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We talk about the DISC styles in terms of people, but meetings can have a style too…and the style of the meeting usually correlates with the style of the person running it. The irony is, we don’t even realize that we are running meeting that satisfy our internal...

What if everyone wore a button identifying their DISC style? While I’m not suggesting that we all go out and buy buttons containing our DISC style… it would make interactions at work and at home a lot easier. We wouldn’t have to figure out if we need to be direct or...

We all know that mistakes are a part of life, but not everyone deals with mistakes in the same way. In fact, our DISC style has an impact on how willing we are to make mistakes and how we respond after we’ve made them. People with the take charge, direct and confident...

While on tour in the 1980s Van Halen instructed stage crews, via a clause embedded in their tour contract, that a bowl full of M&Ms be placed backstage with all brown M&Ms removed. At the time people thought that the band members were acting like frivolous...

When people think about the DISC model of personality, people don’t tend to relate DISC and lying. Interestingly, they come together in the Wonder Woman character. Confused? Let’s go back to the early 1900s and take a quick look at William Moulton Marston’s...

We are keenly aware that at times, other people push our buttons. But we don’t put much thought into the notion that we may push other peoples buttons too. And what’s worse, we may be unwittingly pushing their buttons just by being who we are. The DISC styles can help...

Out of the four DISC styles, the Supportive S style is most prone to experience worrying. This happens when there is an excessive and irrational fear about everyday things that is disproportional to what is causing the person to worry At worst, when this occurs, the...

Ever notice that some people have a proverbial sign on their forehead that says “cut to the chase!”? If you speak a little bit long, their body language gets fidgety, they instinctively reach for their phone then pull back, their eyes dart around. They’re trying to be...

Each of the DISC styles has a different way of knowing that they are right. Let’s take a look: When do D’s know they’re right? When they wake up each morning. D’s possess a natural confidence about their ability to achieve whatever they set their minds to. By actively...

There is common thread among many of history’s great philosophers and masters. Socrates said it most succinctly in his guiding principle, “Know thyself.” The Tao Te Ching stated, “Knowing others is intelligence, knowing yourself is true wisdom.” And in Hamlet, William...