

I can do that! It takes supercharged optimism to venture out into the unknown. Get out of your head and get clear on what needs to happen to get things back on track. Flex your EQ muscles and tweak your communication style, so that everyone else can calm their nerves. Stay chipper and rather than seeing it as a problem, embrace it as part of the process. Change can be a scary thing and that means you may meet a large dose of resistance. Remember that not everyone will be ready to come on the journey as quickly and as easily as you. They may need a little help buckling up for a bumpy ride. Spare a thought for your detailed friends and their more delicate constitutions. Huge change and improvement doesn’t come without its casualties and you have the stomach for it. For you, chaos is an often necessary and expected part of the process. Here we go again! Your BIG vision keeps you uplifted and determined, even when the proverbial hits the fan. Put them at the top for your Christmas card list. Someone detailed is bound to have a list and some supplies. If things get too intense call for help, loudly. Map it out at the top level first and flesh it out under clear headings and bullet points. Keep it as visual and as summarised as possible. If you find yourself knee deep in necessary detail, take some serious breaks.

Now doesn’t that sound harmonious.Ĭonsider the tasks you take on. Your ideal relationships are with people that love to fill in the detail for you. After all, the devil makes work for idle BIG picture thinkers.

It may even unleash an unhelpful emotional state or a disruptive streak.

It quickly becomes a heavy burden that interferes with your master plan. Pouring over the finer parts is not your strong point. Make it stop! Nothing drains and flusters a BIG picture thinker like pages of repetitive information or excessive detail. Your detail focused friends can work wonders with a sketchy plan and a clear direction. Think of yourself as a firestarter, (of the legal variety). Take a minute out of your already over stretched diary to realign and check whether it’s time to hand it over or park it up. Just remember that when juggling that many balls, some will be dropped. The blanks will fill themselves in as you go. You’re there to create the magic and to set the direction. What visionary wants to be knee deep in spreadsheets and lists anyway. For you to be at your best you need freedom to go all out and follow your creative flow.Īnd as for finishing those projects – well you can get a team in for that. It drains you dry and stifles your brilliance. The buzz of change and creation is what really inspires and motivates you. You just can’t help yourself! Project after project, idea after idea, your brain is literally exploding with ideas. Here are 4 signs that you are an off the scale BPT… I love these magical dreamy beings, especially when they have been suitably inspired by, well come to think of it, just about anything! So, today I am looking through the eyes of the BIG picture thinker. Reactions to our subtle (or not so) personality quirks and communication clashes are normally the first indicators. But, actually the real answers are already there in your day to day work and life – if you pay attention to them. It goes back to the good old magazine quiz days. We all want to know and understand ourselves that little bit better.
