**Signature Theme Report**

**Joanna Barlow**

**Responsibility**

Your Responsibility theme forces you to take psychological ownership for
anything you commit to, and whether large or small, you feel emotionally
bound to follow it through to completion. Your good name depends on it.
If for some reason you cannot deliver, you automatically start to look
for ways to make it up to the other person. Apologies are not enough.
Excuses and rationalizations are totally unacceptable. You will not
quite be able to live with yourself until you have made restitution.
This conscientiousness, this near obsession for doing things right, and
your impeccable ethics, combine to create your reputation: utterly
dependable. When assigning new responsibilities, people will look to you
first because they know it will get done. When people come to you for
help‑and they soon will‑you must be selective. Your willingness to
volunteer may sometimes lead you to take on more than you should.

**Relator**

Relator describes your attitude toward your relationships. In simple
terms, the Relator theme pulls you toward people you already know. You
do not necessarily shy away from meeting new people‑in fact, you may
have other themes that cause you to enjoy the thrill of turning
strangers into friends‑but you do derive a great deal of pleasure and
strength from being around your close friends. You are comfortable with
intimacy. Once the initial connection has been made, you deliberately
encourage a deepening of the relationship. You want to understand their
feelings, their goals, their fears, and their dreams; and you want them
to understand yours. You know that this kind of closeness implies a
certain amount of risk‑you might be taken advantage of‑but you are
willing to accept that risk. For you a relationship has value only if it
is genuine. And the only way to know that is to entrust yourself to the
other person. The more you share with each other, the more you risk
together. The more you risk together, the more each of you proves your
caring is genuine. These are your steps toward real friendship, and you
take them willingly.

**Achiever**

Your Achiever theme helps explain your drive. Achiever describes a
constant need for achievement. You feel as if every day starts at zero.
By the end of the day you must achieve something tangible in order to
feel good about yourself. And by \"every day\" you mean every single
day‑workdays, weekends, vacations. No matter how much you may feel you
deserve a day of rest, if the day passes without some form of
achievement, no matter how small, you will feel dissatisfied. You have
an internal fire burning inside you. It pushes you to do more, to
achieve more. After each accomplishment is reached, the fire dwindles
for a moment, but very soon it rekindles itself, forcing you toward the
next accomplishment. Your relentless need for achievement might not be
logical. It might not even be focused. But it will always be with you.
As an Achiever you must learn to live with this whisper of discontent.
It does have its benefits. It brings you the energy you need to work
long hours without burning out. It is the jolt you can always count on
to get you started on new tasks, new challenges. It is the power supply
that causes you to set the pace and define the levels of productivity
for your work group. It is the theme that keeps you moving.

**Intellection**

You like to think. You like mental activity. You like exercising the
\"muscles\" of your brain, stretching them in multiple directions. This
need for mental activity may be focused; for example, you may be trying
to solve a problem or develop an idea or understand another person\'s
feelings. The exact focus will depend on your other strengths. On the
other hand, this mental activity may very well lack focus. The theme of
Intellection does not dictate what you are thinking about; it simply
describes that you like to think. You are the kind of person who enjoys
your time alone because it is your time for musing and reflection. You
are introspective. In a sense you are your own best companion, as you
pose yourself questions and try out answers on yourself to see how they
sound. This introspection may lead you to a slight sense of discontent
as you compare what you are actually doing with all the thoughts and
ideas that your mind conceives. Or this introspection may tend toward
more pragmatic matters such as the events of the day or a conversation
that you plan to have later. Wherever it leads you, this mental hum is
one of the constants of your life.

**Connectedness**

Things happen for a reason. You are sure of it. You are sure of it
because in your soul you know that we are all connected. Yes, we are
individuals, responsible for our own judgments and in possession of our
own free will, but nonetheless we are part of something larger. Some may
call it the collective unconscious. Others may label it spirit or life
force. But whatever your word of choice, you gain confidence from
knowing that we are not isolated from one another or from the earth and
the life on it. This feeling of Connectedness implies certain
responsibilities. If we are all part of a larger picture, then we must
not harm others because we will be harming ourselves. We must not
exploit because we will be exploiting ourselves. Your awareness of these
responsibilities creates your value system. You are considerate, caring,
and accepting. Certain of the unity of humankind, you are a bridge
builder for people of different cultures. Sensitive to the invisible
hand, you can give others comfort that there is a purpose beyond our
humdrum lives. The exact articles of your faith will depend on your
upbringing and your culture, but your faith is strong. It sustains you
and your close friends in the face of life\'s mysteries.

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