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WISDOM
You tend to be limited to your work role.
POWER
Your actions are limited by work role models, organizational constraints, occupational opportunities,
your boss's perceptions, and your possible inability at some point in your life to do that particular work.
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If you are Possession Centered...
SECURITY
Your security is based on your reputation, your social status, or the tangible things you possess.
You tend to compare what you have to what others have.
GUIDANCE
You make your decisions based on what will protect, increase, or better display your possessions.
WISDOM
You see the world in terms of comparative economic and social relationships.
POWER
You function within the limits of what you can buy or the social prominence you can achieve.
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If you are Pleasure Centered...
SECURITY
You feel secure only when you're on a pleasure "high.
Your security is short-lived, anesthetizing, and dependent on your environment.
GUIDANCE
You make your decisions based on what will give you the most pleasure.
WISDOM
You see the world in terms of what's in it for you.
POWER
Your power is almost negligible.
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If you are Friend Centered...
SECURITY
Your security is a function of the social mirror.
You are highly dependent on the opinion of others.
GUIDANCE
Your decision-making criterion is "What will they think?
You are easily embarrassed.
WISDOM
You see the world through a social lens.
Your actions are as fickle as opinion.
POWER
You are limited by your social comfort zone.
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If you are Enemy Centered...
SECURITY
Your security is volatile, based on the movements of your enemy.
You are always wondering what he is up to.
You seek self-justification and validation from the like-minded.
GUIDANCE
You are counter-dependently guided by your enemy's actions.