Those whose dominant personality Advantage** is Alert lead others to taking action and to act with a sense of urgency. One of your strengths is keeping things on budget, on time, and making sure that even complicated plans and ideas get done and done well. You’re also known as being very good at foreseeing possible problems and helping others to steer clear of them. If problems do crop up, you want to get right on top of them as soon as possible to keep them from getting any bigger. You are rational, detail-oriented and prefer to work step-by-step rather than multi-task. If one of your ministry roles is preaching or some other form of communication, you’ll be perceived as having your points very well connected so it’s easy for others to follow your thinking.
As with the other Advantages, when Alert is your dominant Advantage there are a couple of areas where you need to be careful. Your love for details will be a blessing when planning a program or something like a building project. But when communicating your ministry message, there will be some listeners for whom there is such a thing as too many details. Learn to save some of your juicy tidbits for the next message. Also, your desire that everything be done well will have some perceive you as a perfectionist. This, plus your ability to foresee potential problems and alert others to them can become a way of being critical and judgmental. Be careful about how you communicate your desires that things be done ‘right’ and avoiding problems so that others know your care about them and your appreciation for what they do, even when it’s not exactly like you want it.
Remember Paul’s words (Romans 12 & 1 Corinthians 12) that we are each a member of the body of Christ. Each part/member of the body has gifts to offer to the whole. No matter what our part is, we are not the whole of the body and cannot go it alone. Whatever your primary Advantage is, those whose dominant Advantage is Alert have a gift from God. May you use your dominant Advantage in gratitude to God and for the blessing of those you serve. May you also value the gifts that come from those who have Advantages that differ from yours. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Notes: * This material is based on the work of Sally Hogshead from her book, How the World Sees You: Discover Your Highest Value Through the Science of Fascination, ©2014.
** Through her research, Sally Hogshead has identified 7 personality types, which she calls Advantages. We each have all 7 of these, but there is one that we use most often. It’s our dominant Advantage. This article looks at one of these 7 Advantages.
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