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If you're connected with me, you know that our personality influences everything we do. It shows up in our thought patterns and the choices we make. Today, we'll look at how our style affects the way we eat and how we try to control ourselves to lose weight or stay...

Introvert. Extrovert. We throw these words around as if they’re obvious. But they’re not. Introverts Introverts tend to recharge inwardly. In the Bird Styles, this is seen as the logical, analytical Owls 🦉 and the supportive, empathetic Doves 🕊. Owls turn inward to...

We all want to feel loved, but we don’t all speak the same language. More than 30 years ago, Dr. Gary Chapman introduced the world to the Five Love Languages: Words of Affirmation, Acts of Service, Quality Time, Gifts, and Physical Touch. His simple yet powerful...

As we approach the Super Bowl, football is the perfect lens to study the power of personality. Four NFL teams are named after birds: the Philadelphia Eagles, Baltimore Ravens, Seattle Seahawks, and Arizona Cardinals. But this article explores four very different...

There’s one class every child should learn, and it’s not being taught. It would influence their job, career, and every relationship they ever have. It’s not finance. It’s not coding or AI. It’s not public speaking. The class would be Self-Awareness. Students would...

Susan T. Bell’s 2007 study is one of the most fascinating studies on teams and styles I have ever seen. It’s a meta-analysis, published in the Journal of Applied Psychology, that compiled two decades of research on what truly drives team performance. Instead of...

Over the past twenty years, I’ve helped hundreds of thousands of people understand themselves through four personality styles I call the Eagle, Parrot, Dove, and Owl. When I examine these four fundamental money behaviors—earning, spending, giving, and saving—I see...

We’ve all heard the advice: “Do what you love, and you’ll never work a day in your life.” It’s a nice sentiment, but it’s only half right. If you want to love your work, you need more than passion. You need to align your career with your personality style. The Real...

Every January, millions of people set ambitious New Year’s resolutions. Then, a few weeks later, they watch them quietly fade away. Your personality influences how you dream, plan, and follow through on those resolutions. Understanding your style helps you set goals...

We’ve all been told to “just be yourself.” It sounds simple until you try to define what yourself actually means. Are you the confident leader who takes charge when things get tough? The upbeat motivator who energizes the team? The thoughtful listener who makes people...