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02Strengths & WeaknessesAdvocate Strengths

Advocate Personality

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Creative – Combining a vivid imagination with a strong sense of

compassion, Advocates use their creativity to resolve not technical

challenges, but human ones. People with the Advocate personality

type enjoy �nding the perfect solution for someone they care

about. This strength makes them excellent counselors and

advisors.

Insightful – Seeing through dishonesty and disingenuous motives,

Advocates step past manipulation and sales tactics and into a more

honest discussion. Advocate personalities see how people and

events are connected. They are then able to use that insight to get

to the heart of the matter.

Inspiring and Convincing – Speaking in human terms, not

technical, Advocates have a �uid, inspirational writing style that

appeals to the inner idealist in their audience. Advocates can even

be astonishingly good orators, speaking with warmth and passion.

This is especially true if they are proud of what they are speaking

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Decisive – Advocates’ creativity, insight, and inspiration are able to

have a real impact on the world. This is because they are able to

follow through on their ideas with conviction, willpower, and the

planning necessary to see complex projects through to the end.

People with the Advocate personality type don’t just see the way

things ought to be; they act on those insights.

Determined and Passionate – When Advocates come to believe

that something is important, they pursue that goal with a

conviction and energy that can catch others o�-guard. Advocates

will rock the boat if they must. Not everyone likes to see this, but

their passion for their chosen cause is an inseparable part of the

Advocate personality.

Altruistic – These strengths are used for good. Advocates will not

engage in any actions or promote beliefs just to bene�t

themselves. They have strong beliefs and take the actions that they

do because they are trying to advance an idea that they truly

believe will make the world a better place.

Advocate Weaknesses

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Sensitive – When someone challenges or criticizes Advocates’

principles or values, they are likely to receive an alarmingly strong

response. People with the Advocate personality type are highly

vulnerable to criticism and con�ict. Questioning their motives is the

quickest way to their bad side.

Extremely Private – Advocates tend to present themselves as the

culmination of an idea. This is partly because they believe in this

idea, but also because Advocates are extremely private when it

comes to their personal lives. They use this image to keep

themselves from having to truly open up, even to close friends.

Trusting a new friend can be even more challenging for Advocates.

Perfectionistic – Advocate personalities are all but de�ned by

their pursuit of ideals. While this is a wonderful quality in many

ways, an ideal situation is not always possible – in politics, in

business, in romance. Advocates, especially Turbulent ones, too

often drop or ignore healthy and productive situations and

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relationships, always believing there might be a better option down

the road.

Always Need to Have a Cause – Advocate personalities get so

caught up in their pursuits that any of the cumbersome tasks that

come between them and their ideal vision is deeply unwelcome.

Advocates like to know that they are taking concrete steps toward

their goals. If routine tasks feel like they are getting in the way – or

worse yet, there is no goal at all – they will feel restless and

disappointed.

Can Burn Out Easily – Their passion, impatience for routine

maintenance, idealism, and extreme privacy tend to leave

Advocates with few options for letting o� steam. People with this

personality type are likely to exhaust themselves in short order if

they don’t �nd a way to balance their ideals with the realities of

day-to-day living.

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