## HOW YOU CAN THRIVE You enjoy close relationships with others. You find deep satisfaction in working hard with friends to achieve a goal. ## WHY YOUR RELATOR IS UNIQUE These personalized Strengths Insights are specific to your results. Driven by your talents, you feel life is best when you are truthful about your talents, skills, education, successes, experiences, or background. You are determined to dispel illusions you have about yourself and others have about you. This is likely to be one of your top priorities. As long as you do not pretend to be someone you are not, you are a happier and healthier human being. By nature, you consistently measure up to your high expectations when working, studying, or playing. Instinctively, you trust your intuition about what someone is thinking, feeling, or needing. You realize that the answers and solutions to many problems spontaneously reveal themselves to you. Your friends frequently ask what you would recommend. They often seek your guidance. It’s very likely that you feel upbeat and cheerful when you keep busy. Without question, you derive much satisfaction from producing tangible outcomes. Because of your strengths, you realize life is good after you have shared your knowledge and skills with novice players, students, teammates, or associates. You probably are most gratified by individuals who want to improve personally or professionally. ## WHY YOU SUCCEED USING RELATOR You naturally form genuine and mutually rewarding one-on-one relationships. Your authenticity allows you to build close, long-lasting connections that foster trust and confidence. ## RELATOR STRENGTH – TAKE ACTION TO MAXIMIZE YOUR POTENTIAL ### Mantra > *”Connect deeply with the right people to gain friends for life.”* ^9477a2 - **Try to get one-on-one time with people, rather than attempting to connect with them in a group.** This will help you build the deeper and trusting relationships you value most. - **Stay in contact with your friends, no matter how busy you are.** Your closest relationships energize you. - **Make sure people know that you are more interested in their character and personality than in their status or job title.** You might serve as a model for others. - **Let your caring show.** For example, find someone to mentor, help your coworkers get to know one another better or deepen your existing relationships. - **Look for workplaces, classes, teams or groups that encourage friendships.** You prefer a casual style and culture and will likely not do well in overly formal situations. ## WATCH OUT FOR BLIND SPOTS - **Because Relators typically do not trust others implicitly and people have to earn your trust over time, some may think you are hard to get to know.** Be aware of this perception with new people you meet as well as with the people you see every day. - **Your tendency to spend more time with the people you know best might give the impression that you are exclusive or unfriendly to those outside your inner circle.** Consider that you might be missing out on the benefits of widening the circle and getting to know more people.