Life Style Inventory

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LIFE STYLE INVENTORY

`Primary` and `Backup` Thinking Styles

What are your `primary` and `backup` personal thinking styles as revealed by your completed LSI ? Discuss with examples how your `primary` and `backup` personal styles are manifested in your life and work (see the LSI Self Development Guide online ( include a copy of your Circumplex pro as an appendix to this assignment or paste a copy into your document

The completed LSI pro reveals that the `primary ' thinking style is a combination of

Dependent and Oppositional , while the `backup ' thinking style is Avoidance

Position Style Score Percentile

1 Humanistic-Encouraging 26 25 low

2 Affiliative 26 34 medium

3 Approval 11 38 medium

4 Conventional 17 69 medium

5 Dependent 19 75 high

6 Avoidance 9 70 medium

7 Oppositional 11 75 high

8 Power 6 50 medium

9 Competitive 8 20 low

10 Perfectionistic 12 9 low

11 Achievement 23 21low

12 Self-Actualizing 21 23 low

The Dependent style of thinking is reflected by a marked level of need for self-protection and the added anxiety regarding the lack of control over significant proceedings . Individuals with this style of thinking tend to allow other people to make decisions on their behalf and are overtly dependent on others for assistance . Such people are also obedient and eager to obey others commands . Most people with a Dependent style of thinking are likely to have undergone tumultuous changes in their professional or personal lives in the recent past . People with a dependent style of thinking are likely to look to others for taking essential decisions . As a result they prove disastrous as managers or in any other decision-making positions

The Oppositional style of thinking is in many ways related to the Dependent style in the sense that it too shows a definite inclination on the part of the individual to grapple for control (often in a ridiculous manner ) over events occurring in their surroundings . A person with an Oppositional style of thinking has a definite need for safety , which makes itself apparent by means of a pessimistic and skeptical manner Such people can often introduce various new ideas by asking difficult questions , but mostly their criticism is directed purely at gaining attention . Often such people hold other people responsible for their own blunders

People with oppositional style of thinking can seriously damage team atmosphere by unnecessarily criticizing ideas or decisions without providing any constructive solutions . If their own ideas go wrong they will easily blame others and protect them and thereby throw others in a risky position

The Avoidance style of thinking reveals an individual 's tendency to be apprehensive and self-protective and therefore keen to withdraw him /her from demanding situations . People with such a style of thinking are eager to stay away from risks and play it safe . They are known to keep away from collective activities or discussions and respond to any given situation in an evasive , irresolute way

People with avoidance style of thinking will...