- Validating a helpless / victim narrative vs. cutting against it.
- Ex., you should just do the thing that will get you what you want - your excuses be damned. Makes people feel invalidated.
- Conformity / Tradition / Security vs. Self Direction / Freedom / Novelty / Challenge
- Benevolence / Universalism / Inclusiveness / Communal vs. Power / Achievement / Dominance / Systematicity
- Between sources of meaning
- Agreeableness vs. Disagreeableness
- Introversion vs. Extroversion
- Openness vs. Conscientiousness
- Conscientiousness vs. Creativity
- Accountability vs. Creativity
- Measurability vs. Creativity
- Regimentedness vs. Creativity
- Consistency vs. Creativity
- Vulnerability vs. Conviction
- Wartime CEO vs. Peacetime CEO
- Freedom vs. Cohesion
- Yin (Zen, Alignment) vs Yang (Force, Effort)
- Bias vs. Variance
- Exploration vs. Exploitation
- Simplicity vs. Complexity
- Loneliness vs Freedom
- Thinking vs. Doing
- Authenticity vs. Self-Awareness
- Big Picture vs. Detail Oriented
- Seriousness vs. Playfulness
- Literal vs. Emotional
- Ego vs. Vulnerability
- Conviction vs. Vulnerability
- Action vs. Vulnerability
- Sphere of Control vs. Vulnerability
- Inadequacy sense vs. Understanding / Acclimation
- Attention vs. Awareness
- Compartmentalization vs. Integration
- Humbleness vs. Arrogance
- Groundedness vs. Expansive Vision
- Stability vs Growth
- Systemizing vs. Empathizing
- (Thing orientedness vs. people orientedness)
- Fox vs Hedgehog
- High vs low expectations
- Indoctrination vs. Ungroundedness, taking assumptions vs. questioning assumptions
- Power vs. Empathy
- Living in the Now vs. in the Past, Present and Future
- Open Mindedness vs. Assertiveness
- Judgement and Acceptance
- Tough Love as paradoxical