Basic Pleasure : recognition
Basic Fear: obscurity

If you are hyper aware of feeling like this:

Dislikes:

obscurity
anonymity
failure
role confusion
anybody getting ahead of you
poverty
being thought inferior
being low in the pecking order
being one-down
dependence
imperfection
poor performance
negative reactions from others
critical judgments of others
evaluation by others
disapproval
being inadequate
being deficient
poor health
mistrust
shame and doubt
guilt
inferiority
isolation
stagnation
low hopes
low expectations

Yet strive in your heart of hearts, your vision of perfection, to be like this:

Likes:

recognition
approval
attention
perfection
always being at one's best
identity
image
status
prestige
success
triumph
greatness
genius
stardom
fame
glory
wealth
inventiveness
cleverness
innovativeness
imagination
intellectualism
romanticism
stylishness
independence
being one-up
trust
autonomy
initiative
industry
intimacy
generativity
high hopes
high expectations

are you still Inventive?

I wonder how much 'missing the mark' affects our self typing. In other words, Inventive is my mark, my bullseye. Yet as an inherently flawed human, I cannot be at my mark at all times. So I fall into my 'dislikes'. If I can see my light at the end of the tunnel being Inventive/Likes, can I still call myself Inventive if I'm more on the side of 'dislikes'?

Would that make me the opposite of Inventive, if I operate more often on the dislikes side? Meaning, I'm more aware of my faults than my acheivements? I have a habit of focusing on my faults, everyplace I missed my mark or haven't acheived it yet.

Maybe this is an Inventive being hard on himself?

thanks-
oceanlife