Type One: Moral Perfectionist
As a type One, you are driven by a strong sense of right and wrong.
You see yourself as a teacher for both others and yourself, often working to improve and produce better results.
You’re known as the organized and sensible one who seeks control and thrives when they have it. You have a loud inner critic that reminds you often of your imperfections.
Structure is your best friend, and you appreciate clear communication from others since this helps you know exactly what is expected from you. You find yourself motivated by an inner need for justice. Righting moral wrongs is of the utmost importance to you, and this inner desire to see change for good drives much of your decision-making. An imbalance of justice feels like a loss of control, which is one of your greatest fears.
Your gifts include strong organizational skills, attention to detail, defending and caring for others, and an optimistic worldview. You have a desire for perfection, which can show up as judgement toward yourself and others when things aren’t perfect. As an objective thinker, you’re able to read both situations and people without emotions clouding your judgment. For you, there’s typically no gray area as you see everything black and white. Decisiveness comes easy to you as the correct answer is abundantly clear. You are the epitome of responsibility, and others know if they want a task done in the right way, to hand it off to you.
This reliability has its downsides though as you tend to get frustrated by those who don’t share your same affinity for completing a job. As a One, you often find yourself annoyed by those who let you down or simply don’t perform at the same level that you do. Criticism and impatience are two of your main downfalls, and you can struggle to hide your irritation with others during interactions. When this irritation goes unexpressed, resentment results (your root weakness).
In working to overcome your weaknesses, focus on seeing others’ differences as simply different, not wrong. Choose to invest in relationships and experiences that are different from your own beliefs and outside of your comfort zone. Extend grace where it doesn’t feel natural, and seek to understand those who aren’t similar to you. Remember to extend this same grace to yourself though, as you can tend to be your own worst (and harshest) critic. In your self-talk, remind yourself that your best is enough. You are good and whole as you are.
