VALUE

THREE | VALUE

At their best, Threes are role models who inspire others towards success.  Driven, image-conscious and adaptable, Threes want to be recognized as successful to avoid feelings of failure. 

Their focus tends to go towards accomplishing tasks in order to win recognition from others.  When obstacles arise, they have a low tolerance for incompetence and are prone to workaholism.

Their challenge is to step out of their roles, slow down to "smell the roses", and spend quality time with the people they care the most about.

We can support Threes by letting them know we appreciate them for who they are, not for what they do.  Communicating what is really important to us is helpful as well.  In conflict, Threes want to be recognized for their hard work;  be sure to let them know you see their comptency and express why you value their ability to reach the desired goal.

Strengths:                         Successful, energetic, high achiever

Challenges:                      Overworked, impatient, competitive

Speaking Style:                Enthusiastic, motivating themselves and others for success.

Basic Proposition

The original state of hope in which things work according to universal law (and independently from anyone’s effort) goes into the background in a world that Type Threes perceive as rewarding “doing,” not “being.” Type Threes come to believe that they can gain love, recognition and acceptance through performance, “doing,” and success. Concurrently, they develop a go-ahead energy of self-deception to match the image of success and approval. Type Threes’ attention naturally goes to tasks, goals, and items to accomplish. Identification glues the structure together by helping Type Threes take on the attributes of the desired image as their own. Their ultimate concern or fear is the inability to do or accomplish anything, and resultingly becoming a total failure or incapacitated. As compensation, they sometimes control and dominate by taking charge, becoming impatient, being insensitive towards others, overriding others’ feelings, demanding performance, and becoming angry at obstructions. They believe in the phrase, “One is what one does and performs.”

Basic Propositions were written by Dr. David Daniels, M.D.