- •Introduction
- •Knowing Yourself
- •You will become self-aware
- •You will appear more considerate
- •You will become more empathetic
- •You will appear more intelligent
- •You will always be prepared
- •You will find more success, wherever you look
- •Analyzing Yourself
- •Finding your strengths and weaknesses
- •A guide to self-analysis basics
- •Other ways of analyzing yourself
- •Use five words to describe yourself
- •Write down your core values
- •Consider your most memorable childhood experiences
- •Write your story
- •Effectively Analyzing Others
- •People You Don’t Know Versus Those That You Do
- •The Three Fundamental Factors of Practical Psychology
- •Applying This Knowledge in Your Own Life
- •The Significance of Body Language in Determining Someone’s Emotions
- •Elements that Impact Body Language
- •Restrictions
- •Proxemics
- •Oculesics
- •Stance and Carriage
- •What Your Upper Body Is Communicating
- •What the Arms and Hands Are Telling You
- •What the Legs and Feet Are Saying
- •To What Extent Can We Control or Fake Our Body Language?
- •Aspects of the Face
- •Obvious and Subtle Expressions
- •Review
- •Answers
- •Analyzing versus Judging
- •What You See
- •What You Hear
- •What They Listen To
- •Habitual Behaviors
- •Who They Interact With
- •Proximity
- •Pitch
- •Speech Patterns
- •Fillers and Pronouns
- •The Significance of Swears
- •Summary
- •The Six Basic Human Needs
- •The Four Primal Needs
- •The Two Spiritual Needs
- •How are the Needs Prioritized?
- •Exercise
- •Worked Example
- •Scenario One
- •Scenario Two
- •Stranger or Friend
- •When People Use Negative Methods
- •What is a Needs Addiction?
- •Beliefs
- •Values
- •Attitudes
- •Beliefs, Attitudes, Values and the Relation to Six Human Needs
- •Applying your Beliefs, Attitudes, Values, and Needs
- •Bottom Lines
- •Followthrough & Practical Use
- •Transactional Analysis
- •Parent
- •Child
- •Adult
- •Berne and Freud
- •Identifying the States
- •Assessing the States in Action
- •Situations Explained
- •Complementary vs. Crossed Transactional Situations
- •Situational Examples
- •Example One
- •Example Two
- •Example Three
- •Example Four
- •Real Life Application
- •Putting Theory to Use
- •The Importance of Scripts
- •The Stroke Economy
- •The 5 Rules That Will Make You Miserable
- •Stroke Economy in Action
- •An Alternative Way
- •Real World Use
- •Situation One
- •Situation Two
- •Situation Three
- •Situation Four
- •A Man Under a Microscope
- •How the Concept Came to Be
- •So, What Use Does It Have?
- •The Persecutor
- •The Victim
- •The Rescuer
- •The Persecutor
- •The Victim
- •The Rescuer
- •How the Drama Triangle Looks Like in Practice
- •What Do We Gather from This Discussion?
- •Try This Yourself!
- •What Is the Winner’s Triangle?
- •Assertive
- •Vulnerable
- •Caring
- •What Do We Gain Out of This?
- •How the Winner’s Triangle Looks Like in Practice
- •Sarah
- •Nigel
- •Brenda
- •Images and perceptions
- •Smiles and good cheer
- •Ready acknowledgement
- •The group mentality
- •Ostracized by coworkers
- •Personal or professional
- •Refusal to make eye contact
- •Speaking to an audience
- •Evaluate the person you work for
- •Characteristics of a boss
- •The capabilities of your boss
- •What motivates your boss
- •The focus is on you
- •The interview is structured
- •Composure and warmth
- •Full attention on you
- •Negative or positive remarks
- •Impressive environment
- •Summing up
- •Examining the beginning
- •Read and analyze the signs
- •How do they treat others?
- •How do they respond to challenges?
- •How is their annoyance expressed?
- •Do they talk or listen?
- •Summing up
- •Chapter 11 — Cutting-Edge Techniques
- •Tiny and Inconspicuous Signs
- •Minute but Important
- •The Importance of Words
- •Easy Way to Assess Personality Type
- •To Conclude
Caring
A Caring person will not forget about their own needs while they act as a “Rescuer” for others. In essence, they’re very balanced when it comes to social interactions:
They help when they feel their contribution will make a positive difference;
Will allow others to assume responsibility for their own actions; Never promote unhealthy roles such as those in the Drama Triangle;
What Do We Gain Out of This?
In combination with the Drama Triangle exercise, you can do a more in-depth analysis of someone. Do they shift from a healthy to an unhealthy role a lot of times?
Of course, nobody can be a “winner” all the time, but “causing drama” in 70% of cases is not great either.
This is where you can really see if the person you’re analyzing has any deeprooted childhood issues left over. It can also tell you how hard their working to resolve them in their current stage.
Children, on the other hand, are an entirely different case. The young ones are just in their formative stage and could switch from one role to another. The older ones are possibly just starting to make that decision.
They are very susceptible to role models in their formative years, so the best thing to do is lead by example. Become the role model they seek by training to step off the Drama Triangle and onto the Winner side.
We’ll be honest with you: it won’t be easy. But it will definitely be worth the effort. You just need to be honest about what you’re trying to do with those around you.
If you find someone dear to you on the Drama side of things, it would be best to have a basis on which you can explain these theories. Just be careful to explain it to them while there is an unresolved conflict taking place.
Again, some people might find your explanation insulting – but some tough truths need to be told sometimes.
To help you out in your quest of educating people, you can do one simple thing.