YOUR #1 DRIVING FORCE IS: Significance
You like feeling special and important to others. Your need to matter and make a difference drives you to create a strong sense of identity.
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How does this need drive your life? Scroll down and find out.
Your powers
- A sense of purpose: You know what you’re doing and why. Maybe you gain purpose through earning money, academic success, or a massive Twitter following.
- Accomplishments: You set goals and achieve them. Then you set more goals. You can do anything you set your mind to, no matter if it’s tough.
- Care and compassion: Another way to get significance is through commitment to community, charity, and other kinds of causes.
- Uniqueness: Whether it’s your personal style or signature incredible talents, you stand out from the rest.
Your kryptonite
- Overly status-focused: You mark your progress by keeping track of others to make sure you’re doing better and feel upset if you feel behind. Material possessions, degrees and money are common ways people gain significance.
- Individualism: You always want to lead, not follow. To some, you seem cold and uncaring. You can have trouble relating to others because need to be the best. Not very connected can make giving and receiving love challenging.
- Perfectionism: The dark side of significance, you can get overly judgmental of others as well as yourself.
- Anger/Violence: Anger can be a way to gain attention when you feel insignificant; the same goes for violence. You also can significance from having bigger problems than others around you.
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Where to shift your focus
- Connect with others: Humans crave connection, not just recognition. Being respected and admired by many, but loved by few, is not a formula for lifelong happiness. What can you do to gain deeper connections with others around you?
- Relax: Instead of always thinking about what you need to achieve, indulge in pleasurable experiences just for the sake of the moment. Try things that won’t give you special respect or admiration. You don’t have to be an expert at something to enjoy it.
- Growth and Contribution: Combined, these two needs make us feel fulfilled and whole. Happiness isn’t about holding yourself to high standards; it comes from giving joy to share with the others in your life who need it. Think about others’ needs instead of just your own. How can you start giving back while you continue to grow?
Next Steps
Discover even more about your inner forces
Your driving forces (top human needs) will push you forward, but there is something that could hold you back – your beliefs. Learn how to identify your limiting beliefs so you can replace them with empowering ones.
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