The Mirror Law And The DiSC Behavioural Profile Personality QuizThe short story that follows illustrates the power of this tool and how it helped me in a big way, particularly when coupled with the application of the Mirror Law, which is one of the universal laws. “A person’s strength, when used inappropriately, becomes a weakness.” —Dr. John Geier Your strengths, when taken to extremes can be as much of a liability as your weaknesses Strengths can be weaknessesAllow me to share a very personal experience I had recently that has highlighted that fact in my own life. Hopefully, it will help to illustrate three important things, as well as to help you analyse your own behaviour and how other people react to it.Firstly, is that you need to be aware of your strengths and moderate them in order that they do not become weaknesses. Secondly, the Mirror Law and the fact that what we get from other people is often a reflection or reaction to our own actions. Thirdly, the power of having an effective and thoroughly researched personality quiz to guide you along. A personal experienceRecently, on our way home from work, my wife and I were having an interesting discussion on the recent political developments in the country.However, the discussion soon turned thorny and we had to spend the rest of that drive home in silence as neither of us was interested in what the other had to say anymore. On getting home I brought up the issue and later wished I had not. The reason is that during the course of our discussion about what had happened in the car my wife made a statement that really upset me. What she said in a nutshell was that I always want to have the last word on something and that I sometimes make people feel dull without necessarily meaning it to happen. That was the end of that conversation too. I was so touched by that. I remember spending the rest of the evening in bed. I mean, here I was doing motivational writing and speaking and the one thing I am really passionate about is helping other people find their own genius and bring out the best in themselves and meanwhile I am told that I make people feel dull. There was no way that could be true, I thought. After all, I thought, I care about other people’s feelings and am very careful not to step on anyone’s toes. The DiSC Behavioural Profile Personality QuizI considered it for a few days, struggling with the idea in my mind and even not wanting to think about it at all. A lot of my past experiences kept coming to mind.I wondered if some of the friends I had grown distant with felt the same way or if some of my relatives who have trouble talking to me felt the same way. I could see that there was a certain pattern to it, but did not want to face it. The DiSC Behavioural Styles for Understanding Self and Others is an amazing personality quiz that assesses your personality by just asking a few questions. It is based on years of scientific research and its accuracy as a personality quiz is baffling. The DiSC profile personality quiz showed that my behaviour style was that of Dominance. I seek control and results and tend to act decisively. It further stated that I was direct and self assured, seizing opportunities. Furthermore, it said that these same traits when taken too far would become intimidating, aggressive, domineering, boastful or sarcastic. Oh Oh! There it was – the thing I did not want to hear. My wife was right all along! She had observed these undesirable traits in me and this tool confirmed it. I could not deny it anymore. I had to face the facts. Digging up the past and applying the Mirror LawIn so doing I went over certain experiences I had had and realised that people seemed to withdraw from me or avoid my company simply because they were reacting to the way I had treated them. All long I had thought they were simply difficult people and that they were confused or other things like that.But the fact is that I had probably pushed them away by always insisting on getting my way and letting my confidence become overbearing and boastful. The Mirror Law, that states that what we see in others is often a reflection of ourselves, had shown me that that was probably the case. In so doing I had gained a better understanding of myself. Using the Mirror Law and DiSC Peronality quiz for positive changeSo I realised that I had to make a change. Our strengths are a good thing, but if we rely on them too much or if we let them get to extremes they ultimately become weaknesses instead. I really appreciated the value of tools such as the DiSC Behavioural Profile in helping people understand themselves better.There is a Chinese saying that goes: "The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials." It is such inner trials that lead us towards perfection. In knowing and understanding our weaknesses we are placed in a position of power because then we are able to make a choice and change for the better. The person who is not willing to do this is doomed to repeat the same patterns and make the same mistake all their life. Life Coaching is beneficial in all areas of lifeIn this experience I am most grateful for two things. The first is the coaching that I have received over the past few months that has really helped me to gain deeper insight into my life and to take charge of and make progress in a lot of areas.Particularly with tools such the DiSC personality quiz at hand the process is made easier and very practical. I would not hesitate to recommend one on one life coaching for anyone who is passionate about living a more balanced, successful and fulfilled life whether that be in the financial, family, health or spiritual arena. Life coaching in combination with such personality quiz profiles can mean faster progress towards dealing with your challenges and goals. The second is my wife – for having the courage to tell me something about myself that I clearly did not wish to see. Other people are always there to teach us something about ourselves, whether it is through their reaction to us or through what they say. We just have to be willing to observe and listen and be open to seeing ourselves in them. Most importantly, we have to be willing to change. Return from DiSC Personality Quiz to Life Coaching HOME
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