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84 What Type of Leader Are You?

CHART 3.6 Fives: Levels of Self-Mastery

Descriptions
Extreme self-mastery The Integrated Wizard
Core understanding: True wisdom involves an integration of
thoughts, feelings, and action and comes from direct
experience.
When Fives have done the personal work of learning to fully
experience their feelings in the moment and to completely
engage in life rather than observing it from afar, they become
lively, spontaneous, joyful, and imaginative. Their wisdom
comes from the full integration of the head, heart, and body.
These Fives have moved beyond a primarily cerebral way of
existence into a state of contagious zest for ideas, feelings,
and experiences.
Example: From what everyone can observe directly, Tina is
very different from what she was like two years ago. After
having engaged in some deep personal development work
following marital difficulties, Tina is now animated, interactive,
and expressive. She is also an excellent listener, one who
listens with her heart as well as her head, and people
constantly seek her out for personal advice.
Moderate self-mastery The Remote Expert
Core concern: Conserving inner resources and energy,
maintaining privacy, and accumulating knowledge in order to
feel competent.
At the mid-level of self-mastery, Fives appear remote and
private, guarding their time, energy, and autonomy and
disliking surprises. They avoid situations in which they are
likely to be the center of attention, as well as circumstances
that require them to reveal personal information. Detached
from their feelings of the moment, they are able to reconnect
with their emotions later, when they are alone and feel
comfortable. Hungering for knowledge about anything that
interests them, they keep their needs to a minimum and tend
to be guarded and controlled, although they can be highly
spontaneous with the few people they trust.
Example: At the self-development training program in which
Troy was a participant, he said very little. When he did speak,
everyone sat back and listened closely because they were
curious about him. During breaks and at lunch, Troy kept to
himself, standing alone or coming to the dining room after
everyone else was already seated. The only time anyone saw
him appear extremely uncomfortable was when another
program participant said to him, “Troy, tell us something
about yourself. We hardly know you.”
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