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Oct 4, 2023

Primer on Personality and Why It’s Important

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Here at Influential U, we’ve studied well over two hundred different personality based models and many of them are quite complex, unintuitive, and ultimately not very useful. Today, we’re going to tackle the question of “why study personalities”, and give a brief description of the four “personalities in transaction” that we study here at Influential U. We're biased, but we're confident that after listening to this, you'll agreed that our version is much more valuable. The Influential U podcast is brought to you each week by Influential U's Self-guided program, "Thrive." The Thrive program allows ambitious adults to develop competitive professional skills to advance their personal goals and business objectives. When you join Thrive, you gain access to our proprietary tools and resources that are only available to our Thrive subscribers. Get a better ROI than your MBA and join us for the Influential U Thrive. The link is in the show notes and you may cancel at any time. Try Our Thrive Course for FREE. Limited Time Only [https://influentialu.global/thrive/] Now, let’s get down to business! Find new Influential U content weekly on our website, Facebook, Linkedin, and Youtube channel. If you enjoy this, please share it with others and like, comment, and follow on your preferred social network. Check out our show notes for links to websites, books, or special downloads talked about in our content. **Bonuses** Download the Influential U Personality and Transaction Cycle model [https://my.influentialu.global/personality-and-the-transaction-cycle-2/] Download the Influential U Personality Characteristics chart [https://my.influentialu.global/diagrams-and-tools/] Download tools and resources mention in this episode [https://my.influentialu.global/diagrams-and-tools/] Discover your influential superpower, and kryptonite. Take the quiz [https://quiz.influentialu.biz/] Learn more about our programs and curriculum [https://influentialu.global/curriculum/]

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