Two powerful next steps you can take after growing your self-awareness are 1) creating a personal growth plan informed by your developmental priorities and 2) designing a mitigation strategy for a potential derailer in a specific vulnerable setting.
Your highest Return-On-Investment personal development (developmental priority) will be informed by your IPSAT results, and focus on taking some combination of your personality, strengths, skills, values and passions to the next level. Similarly, when you know how your identity predisposes you to self-defeating behaviors (potential derailers) and where or when that is most likely to happen (vulnerable setting) you are strategically positioned to design a mitigation strategy. Have a big vision for this, because God has good works planned for you to do (best contribution) as Ephesians 2:10 reminds “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”
Try this next action step:
Contact 2-3 people that you trust and who know you well in different areas of your life (family, work, etc). Ask:
- What do you agree with most from these five statements I have composed (Identity Overview, Best Contribution, Development Priority, Potential Derailers, Vulnerability Setting)?
- What is missing?
- What do you recommend I give extra attention to? Do you have any recommendations to me for how I should go about identifying and improving this area?
You can’t expect anyone to do this for you. Follow through on the commitment you made to yourself by taking ownership of your developmental journey.
