<h1><span style="font-size: small;">Responsibility</span></h1>
<p><span style="font-size: small;">Your Responsibility theme forces you to take psychological ownership for anything you commit to, and whether large or small, you feel emotionally bound to follow it through to completion. Your good name depends on it. If for some reason you cannot deliver, you automatically start to look for ways to make it up to the other person. Apologies are not enough. Excuses and rationalizations are totally unacceptable. You will not quite be able to live with yourself until you have made restitution. This conscientiousness, this near obsession for doing things right, and your impeccable ethics, combine to create your reputation: utterly dependable. When assigning new responsibilities, people will look to you first because they know it will get done. When people come to you for help -- and they soon will -- you must be selective. Your willingness to volunteer may sometimes lead you to take on more than you should.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: small;">Emphasize your sense of Responsibility when job hunting. During   interviews, describe your desire   to be held fully accountable for the success or failure of projects, your   intense dislike of unfinished work, and your need to "make it   right" if a commitment is not met.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: small;">Keep volunteering for more responsibility than your experience   seems to warrant. You thrive on Responsibility and can deal with it very   effectively.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: small;">Align yourself with   others who share your sense of Responsibility. You will thrive on   the feeling of being surrounded by hands as strong as your own.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: small;">Tell your manager that   you work best when given the independence and freedom to follow through on   your commitments. Tell your manager that you don't need to check in during a   project, just at the end. You can be trusted to get it done.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: small;">Take time to enjoy the completion of your commitments.   Responsibility is a source of motivation for you.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: small;">Push yourself to say   "no." Because you are instinctively responsible, it might sometimes   be very difficult to refuse opportunities. For this reason you must be   selective. Ask for more responsibility in only the areas that matter most to   you.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: small;">Partner with someone with   a strong Discipline or Focus theme. This person can help you   stay on track and prevent you from becoming overloaded.</span></p>
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