Your Worldview
 
 
A worldview includes your philosophy of life or conception of the world. It is your overarching context or view of “how things are.”
 
 
 
 
 
 
SUBJECTIVISM
 
 
The view that there is no external or objective truth and reality is what is imagined or 'of the mind.'
 
 
 
 
IDEALISM
 
 
The practice of forming ideals or living under their influence.
 
 
 
 
NARRATIVE: POSSIBILITIES
 
 
In transaction, often sees possibilities as limitless; there are a multitude of solutions.
 
 
 
 
SELF-ACTIONAL
 
 
If it is to be, it is up to me. I am an overlord of my world, I know best, and I can turn things out.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Your Superpower
 
 
The value you bring to others or yourself, in exchanges or transactions.
 
 
 
 
 
 
THE FUTURE
 
 
The enthusiasm to explore uncharted and often bold futures.
 
 
 
 
VISION & CONTROL
 
 
A mind often working on a five to ten year plan; a vision worth getting behind.
 
 
 
 
IMAGINATIVE, STRATEGIC, OPTIMISTIC
 
 
A vision for how things could come together towards a satisfactory outcome for all involved.
 
 
 
 
POSITIVE MOODS
 
 
The glass is almost always half-full of new possibilities.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Your Kryptonite
 
 
The cost you are to others or yourself, in exchanges or transactions.
 
 
 
 
 
 
EGO
 
 
Big ideas come with big egos. While this is required for uncharted territory, be careful not to bully others into submission. Learn to say "I don't know."
 
 
 
 
INDEPENDENT
 
 
Just because you can do it all yourself doesn't mean you should. Independence is a kind of poverty (this is why some great ideas never take off). Beware.
 
 
 
 
BROODING / ARROGANCE
 
 
When you are uncertain or noodling on a problem, you can get broody and arrogant. Careful not to get it on others.
 
 
 
 
SEE OTHERS AS IDIOTS
 
 
Inventors see others as either equals or idiots (and for you, there are few equals).
 
 
 
 
 
 
More to come...
 
 
Stay tuned for more about how your personality and behavior impact everyday transactions.
 
 
 
 
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