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excel at setting and achieving goals. Money may also be a scorecard
for them, and they are motivated to work hard if they know there is a
financial reward. They may also foster relationships with people who
can be useful or helpful to them in the future. Their orientation to life
is practical.

Power/Influence over Others

The person who works hard to be the boss, leader, or manager
and likes to have influence or control over others is motivated by
the desire for power. Such people may
become involved in politics or seek
I am the state. similar positions of power, control,
influence, and leadership, whether that
—LOUIS XIV
is to head a company, serve as the pastor
of a church, or preside over the PTA.

Beauty/Harmony

If beauty and harmony motivate you, you may find that you can’t
work or live in a place that isn’t beautiful. You make an effort to
live in a beautiful place and see the beauty in all things. You are
motivated to become the best person you can be and deem per-
sonal growth and development important. Your life itself may be
like a work of art. One need not be an artist or a creative person to
value beauty and harmony.

Service to Others

If you would give the shirt off your back to help another, then you
are motivated by service. You are naturally selfless and give to oth-
ers even at your own expense. You may consider people who are
motivated by some of the other values to be cold or self-serving.