This blog post has been authored by Engracia Sleeswijk, www.engracia.info
These words will undoubtedly provoke the resentment of many: "Stay in your lane." I have to admit, these words have always given me an extra drive not to be told what to do. But staying in place has a different meaning to me. Daniel Offman (1949) has developed a model that he calls "the core quadrant."
Core qualities are qualities that belong to the essence (the core) of a person; they permeate the whole human being and put all his (more or less eye-catching) properties in a particular light. The core quality "colors" a person; it is the specific strength that we immediately think of with him or her.
Examples of core qualities are, for example, decisiveness, care, diligence, courage, receptivity, orderliness, empathy, and so on. Core qualities are express…