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Thursday, January 17, 2008
The Medicine Wheel
An item we learned about today called The Medicine Wheel, based on something from Lakota Sioux, which is supposed to help when starting a new team. It's based on your personality - there are 4 types, and they break it up by North/South, East/West. Here are the characteristics:
NORTH
Direct
Decisive
Quick to Act
Likes to Be in Charge
Assertive
Confrontational
Takes Risks
Task-oriented
SOUTH
Supportive
Team Player
Values Feelings Nurturing
People Oriented
Trusting
Vulnerable
Open
EAST
Big Picture
Visionary
Creative
Idea Person
Artistic
Experimenter
Innovative
Works in Spurts of Energy
WEST
Thorough
Analytical
Practical
Careful
Likes Research
Conservative
Pragmatic
Finds Flaws
Detail Oriented
We were only allowed to pick one of the directions, and then we grouped ourselves in the room accordingly. Most people are a mix of these, and if you were to plot it out on an x/y axis, no one would be on the actual axis lines, but in quadrants, like North-East, South-West, etc.
So what are you, if you had to choose one?
NORTH
Direct
Decisive
Quick to Act
Likes to Be in Charge
Assertive
Confrontational
Takes Risks
Task-oriented
SOUTH
Supportive
Team Player
Values Feelings Nurturing
People Oriented
Trusting
Vulnerable
Open
EAST
Big Picture
Visionary
Creative
Idea Person
Artistic
Experimenter
Innovative
Works in Spurts of Energy
WEST
Thorough
Analytical
Practical
Careful
Likes Research
Conservative
Pragmatic
Finds Flaws
Detail Oriented
We were only allowed to pick one of the directions, and then we grouped ourselves in the room accordingly. Most people are a mix of these, and if you were to plot it out on an x/y axis, no one would be on the actual axis lines, but in quadrants, like North-East, South-West, etc.
So what are you, if you had to choose one?
posted by Hugo Minor # 5:31 PM 
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I'd also like to know what you are.
I'm SOUTH. And probably really more like SOUTH EAST.
Lakota Sioux were/are in Western Minnesota and/or South Dakota, I think.
I'm SOUTH. And probably really more like SOUTH EAST.
Lakota Sioux were/are in Western Minnesota and/or South Dakota, I think.
I am definitely most Western, although these are the same traits that bog me down, because they're too overpowering and actually get in the way of the work. I wish I were more Easterly.
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