The Four Tendencies

[Daenera]

Another test yay!

http://https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/1950137/Four-Tendencies-January-2015

This one is apparently about how you respond to expectations, yours and those of other people.

My result:

According to your answers, your dominant Tendency is Questioner.




Questioners question all expectations, and will meet an expectation only if they believe it’s justified, so in effect, they meet only inner expectations.



Once Questioners believe that a particular habit is worthwhile, they’ll stick to it—but only if they’re satisfied about the habit’s soundness and usefulness. They resist anything arbitrary or ineffective; they accept direction only from people they respect.



Questioners may exhaust themselves (and other people) with their relentless questioning, and they sometimes find it hard to act without perfect information.



If you’re thinking, “Well, right now I question the validity of the Four Tendencies framework,” yep, you’re probably a Questioner!

 

[five sounds]

According to your answers, your dominant Tendency is Rebel.

Rebels resist all expectations, outer and inner alike. They act from a sense of choice, from freedom. Rebels wake up and think, “What do I want to do today?”

They resist control, even self-control, and enjoy flouting rules and expectations. They sometimes frustrate others—and even themselves—because they resist any expectation, even one that’s self-imposed.

Rebels resist habits, but they can embrace habit-like behaviors by tying their actions to their choices and their identity.

 

[Totenkindly]

According to your answers, your dominant Tendency is Obliger.

Obligers respond readily to outer expectations, but struggle to meet inner expectations. In other words, they work hard not to let other people down, but they often let themselves down.

Obligers may find it difficult to form a habit, because often we undertake habits for our own benefit, and Obligers do things more easily for others than for themselves.

For Obligers, the key to forming habits is to create external accountability.

 

[chickpea]

According to your answers, your dominant Tendency

Rebels resist all expectations, outer and inner alike. They act from a sense of choice, from freedom. Rebels wake up and think, “What do I want to do today?”

They resist control, even self-control, and enjoy flouting rules and expectations. They sometimes frustrate others—and even themselves—because they resist any expectation, even one that’s self-imposed.

Rebels resist habits, but they can embrace habit-like behaviors by tying their actions to their choices and their identity.

 

[Galena]

The Obliger: keeps external commitments, but is less apt at motivating oneself. No, not so happy with this result.

I did not relate to the few Obliger answers that mentioned over-committing oneself for others. I am very selective about what I say yes to because I know I will not go back on a commitment once it is made. So, I have exactly enough time for my own interests. My management of that time is just another story.

 

[BadOctopus]

My dominant Tendency is Questioner.

Not surprising, considering my childhood. My least favorite thing to hear was "Because I said so" or "Because I'm the mother". Even at a young age, I was like, "That's not a reason at all!"

 

[Bush]

According to your answers, your dominant Tendency is Rebel.

Rebels resist all expectations, outer and inner alike. They act from a sense of choice, from freedom. Rebels wake up and think, “What do I want to do today?”

They resist control, even self-control, and enjoy flouting rules and expectations. They sometimes frustrate others—and even themselves—because they resist any expectation, even one that’s self-imposed.

Rebels resist habits, but they can embrace habit-like behaviors by tying their actions to their choices and their identity.​

Wholly expected this. Not surprised, but also not disappointed. Questioner would also do.

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Interesting system. There are two facets, "outer expectations" and "inner expectations," which one holds or not. This binary system leads to four possibilities:

• Upholder holds all expectations, inner and outer. He's the duty man.
• Questioner upholds his own inner expectations, but questions outer expectations and tries to determine whether he thinks they make sense before he goes off and upholds them.
• Obliger sacrifices his own inner expectations for those of others.
• Rebel doesn't give a flying flip about any expectations at all.

Looks like there's a chapter on it: Better than Before, chapter "The Four Tendencies."



edit:

This one is apparently about how you respond to expectations, yours and those of other people.

Oops, beaten.

 

[Jaguar]

According to your answers, your dominant Tendency is Rebel.

 

[Vasilisa]

tendency

According to your answers, your dominant Tendency is
Upholder.​

Upholders respond readily to both outer and inner expectations: they meet deadlines and keep New Year’s resolutions without much struggle or supervision.

Upholders take great satisfaction from moving smoothly through their daily schedule and their to-do lists. They meet others’ expectations—and their expectations for themselves.

However, Upholders may feel uneasy when expectations aren’t clear, when they’re worried that they’re breaking the rules, or when they feel overwhelmed by expectations they seek to meet.

They enjoy habits, and form habits fairly easily.

NOTE: If the Upholder description doesn’t ring quite true to you, you may be an Obliger. Obligers often believe they’re Upholders, because both categories readily meet outer expectations. However, there’s a key difference. Upholders also meet inner expectations, while Obligers struggle to meet them. The key is: how easily do you meet an expectation to yourself? If that’s tough, you’re an Obliger.

 

[EJCC]

Very, VERY strongly this. I think I picked the answer for this result on almost every question.

According to your answers, your dominant Tendency is Upholder.

Upholders respond readily to both outer and inner expectations: they meet deadlines and keep New Year’s resolutions without much struggle or supervision.

Upholders take great satisfaction from moving smoothly through their daily schedule and their to-do lists. They meet others’ expectations—and their expectations for themselves.

However, Upholders may feel uneasy when expectations aren’t clear, when they’re worried that they’re breaking the rules, or when they feel overwhelmed by expectations they seek to meet.

They enjoy habits, and form habits fairly easily.

 

[Lady Lazarus]

According to your answers, your dominant Tendency is Rebel.

Rebels resist all expectations, outer and inner alike. They act from a sense of choice, from freedom. Rebels wake up and think, “What do I want to do today?”

They resist control, even self-control, and enjoy flouting rules and expectations. They sometimes frustrate others—and even themselves—because they resist any expectation, even one that’s self-imposed.

Rebels resist habits, but they can embrace habit-like behaviors by tying their actions to their choices and their identity.

In actuality I'm probably some combination of this and questioner.

 

[chickpea]

In actuality I'm probably some combination of this and questioner.

yeah, I think questioner was a close second for me.

 

[Oaky]

According to your answers, your dominant Tendency is Upholder.

 

[Such Irony]

Questioner


Questioners question all expectations, and will meet an expectation only if they believe it’s justified, so in effect, they meet only inner expectations.

Once Questioners believe that a particular habit is worthwhile, they’ll stick to it—but only if they’re satisfied about the habit’s soundness and usefulness. They resist anything arbitrary or ineffective; they accept direction only from people they respect.

Questioners may exhaust themselves (and other people) with their relentless questioning, and they sometimes find it hard to act without perfect information.

If you’re thinking, “Well, right now I question the validity of the Four Tendencies framework,” yep, you’re probably a Questioner!

 

[HongDou]

Rebels resist all expectations, outer and inner alike. They act from a sense of choice, from freedom. Rebels wake up and think, “What do I want to do today?”

They resist control, even self-control, and enjoy flouting rules and expectations. They sometimes frustrate others—and even themselves—because they resist any expectation, even one that’s self-imposed.

Rebels resist habits, but they can embrace habit-like behaviors by tying their actions to their choices and their identity.

The last part sounds a little hippy-ish, but other than that this is true. I suck at following through, even if it's something I want to do myself. I just kind of go with the flow each day. I wish I was more rigorous with myself.

 

[Evastover]

I got Obliger.

 

[Falcarius]

According to your answers, your dominant Tendency is Upholder.

 

[grey_beard]

According to your answers, your dominant Tendency is
Upholder.

Upholders respond readily to both outer and inner expectations: they meet deadlines and keep New Year’s resolutions without much struggle or supervision.

Upholders take great satisfaction from moving smoothly through their daily schedule and their to-do lists. They meet others’ expectations—and their expectations for themselves.

However, Upholders may feel uneasy when expectations aren’t clear, when they’re worried that they’re breaking the rules, or when they feel overwhelmed by expectations they seek to meet.

They enjoy habits, and form habits fairly easily.

NOTE: If the Upholder description doesn’t ring quite true to you, you may be an Obliger. Obligers often believe they’re Upholders, because both categories readily meet outer expectations. However, there’s a key difference. Upholders also meet inner expectations, while Obligers struggle to meet them. The key is: how easily do you meet an expectation to yourself? If that’s tough, you’re an Obliger.

 

[Ghost]

Rebel:

“I do what I want, in my own way. If you try to make me do something—even if I try to make myself do something—I’m less likely to do it.”

Rebels resist all expectations, outer and inner alike.

They choose to act from a sense of choice, of freedom. Rebels wake up and think, “What do I want to do today?”

They resist control, even self-control, and usually enjoy flouting rules and expectations.

Rebels place a high value on authenticity and self-determination, and bring an unshackled spirit to what they do. Rebels work toward their own goals, in their own way, and while they refuse to do what they’re “supposed” to do, they can accomplish their own aims.

But Rebels often frustrate others because they can’t be asked or told to do anything. They don’t care if “people are counting on you,” “you said you’d do it,” “your parents will be upset,” “it’s against the rules,” “this is the deadline,” or “it’s rude.” In fact, asking or telling Rebels to do something often makes them do just the opposite.

The people around Rebels must guard against accidentally igniting their spirit of opposition—particularly challenging for the parents of Rebel children.

In fact, Rebels sometimes frustrate even themselves, because they can’t tell themselves what to do.

Hm. This tendency might be why people see me and my dad as being similar.

 

[laterlazer]

Obligers respond readily to outer expectations, but struggle to meet inner expectations. In other words, they work hard not to let other people down, but they often let themselves down.

Obligers may find it difficult to form a habit, because often we undertake habits for our own benefit, and Obligers do things more easily for others than for themselves.

For Obligers, the key to forming habits is to create external accountability.

I could smell this result from a mile away when I started, sad but true though, I only ever get worried about disappointing people otherwise I don't care about anything.