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| THE TOP DOG. Eights want power and control. Expansive, blunt, and domineering, Eights lack restraint and express anger and loud feelings easily. Contentious, they seek out confrontations (often without realizing it), believing the truth comes out in a fight, and focus on their own strength and the other's weakness. Others may be repelled by their bullying, excess, and lack of scruples. At their best, Eights can be excellent, bold kingpins, entrepreneurs and empire builders, untroubled by obstacles or propriety. Natural paladins, top dog Eights are often genuinely protective of the underdogs in their charge. |
| Worldview | "I avenge the weak and expose the pretenders, the power abusers and the fools." |
| High Side | A Paladin; a take-charge do-er |
| Low Side | loud, bossy bully |
| Leadership Style | Paterfamilias; high energy sovereign |
| Appeal to | power and influence; justice |
| Don't Appeal to | propriety; the rules |
| Talk | Diatribes; blunt talk |
| Virtue | Innocence |
| Alchemy | Coagulatio: making their mark; mastering the forces of nature |
from The 9 Ways of Working (c) Michael J. Goldberg, 1999. All rights reserved.