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61. Stretch Beyond Your Style - Pg. 78

151 Quick Ideas to Improve Your People Skills Are you predominately the Assignment Analyzer? Maybe the Sup- porter, or the Director? Or To learn more about inte- maybe you get to have all the grating your style with other fun as the Creator? personal styles, see Idea 61. Does knowing this about yourself help you see why you might mesh or clash with some coworkers? Does it help you see that it's not that you're right and your coworker is wrong--or vice versa? Can you also see why the Platinum Rule is just as important as the Golden Rule when developing relationships? Think about it. If you're a Creator, and a Director is trying to relate to you, maybe she is following the Golden Rule (she's treating you in a way that meshes with her style). But you're a Creator, right? So, treating you as she wants to be treated probably doesn't work for you. Instead she would need to apply the Platinum Rule. And you