The Life Styles Inventory

The Life Styles Inventory

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Tashiana Carter

January 14, 2010

GM 591

Tashiana Carter

January 14, 2010

GM 591

Life Styles Circumplex Profile

The Life Styles Inventory scores display how I think and behave in most environments. There are three different styles: constructive, passive/defensive, and aggressive/defensive. According to the Life Styles Inventory Self-Description “the constructive styles reflect self-enhancing thinking and behavior that contribute to one’s level of satisfaction, ability to develop healthy relationships and work effectively with people, and proficiency at accomplishing tasks. The passive /defensive styles represent self-protecting thinking and behavior that promote the fulfillment of security needs through interaction with people. The aggressive/defensive styles reflect self promoting thinking and behavior used to maintain one’s status/position and fulfill security needs through task-related activities.”[1]

Personal Thinking Styles

After taking the Life Styles Inventory Survey, I discovered that my primary or highest percentile thinking style is “Achievement”, which had a percentile score of 69. My backup or second highest percentile thinking style is “Conventional”, which had a percentile score of 63.

The primary thinking style “achievement” is under the constructive styles. There are many characteristics under this area, but the ones that are most manifested into my life and work are: ambitious, high level of aspiration, likes tasks that require skill, sets own goals, enjoys planning, earns others’ confidence and respect, results-oriented leader, and good analytic skills. To be ambitious is to possess an unusually strong desire to accomplish a goal, or even a work related project. In both my personal and work life I tend to be very ambitious. I set goals and will go above and beyond to complete them to the best of my ability. I have a very high level of aspiration. I set goals many...