Open Fire
The Encourager
Like the sun — it lights everything in front of it, whether or not it meant to.
The Encourager wants to lift the whole room rather than one person in it.
What it’s good at
- Warming a room within about a minute of walking into it, without doing anything in particular
- Making a thing everyone was hedging about suddenly feel obviously worth doing
What it costs
- There is no dimmer on it — on a day you are low, the whole room knows before you have said a word
That cost is the same trait from its expensive side — they come together, and a version without the second would not have the first.
The work this suits
Work that lives or dies on other people believing in it — a launch, a room that needs turning, anything being sold.
And what it costs at work
A long stretch with nobody to lift, where the same energy has nowhere to go and turns into restlessness.
Where that shows up
- Sales
- Teaching a room
- Fundraising
- Front of house
- Launches and campaigns
Examples, not a prescription — plenty of Encouragers do none of these and are very good at what they do instead.
Who lifts them
Their element feeds this one.
Who pushes them
Their element controls this one — harder going, and the reason it sharpens up.
Who they lift
This element feeds theirs, so this is the one putting energy in.
Who they steer
This element controls theirs, which makes these easy pairs to get things done in.
Same footing
The same element, running the other way round.
Is this you?
One date and the app tells you which of the ten you are — and shows how it got there.
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