I like setting up systems - I love strategising, designing. And so I get ushered into management positions because I'm 'so good' at organising. I've been treasurer in two different clubs. For that role you want someone who attends to details, constantly. That. is. not. me. I might do it for you, because the act supports a principle I think is important ... BUT. Maybe you don't have the 'patience' to teach. Perhaps you are 'quite happy' with the way things are done and see no reason to change. Maybe you're content to leave the decisions to others. Maybe you leave any needed cleaning up because it can always be done later ... i Work where you're energised. EVERYONE benefits. Founders, I'm looking at you.

@Jason Smith You're welcome. I agree that our emotional reaction to circumstances is the impetus that causes us to act, to support a condition we think needs it.

@Mark Townsend You are right of course. Agency is controllable. And your third dimension is that which I encourage people to expand into, taking control consciously, rather than instinctively.

Yes we are multidimensional, and the strongest instinct has no more effect than a 'tendency to be strongest', at many times it may not be. If Establishing Direction is the action your dominant instinct impels, I'd expect you make decisions confidently, and be able to easily weigh the apparent options and make choices about where to commit your energy - or where others should. But you might have another instinct almost as strong - and those two might be weakened or strengthened by a third, depending on which it is. In me: my triggering instinct more often than not causes me to take actions 'Clarifying Reality'. I stop and verify. I at least review experiences and draw conclusions about what has happened. When faced with circumstances, I tend to ask first "What is going on?" But my dominant, driving instinct impels actions that Forge Ideas. Much of what I do revolves around identifying new ways to do things. But I'm not just an ideator. Caught up between the two is an instinct that impels actions to Stimulate Understanding. The combination of these influences produces the 'Clarifying Ideas' pattern. I strategise. Most people will have, like me, a recurring, dominant pattern in their actions that reflects the influences of two or more instincts, plus other factors. The tendencies recognition exercise will only give you a piece of the puzzle. But thinking about which action you see yourself doing often is a good way to start your understanding of the patterns that communicate everything that matters.