P.I.G. Tales

Hello everyone. Have you gone through D.I.S.C. training? I got the opportunity to participate in it a few months ago. It’s interesting stuff. For those of you who are going “What the Heck? ” Here’s the wikipedia definition:

DISC is the four quadrant behavioral model based on the work of William Moulton Marston Ph.D. (1893 – 1947) to examine the behavior of individuals in their environment or within a specific situation. DISC looks at behavioral styles and behavioral preferences.

The assessments classify four aspects of behavior by testing a person’s preferences in word associations. DISC is an acronym for:
Dominance – relating to control, power and assertiveness.
Influence – relating to social situations and communication.
Steadiness (submission in Marston’s time)- relating to patience, persistence, and thoughtfulness.
Conscientiousness (or caution, compliance in Marston’s time) – relating to structure and organization.

These four dimensions can be grouped in a grid with D and I sharing the top row and representing extroverted aspects of the personality, and C and S below representing introverted aspects. D and C then share the left column and represent task-focused aspects, and I and S share the right column and represent social aspects. In this the vertical dimension represents a factor of “Assertive” or “Passive”, while the horizontal “Open” vs. “Guarded”.

There must be something to it because the guy who created it (William Moulton Marston ) also created Wonder Woman. Obviously the man was a genius on many levels!!

This weekend I’ll be at Planet Comicon in Overland Park, Kansas this weekend. Here’s their website: www.planetcomicon.com. If you’re in the neigborhood please come by the P.I.G. Tales booth and say hi. I’ll be meeting with readers, drawing convention sketches, and selling t-shirts.

Till next week…