People with this pairing derive real joy and energy from providing others with astute and empathic assistance, based on their intuition and instinct. They are quintessential team players, bringing together exceptional, timely and shrewd counsel, in a selfless manner. They sometimes hesitate to push people to heed their advice, and can be deferential to others when they sense resistance. These tendencies can often leave them feeling underappreciated.
Your Working Geniuses
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Discernment
You are naturally gifted at and derive energy and joy from using your intuition and instincts to evaluate and assess ideas or plans.
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Enablement
You are naturally gifted at and derive energy and joy from providing others with encouragement and assistance for projects and tasks.
They Crave
Trust. They want you to trust their judgement, instincts, and assessment of things.
Appreciation. They want to be acknowledged for their inherent value, but they are not necessarily seeking recognition, attention, or credit. "That made a big difference. You really helped."
They Are Crushed By
"Prove it." They dislike having to argue for people to believe what their gut is telling them.
Being overlooked. They dislike it when their efforts are taken for granted — when you don't acknowledge that they have helped, or if you ignore the impact of their work.
About These Geniuses
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Discernment
The Genius of Discernment involves making sound judgements relying on instinct and intuition across a wide variety of situations. It entails pattern recognition and integrative thinking, rather than expertise, knowledge, or data. As such, people with Discernment have a knack for and derive energy and joy from evaluating whether or not an idea is sound, or if it requires further tweaking and adjustments. The benefits of Discernment include curating, evaluating, and identifying the best ideas, and avoiding the ones that aren't good, or refining those that aren't yet ready.
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Enablement
The Genius of Enablement involves answering the call to action and seamlessly providing others with the unconditional support and assistance they need. People with this genius get energy and joy from providing others with the support they need to get something started, and by providing the human glue required to hold it together. Even though people with Enablement are often ideal team members, they sometimes discount the importance of their genius, mistakenly believing that they are simply amenable or 'nice.' The benefits of this genius include higher morale and greater interpersonal appreciation and support.
Competency or Frustration
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Wonder
You are naturally gifted at and derive energy and joy from pondering the possibility of greater potential and opportunity in a given situation.
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Invention
You are naturally gifted at and derive energy and joy from creating original and novel ideas and solutions.
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Galvanizing
You are naturally gifted at and derive energy and joy from rallying people and inspiring them to take action around ideas, projects, or tasks.
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Tenacity
You are naturally gifted at and derive energy and joy from pushing projects and tasks through to completion to ensure that the desired results are achieved.