in fact how you use your personal resources to have an impact at the level where you want to operate :
Yourself: at this stage you believe that you can use your personal resources and actions chiefly to affect your own desires and decisions.
Others: at this stage you are aware of the possibility of influencing other people, colleagues, family and friends by using your personal resources.
Society: at this stage you consciously intend to make a change by acting upon a large number of people: not just yourself, relatives and close friends, but also everyone you encounter in your daily activities, whether personal or professional.