Things That Cause Stress for Blue Geniuses:

• Conflict: Fighting, Blaming or Backstabbing
• Betrayal or Judgment
• People arguing or too competitive
• Treachery or Deceit
• Impatience, insensitivity or ignoring others’ feelings
• Being treated impersonally
• Rapid change and unpredictability
• Injustice
• Lack of support from managers or co-workers

Ways Blue Geniuses Can React To Stress:

• Slowing down and becoming indecisive
• Disassociating/withdrawing or becoming resentful

Antidotes for stress:

• Having a safe avenue to share everyone’s concerns

• Renewing faith that someone cares

 Ways they prefer to resolve conflict:

• Have a one-on-one conversation

 If you do something that upsets them:

• Let them know how much you care about them

For information on the other Inner Genius Styles and Stress, see the following posts:

• Red Geniuses & Stress
• Green Geniuses & Stress
• Gold Geniuses & Stress

Things That Cause Stress for Gold Geniuses:

• Disregarding rules and regulations
• Unreliability, missing deadlines, others showing up late, not finishing projects
• Being criticized, especially when it was something  not under their control
• Being rushed
• Inconsistency or Disorganization
• Being forced to reveal personal information or feelings.

Ways Gold Geniuses Can React To Stress:

• Becoming antisocial or inflexible
• Complaining, criticizing or being pessimistic

Antidotes to stress:

• Giving them time to get organized and refocused
• Privacy and a project to focus on

Best way to resolve conflict:

• Focus on the facts, not emotions.

If you do something that upsets them:

• Tell them you appreciate them and their contribution

For information on the other Inner Genius Styles and Stress, see the following posts:

• Red Geniuses & Stress
• Green Geniuses & Stress
• Blue Geniuses & Stress

Things That Cause Stress for Red Geniuses:

• Having to follow a strict procedure, schedule, agenda or routine
• Predictability or Inflexibility
• Nagging, Negativity or Pessimism
• Boredom, repetition
• Rejection, being unpopular
• Bureaucracy, Delays, Waiting, Slow People
• Constraint, rules that are too rigid
• Having to follow a routine and/or do detailed tasks

Ways Red Geniuses Can React To Stress:

• Become reckless, taking on too much risk
• Get disruptive, or, alternatively, exclude others

Antidotes to stress:

• Taking action to find new options and solutions
• Lightening up, having fun, laughing

Ways they prefer to resolve conflict:

• Let it pass – everyone will get over it in time

If you do something that upsets them:

• Tell them you admire and look up to them.

For information on the other Inner Genius Styles and Stress, see the following posts:

• Green Geniuses & Stress
• Gold Geniuses & Stress
• Blue Geniuses & Stress

Things That Cause Stress for Green Geniuses:

• Lack of a clear vision or goal – or not being allowed to set their own
• Being dominated or controlled
• Restriction or Rigidity
• Laziness, Sluggishness or apathy
• Powerlessness
• Limitations or people getting in the way
• Irrational thinking or conjecture
• Indecisiveness

Ways Green Geniuses Can React To Stress:

• Ignoring the needs of others
• Avoiding tasks/projects that aren’t “important”

Antidotes for stress:

• Realigning toward the goal
• Taking on projects they can masterfully achieve

Ways they prefer to resolve conflict:

• Learn from mistakes and focus on the future

If you do something that upsets them:

• Let them know you respect them and their ability to take action and achieve results.

For information on the other Inner Genius Styles and Stress, see the following posts:

• Red Geniuses & Stress
• Gold Geniuses & Stress
• Blue Geniuses & Stress

Character/Self Image, Strengths and Talents:

Contributions to a Group:

•  Making sure the team stays on track and meets deadlines
• Putting all the pieces together in a cohesive way
• Asking questions, especially “why?”
• Anticipating problems before they occur
• Coordinating
• Establishing and maintaining schedules, policies,  procedures and records 

Character/Self Image, Strengths and Talents:

Contributions to a Group:

• Making sure everyone is able to contribute the best of their potential
• Promoting harmony and unifying multiple viewpoints
• Providing consistent, dependable service
• Offering to help in any way possible
• Thanking and appreciating others
• Allows others to lead and receive recognition
• Aligning each person’s talents to put them in the ideal job/position/role

The Red Genius is characterized by their ability to inspire and engage others.  They’re fun-loving, adventurous, and enjoy striving for experience and excitement.  Red Geniuses are imaginative, expressive and love to talk.  They’re driven by recognition and want to be in the spotlight.  They are fast-paced, outgoing and people-oriented.

Character/Self Image, Strengths and Talents:

Contributions to a Group:

• Activating others, sets the pace and get things moving
• Entertaining and engaging, good at story-telling and performing
• Troubleshooting and problem-solving
• Reacting well in a crisis, jumping right in and tackling the situation
• Recognizing and seizing opportunities
• Offering new ideas and solutions

Character/Self Image, Strengths and Talents:

Contributions to a Group:

• Envisioning potential options for growth and change
• Staying optimistic
• Offering strategic solutions and setting goals
• Are direct, a straight-shooter and risk-taker
• Competitive – your team will WIN!
• Discovering new ways of doing things and offering alternative paths to reach the goal
• Challenging others to do their best and keep their eye on the ball

For more information on Green Geniuses, click on the posts below:

• Things that cause – and relieve – stress
• How to recognize a Green Genius
• Training Green Geniuses
• Advice for Getting Along with a Green Genius
• Advice Green Geniuses should consider
• Selling to Green Geniuses
• Green Geniuses as Sales and Service People
• Interviewing a Green Genius
• Green Geniuses in Decision-Making
• Motivating a Green Genius
• Green Geniuses in Meetings
• Leadership Styles of each Inner Genius
• Green Geniuses in Goals & Objectives
• Green Geniuses in Measuring Results

There are numerous "skills assessments" out there, from IQ to EQ to Strengthsfinder to personality inventories. 

The DrawSuccess Program identifies four "Inner Genius Styles" to describe personality traits.  While everyone has a bit of each Inner Genius Style inside of them, most people have a preference, a "natural style" where we feel more comfortable most of the time. 

For more information on each of the four Inner Genius Styles, click below:

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One of the greatest challenges an employer has is making sure the skills of the applicant match those needed for the position. 

However, one of the traps job seekers find themselves in is trying to portray themselves as a chameleon, able to do anything, to fit any position offered.  It's a trap, for several reasons.  First, it makes you look undefined and wishy-washy, which reduces your credibility.  And building trust is critical! 

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You need to "position" yourself, which means that you need what marketers call a "Unique Selling Proposition."  Why would people "buy" from you?  What's your uniqueness?  What makes you stand out? 

In future blogs I'll explore some of the ways to find out – and demonstrate – your individual skills. 

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