I am "expressive"! Imagine that!

Today was the first day of a "staff development" experience called People Styles. A few weeks ago we had to have people complete a questionnaire about how they see us. From these profiles, they came up with four quadrants that a person could fall into and then sub quadrants of those first quadrants. So, anyway I am an amiable expressive personality style. What does that mean one may ask? Well.... Here is a description:

Expressive - Very outgoing and enthusiastic, with a high energy level. They are also great idea generators, but usually do not have the ability to see the idea through to completion. They enjoy helping others and are particularly fond of socializing. They are usually slow to reach a decision. Often thought of as a talker, overly dramatic, impulsive, and manipulative.

Some other descriptors:

verbal
motivating
enthusiastic
convincing
impulsive
influential
charming
confident
dramatic
optimistic
animated

I'm not sure how I feel about the word "manipulative." I guess that I do have to manipulate situations sometimes to meet objectives and goals. Is it my fault that people can't just do things that need to be done without acting like asses. They give me no choice, really.

We have another day of this training crap tomorrow.

Had another decent run tonight. I can't seem to break the 30 minute 5K mark, unless my Nike+ is still not calibrated correctly. I felt like the road runner tonight and still logged a 31 minute 5K. Oy vay!

Tomorrow will be no run in an effort to rest the legs for Saturday. I am excited to do a "race" again. God knows that I will not be in the running (no pun intended) for an age group medal, so for me it really isn't a race. It is just a run with a lot of other people around me! Should be fun!