Key Career Trait 52: PERSPECTIVE
- Erica Hughey
- Jun 29
- 4 min read
This is restraint and the art of being still as a soft skill. The talent to stay focused in the long term and recognize what is essential. A sure way to assess if something is serving the company and the customers is to get still, detach and zoom out. Trait 52 is the beginning of the logical though process so it holds powerful energy to focus and concentrate.
You have the unique gift of focusing on a project or process with patience and persistence until all the details align. In your daily work, your calm and focused demeanor creates an atmosphere where even your colleagues can settle down and concentrate better on their tasks. Your strength lies in being able to overview the entire situation in moments of stillness, evaluating what steps are necessary to move forward. Especially in complex projects, you are the rock in the storm, seeing the big picture while not losing sight of the important details. This ability makes you a valuable asset in areas like process optimization or strategic planning. By not being distracted by external disturbances, you lay the foundation for clear, well-thought-out progress.
From time to time, you feel the pressure to focus on something without knowing exactly where to direct that energy. This inner drive may cause you to take on too much at once, which ultimately slows you down. Your potential unfolds best when you have a clear goal in mind that matches your ability to concentrate deeply. Projects or processes that require patience and long-term planning are perfect for you. Here, you can fully express your gift by questioning structures, improving details, and developing long-term strategies. Your calm and thoughtful approach helps your team not to be discouraged by short-term obstacles.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
However, if you lack clear focus, you can easily fall into the trap of getting sidetracked or even blocked. The feeling of not making progress might paralyze you or lead you to impulsively set the wrong priorities. To avoid this, it is crucial that you use your natural process for interactions and decisions (learn about these in your Career Compass Report or Career Design Analysis Session) to identify the right tasks. This way, you can not only keep the big picture in mind but also ensure that your energy is focused on where it will make the greatest impact. By doing so, you contribute to not only starting projects but also successfully bringing them to a meaningful conclusion.
Here are six stages to development the career trait of Perspective:
STAGE 1: THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK - Start by tapping into the power that visualization offers. Remember that you are a human being, not a human doing. Be at ease and use your ability to pause before acting for personal reflection to ensure you are interacting on your terms.
STAGE 2: CONCERNS - Release the fears and concerns that you may have around being inactive. This traits uses inaction as action, saving the energy for the correct time. Pausing for clarity helps you realize that your outer reality is a reflection of your inner mental reality.
STAGE 3: CONTROLS - Use your meditative nature to pause disconnect and recoup your energy and to review your purpose. This is the inner composure to know when nothing needs to happen.
STAGE 4: SELF - DISCIPLINE - Avoid urges to act just to be or look busy. Ask yourself if any moves you make or interactions that you have will really be effective at this time if you get up and do something.
STAGE 5: EXPLANATION - Be careful giving advice when others force you to break your concentration before you have finished your process because you'll find that you won't have a full perspective ready. You may end up having to say, "Sorry, I was just trying to be helpful."
STAGE 6: MEANING - In this stage you'll want to know that whatever you focus on will be worth your while. You find meaningful peace and clarity in your inner development and stillness.
Satori Synergy offers data-driven, transformative career coaching and team building to change-ready professionals and organizations to cultivate successful work cultures and satisfying careers aligned with individual natural traits and strengths. Erica Hughey, The Career Engineer, trained at the Human Design Business Institute and uses your Career Design Blueprint as an objective, individualized tool for tailored professional development, leadership training, talent management, and change management. She incorporates her knowledge in social intelligence, emotional intelligence and corporate cultural intelligence provides you with a holistic analysis and comprehensive consulting and coaching experience.
Get started by reading your personalized SOP, a Career Compass Report or schedule an expert Career Design Analysis session to discover and discuss your prominent leadership traits. You'll learn how to leverage your innate skills to transform yourself and your work environment solving for communications issues by using your specific interaction strategies and authentic decision making.
