DELIBERATIVE 
You are careful. You are vigilant. You are a private person. You know that the world is an unpredictable place. Everything may seem in order, but beneath the surface you sense the many risks. Rather than denying these risks, you draw each one out into the open. Then each risk can be identified, assessed, and ultimately reduced. Thus, you are a fairly serious person who approaches life with a certain reserve. For example, you like to plan ahead so as to anticipate what might go wrong. You select your friends cautiously and keep your own counsel when the conversation turns to per- sonal matters. You are careful not to give too much praise and recognition, lest it be misconstrued. If some people don't like you because you are not as effusive as oth- ers, then so be it. For you, life is not a popularity contest. Life is something of a mine- field. Others can run through it recklessly if they so choose, but you take a different approach. You identify the dangers, weigh their relative impact, and then place your feet deliberately. You walk with care. 

Deliberative sounds like this: 
Dick H., film producer: "My whole thing is to reduce the number of variables out there. The fewer the variables, the lower the risk. When I am negotiating with direc- tors, I always start by giving in on some of the smaller points right away. Then once I have taken the smaller issues out of play, 1 feel better. I can focus. I can control the 
conversation. " 
Debbie M., project manager: "1 am the practical one. When my colleagues are: spouting all of these wonderful ideas, I am asking questions like 'How is this going: to work?' 'How is this going to be accepted by this group or that group of people?' 1 won't say that I play devil's advocate because that is too negative, but I do weigh the implications and assess risk. And I think we all make better decisions because of my questions." j 
Jamie D., service worker: "1 am not a very organized person, but the one thing!, do without fail is double~check. I don't do it because 1 am hyperresponsible or anY1' thing. I do it to feel secure. With relationships, with performance, with anything, 1~, out there on a limb, and 1 need to know that the particular branch I am standing on is,c' 
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Brian B., school administrator: "I am putting together a safe schools plan. I ari1iij 
going to conferences, and we have eight committees working. We have a dis~~ trictwide review board, but I am still not comfortable with the basic model. My bo~$j[j 
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asks, 'When can I see the plan?' And I say, 'Not yet. I am not comfortable. ' She has ~i~ 
big smile on her face and says, 'Gee, Brian, 1 don't want it to be perfect, 1 just want a~~ plan. ' But she lets me be because she knows that the care 1 take now pays big divi"'@ 
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dends. Because of this pre-work, once the decision is made, it stays made. It doesn 't,~) "' 
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