Getting your Core Motive

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> "Getting" your Core Motive

Before you can succeed at truly developing yourself, you must be sure that you understand, accept, and embrace your own Core Motive of INTIMACY. To do this, consider the following:

• Do you consistently act true to behaviors associated with your BLUE driving Core Motive?
  
  
  • This has to do with the level to which you value and accept yourself. Sometimes life, societal events, and/or our own biases can cause us to try to be someone we’re not. For instance, being BLUE and acting otherwise is like being a runner who was told they could run faster racing in cowboy boots than in their running shoes. No matter how hard they tried, they would not be nearly as fast as they could be by using the proper gear. While this may seem like a far-fetched example, it’s not too distant from the truth; when we act like something we’re not, we can never get as far as we would if we first accepted ourselves for who we were innately meant to be and then began to work on personal improvement.
  
  
• If you still feel like your Core Motive doesn’t fit, you need to find out why, because whether you believe it or not, your life will be limited if you don’t.
  
  
  • Try to find powerful life events that could be influencing your perspective. For example, you may have had parents who didn’t value BLUE or maybe you’ve been hurt by another BLUE and have made a conscious effort to not be like them. Remember that no one color is better or worse than another. They all have value and the power to influence others positively OR negatively. What’s important is that you understand that BLUE is a great color to be and that it’s ultimately up to you if you want to leave a positive legacy in life.
  
  
• Another way of knowing if you are being true to your Core Motive is to ask others around you if they see you as being BLUE.
  
  
  • In this case, you must remember that it isn’t necessarily as important that they see you as being true to your color as it is to know why they see you as they do. For example, let’s say a BLUE was seen by her peers as being RED because she exudes wonderfully positive leadership capabilities. Assuming that the person from the example is still appropriately true to being a BLUE as well as exuding the positive RED behaviors, she has become more charactered where leadership is concerned.
    
    Contrast that positive example with a BLUE who is seen as being RED because she abrasively bosses people around, because that’s what she thinks will make her look better in her employer’s eyes. Whether or not she sees it, going against her nature to act negatively will cost her dearly.

If you feel incongruent with who you innately are and would like to receive further coaching on the concepts of congruence, motive, and character, you can request a personal coaching session by calling Hartman Communications toll free at (866) 4-MOTIVE. Hartman Communications’ personal coaching service offers you the ability to receive candid and honest feedback about yourself and your relationships. Both phone and office consultations are available.

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