Do you find yourself constantly stressed out? Are you always striving for perfection and trying to get things done as fast as possible? Or maybe you’re more relaxed and don’t mind taking your time to finish things. The difference is in your personality type. In Daniel Pink’s book Drive, we learn the secret behind what motivates us and how this varies with personality type. It wasn’t until the late 1950s when cardiologist Meyer Friedman and physician Ray Rosenman started to notice similarities in the personality types of their patients who were prone to heart disease that personality types A and B were really discovered. The patients Friedman found more likely to develop heart disease shared common traits such as excessive competition, being
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Research has been done showing that Type I’s have higher self esteem, better interpersonal relationships than their type X counterparts. People who are extrinsically motivated and who’s aspirations are more oriented around money, fame, and fortune are likely to have poorer psychological health, and lower self confidence. Pink even notes a connection between Type X and Type A’s finding that “those oriented toward control and extrinsic rewards showed greater public self-consciousness, acted more defensively, and were more likely to exhibit the Type A behavior pattern” (Drive …show more content…
I believe that someone who is Type I would be extremely successful in a health care related field. In health care, part of the job is wanting to help people. Type I’s would be motivated by the satisfaction they get from helping a patient and wouldn’t care as much about the money as long as they were making enough to live. On the other hand, I feel that Type X’s would do very well in the real estate industry. When working in real estate, you are only paid on commission, and as Type X people are mainly motivated by money, I think this would push them to work harder and sell more homes. Type A people would most likely be more successful in leadership roles and entrepreneurship since Type A’s are typically self-starters. Moreover, Type B’s would do well in a sales job, or promotion and marketing of a product or service, since they are ordinarily more talkative, persuasive, and better at forming relationships. What behavior type a person is does not depend on age, gender, or race. According to Pink, we are all born as Type I people, and Type X behaviors are learned through our experiences at home, school, or work. Research has shown that once people learn to have a more positive and intrinsic attitude and unlearn negative behaviors, their motivation can change. “Any Type X can become a Type I” (Drive
Research has been done showing that Type I’s have higher self esteem, better interpersonal relationships than their type X counterparts. People who are extrinsically motivated and who’s aspirations are more oriented around money, fame, and fortune are likely to have poorer psychological health, and lower self confidence. Pink even notes a connection between Type X and Type A’s finding that “those oriented toward control and extrinsic rewards showed greater public self-consciousness, acted more defensively, and were more likely to exhibit the Type A behavior pattern” (Drive …show more content…
I believe that someone who is Type I would be extremely successful in a health care related field. In health care, part of the job is wanting to help people. Type I’s would be motivated by the satisfaction they get from helping a patient and wouldn’t care as much about the money as long as they were making enough to live. On the other hand, I feel that Type X’s would do very well in the real estate industry. When working in real estate, you are only paid on commission, and as Type X people are mainly motivated by money, I think this would push them to work harder and sell more homes. Type A people would most likely be more successful in leadership roles and entrepreneurship since Type A’s are typically self-starters. Moreover, Type B’s would do well in a sales job, or promotion and marketing of a product or service, since they are ordinarily more talkative, persuasive, and better at forming relationships. What behavior type a person is does not depend on age, gender, or race. According to Pink, we are all born as Type I people, and Type X behaviors are learned through our experiences at home, school, or work. Research has shown that once people learn to have a more positive and intrinsic attitude and unlearn negative behaviors, their motivation can change. “Any Type X can become a Type I” (Drive