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Name: Kalimah Priforce

All Action Items For Command

Affirming Command as A Signature Theme

You see what needs to be done, and you are willing to say so.
You are willing to go into a confrontation and argue because you
know that what is right will prevail, and confrontations often help
get things moving.
You can jump into a conflict, crisis, or emergency and take charge
of the situation.
Other people may be threatened, offended, or put off by the
power you can command, but most wish they had some of your
talents.
Command talents are valuable because they help you positively
impact other people. You can help people and entire organizations
get through difficult times and make substantive changes in the
midst of chaos.

Developing Command Talents Into Strengths

Seek roles in which you will be asked to persuade others.

Consider whether selling might be a good career for you.
You don't shy away from confrontation. Practice the words, the
tones, and the techniques that will turn your ability to confront
into real persuasiveness.
In your relationships, seize opportunities to speak plainly and
directly about sensitive subjects. Your close friends may welcome
and appreciate your unwillingness to hide from the truth.
Help your friends and coworkers succeed by encouraging them to
make commitments and follow through.
Find a cause you believe in and support it. You might discover
yourself at your best when defending a cause in the face of
resistance.
Ask the hard questions that help others face reality.
Overcome obstacles. They can be motivating for you.
Take control of situations you feel you can handle. If you fail,
admit you were wrong, but don't give up (or blame others).

Applying Command Strengths In Academics

General Academic Life
Ask probing and pointed questions during discussions and lectures
by professors. Realize that your questioning mind accelerates
your learning.

Take charge of your learning. Play the lead role in shaping your

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degree or certification plan. Refuse to leave these decisions to an

advisor.
Challenge facts presented in textbooks, the media, and class
presentations. Critique your instructors and classmates. Search
for the truth.
Demand that professors continue discussions begun in class.
Remind them that your tuition partially pays their salaries if they
balk at your office visits.
Study Techniques
Join study groups known for arguing about ideas, theories, and
problems.
Use your Command strengths to clarify rather than intimidate.
Understand that some clear-thinking individuals may become
flustered under pressure.
Give frank feedback to instructors on what you like and dislike
about their class in general, and about their assignments in
particular.
Develop hypotheses and thesis statements that you must defend
in writing or oral presentations. Recognize that you are more
engaged when you must build a case to support your ideas.
Play devil's advocate -- that is, argue the opposing view -- for
fun. Warn people that you are apt to draw them into debates for
excitement.

Relationships
Assume the leadership role in groups, especially when you have
knowledge, skills, expertise, and experience others lack.
Notice which classmates rely on you to ask the professor
questions. Provide this service for those who are intimidated by
the instructor's knowledge or demeanor.
Study your mannerisms, vocal tone, and content of your
messages when talking with authority figures. Pinpoint how you
present yourself as a person worthy of their time and undivided
attention.
Explore ways that you can serve others by giving orders and
making demands. Identify individuals who are comfortable and
content following your lead.

Class Selection
Select classes that require you to plan your own curriculum.
Acknowledge your desire to make your own academic decisions.
Take classes in which you are expected to voice your opinions,
argue, draw conclusions, take sides, and make recommendations.
Choose classes taught by instructors who take a position and
demand that students challenge it.
Enroll in courses with professors who are secure enough to
welcome your combative learning style.
Extracurricular Activities
Gravitate to organizations in which you can envision yourself
being a key decision maker.

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Realize that you threaten some people with your forceful style.
Opt to participate in activities where you must persuade people to
embrace your ideas, plans, solutions, or philosophies.
Join groups where you are expected to sell things, solicit
donations, and raise money.

Applying Command Strengths In Careers

Leverage your persuasiveness when choosing a career. Consider

fields such as law, entrepreneurship, sales, politics, education,
medicine, and ministry.
Explore various opportunities in sales. Determine what kinds of
products and services you would and would not enjoy selling.
Aim to be in a managerial or authoritarian role. Remember, you
tend to be bossy. Avoid occupations where you are expected to
blindly follow orders or be subservient.
Investigate careers that offer upward mobility. Understand that
you are satisfied with a subordinate position for only a limited
time.
Assume a role that permits you to create and control your own
and others' work.
Use your air of certainty and boldness to calm coworkers when
problems arise that confound and overwhelm them.

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