Tradeoffs in Personality / Identity Space
While it is possible to overcome many of these, the tradeoffs exist by default and can be seen over and over.
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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.
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Conformity / Tradition / Security vs. Self Direction / Freedom / Novelty / Challenge
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Benevolence / Universalism / Inclusiveness / Communal vs. Power / Achievement / Dominance / Systematicity
- Between sources of meaning
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Love & Family vs. Mission & Goals
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Agreeableness vs. Disagreeableness
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Introversion vs. Extroversion
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Openness vs. Conscientiousness
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Conscientiousness vs. Creativity
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Accountability vs. Creativity
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Measurability vs. Creativity
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Regimentedness vs. Creativity
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Consistency vs. Creativity
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Vulnerability vs. Conviction
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Wartime CEO vs. Peacetime CEO
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Freedom vs. Cohesion
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Yin (Zen, Alignment) vs Yang (Force, Effort)
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Bias vs. Variance
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Exploration vs. Exploitation
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Simplicity vs. Complexity
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Loneliness vs Freedom
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Thinking vs. Doing
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Authenticity vs. Self-Awareness
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Big Picture vs. Detail Oriented
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Seriousness vs. Playfulness
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Literal vs. Emotional
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Ego vs. Vulnerability
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Conviction vs. Vulnerability
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Action vs. Vulnerability
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Sphere of Control vs. Vulnerability
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Inadequacy sense vs. Understanding / Acclimation
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Attention vs. Awareness
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Compartmentalization vs. Integration
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Humbleness vs. Arrogance
- Groundedness vs. Expansive Vision
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Stability vs Growth
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Systemizing vs. Empathizing
- (Thing orientedness vs. people orientedness)
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Fox vs Hedgehog
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High vs low expectations
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Indoctrination vs. Ungroundedness, taking assumptions vs. questioning assumptions
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Power vs. Empathy
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Living in the Now vs. in the Past, Present and Future
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Open Mindedness vs. Assertiveness
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Judgement and Acceptance
- Tough Love as paradoxical