How birds set goals

Think of someone you know who is successful - how do they act or behave? What are their traits? Do you think this helped them succeed? How do you compare? What characteristics of yours do you think affect the way you achieve?

Some traits are more in tune with success and achievement than others, but it doesn't mean that the rest of us are doomed! We just need to be aware of what characteristics help us achieve and use these to our advantage - and what characteristics hold us back and turn these into positive drivers.

Sp to set your own goals, you need to understand yourself and your personality first. Goal setting is a personal journey, so it is important for you to know what makes you unique and what makes you tick.

But what can I tell you about yourself that you don't already know?

Well nothing. But I can help you to understand how your natural traits and characteristics - the way you behave, and how this affects how you succeed and therefore your individual goal setting journey. After all, it's all about you!

Behaviour Profiling in Goal Setting - and what this has to do with birds!
The concept of a behaviour profile was developed in the late 1920's as a result of psychologist Dr. William Marston's theory that there are four basic personality types - D for Dominant, I for Influencer, S for Steady and C for Compliant (or DISC for short).

Over the years, different versions of the same theory developed including BEST (Bold-Expressive-Sympathetic-Technical) and Dr. Gary Couture's version using bird names (Dove, Owl, Peacock and Eagle).

The 'bird' version has become quite popular as most people can relate easier to a visual object like a bird, rather than just a descriptive word. For this reason, we'll go with Dr. Couture's 'bird' version - besides, wouldn't you rather describe yourself as an 'Eagle' or 'Dove' instead of 'Dominant' or 'Compliant'?

You and I fit into one of these basic personality types, which define the way we interact with other people, the way we go about life, our personal drivers and how we succeed. We will often relate better to people who have a similar behaviour profile, and find other behaviour patterns annoying and maybe even a little intimidating.

But more importantly, these behaviours have a major impact on how we progress through life.

So what are the 4 behaviour types? In a nutshell they are:

Dove: The compassionate and peaceful dove. The dove is people-orientated, loyal, friendly, hard working and a great team player but tends to avoid change, confrontation, risk-taking and assertiveness.

Owl: The wise owl. The owl is logical, mathematically minded, methodical and sometimes seen as a perfectionist. The owl can be slow to make decisions and inflexible if rules and logic says otherwise. Owls are not big risk takers but love detail.

Peacock: The showy peacock. The peacock loves talking, being the centre of attention, has passion/ enthusiasm and is happy/ optimistic. Peacocks can be accused of talking too much, and aren't good with detail or time-control.

Eagle: The bold eagle. Eagles are dominant, stimulated by challenge, decisive and direct. Eagles can be blunt/ stubborn, can lose sight of the big-picture and can be insensitive to other people's needs. Eagles are natural achievers.

What bird are you?
Think about yourself for a minute. Do you fit any of the above types? Perhaps you have traits of a couple of profiles (which is more than likely)?

If you aren't sure, then try using this
How your behaviour profile will influence your goal setting
Now that you have an understanding of your behaviour profile, find out how your behaviour profile will influence your goal setting by reading the DOPE Test Interpretation in the resource section. Remember that you may have traits from a couple of different profiles.

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