Are you a Generalist or a Specialist (page 2)

Leolaia

Old Soul....LOL! I'm talking about things, not people. I'll have you know that I've been in my present relationship for almost 7 years and the relationship before that (with some dating in between) for 9 years. So no, doesn't quite work out that way.

stillajwexelder

I am like Leolaia a rotating specialist

Robert K Stock

I specialize in generalities

OldSoul

Unlike Robert, I generally specialize.

proplog2

People are not just thinkers and doers. People are 1.feelers (love types), 2.thinkers (justice types), 3.doers (power types) and 4.seers (wisdom types).

Actually if you take all the permutaions of those four dimensions you have 24 types.

I am a see-er/feeler/thinker/doer

See-ers are generalists. Thinkers are specialists. Feelers - well they primarily feel but are more generalist than specialist. Doers are specialists because to do some- "thing" you have to be able to focus on what you are doing.

Joel you are definitely a feeler type. You have the ability to focus but prefer to vegetate and find tasks to be an intrusion.

Everyone can be classified into what they want and how they get what they want. AND what they avoid and how they avoid it.

This is a theory I came up with 20 years ago.

joelbear

i prefer to vegetate?

not true

instead I constantly hunger for new information to process, new ideas to consider, new art, new landscapes, new books, new discoveries.

while in the past i have forced myself to specialize (Organizational Structure and Process Improvement theory and technology) i have never been satisfied.

I have been a reader and collector and spectator to satisfy my generalism.

Now, I am actively pursuing generalism and attempting to allow it to gradually fill my life.

i have discovered that an inactive mind is my greatest enemy.

Joel Wideman

I'm a specialist that's tried everything else.

Billygoat

I am a feeler generalist I think. I'm very emotional and have a tendency to "over" sympathize with people to the point of my detriment. (I see and feel their emotions and burdens as if they're mine.) I have always been very intuitive and sensitive for as long as I can remember. I've always considered it a burden and tried to change myself, but lately trying to look at it as a gift and just accept it. I'm pretty generalist myself, but always thought it was my ADD and my inability to focus. LOL!

Sam the Man

I specialize in generalism.

proplog2

Joel:

What's wrong with vegetating. We're talking about the core of our evolution. I use the term vegetate with the functions of the gut, vicera or as some 1800's physicians called it the "vegetative system".

You are probably a feeling/seeing person. Which means you want comfort and you continue to search your envrionment.

You're an endomorph - face it - love it.

Look at the words you use:

You like smorgasbords. You want to "fill" your life. You "hunger" for new information.

Reading = Passive - vegetative end of spectrum

New Ideas= Contemplation= Passive

Art= Observation= Passive

You are passive not active. Do you play any sport regurlarly. Probably you enjoy swimming/floating.

I am not being critical. Just some observations. People are different in these very basic ways. They are gut dominated, muscle dominated, nervous dominated or sensory dominated - all are different styles of approaching the world.

No one knows more about this than I do. Pardon the brag. Someday I will write a book about it.

Are you a Generalist or a Specialist

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