Career – play to your strengths for more success

To become more successful at work or in your own business, you need to know your strong points. But knowing your weaknesses is important too. This helps you to play to your strengths, rather than fighting what comes naturally to you.

According to Roger Hamilton, creator of Wealth Dynamics, if you’re doing anything that feels like hard work, you’re doing the wrong thing. Building a successful career becomes far easier when you’re in a role that suits your personality. So to achieve success, the real trick is to maximise your natural strengths and do the things you feel are fun. That way you will always have the energy and drive to stick through the challenges.

Wealth Dynamics offers a way for each of us to identify our strong points and figure out the business activities we should avoid. Wealth Dynamics is a profiling system that assesses your personality, strengths, productivity, values and group behaviour to determine the most natural way for you to build wealth. Entrepreneurs and organisations are using it to balance their teams – making sure that people are in the best roles, and improving communication.

"Success comes from knowing which game to play, and then playing that game – and only that game. Each of us has a game that is most suited to our natural habits and talents." Roger Hamilton – creator of Wealth Dynamics.

This list describes each of the 8 Wealth Dynamics business profiles and gives examples of extraordinarily successful people from each group:

1. The Creator - Builds innovative products. “Head in the clouds”
Examples: Steve Jobs (Co-founder and CEO of Apple), Bill Gates, Walt Disney, Richard Branson (CEO of the Virgin Brand with 300+ companies)

2. The Star - Builds an influential brand. Asks what products can I work with? “Creates the sparkle, not the spark”
Examples: Oprah, Paul Newman, Bill Clinton, Martha Stewart

3. The Supporter - Builds high performance teams. “Out in front with relationships, leads people”
Examples: Steve Ballmer (CEO Microsoft), Jack Welch (CEO General Electric)

4. The Deal Maker - Brings deals together. “About connecting people”
Examples: Donald Trump, Rupert Murdoch (Media magnate & CEO of News Corporation)

5. The Trader - Buying and selling commodities. “Good at service. Glue in connections”
Examples: George Soros (Billionaire investor)

6. The Accumulator - Buying and holding assets. “Timing is everything””
Examples: Warren Buffet (American investor, industrialist, philanthropist, worlds 3rd richest man), Paul Allen (American industrialist and philanthropist, co-founder of Microsoft with Bill Gates)

7. The Lord - Controlling cash flow. “Is like a landlord”
Examples: Lakshmi Mital (Steel tycoon, world’s 5th richest man), Ingavar Kamprad (founder of IKEA)

8. The Mechanic - Creating systems. “Duplicates or simplifies processes”
Examples: Michael Dell (Founder & CEO of Dell), Ray Kroc (built McDonalds franchise empire)

There are other professional profiling systems out there, but Hamilton’s is really easy to understand and relate to. Plus you can have a decent understanding about the different profiles without investing in the Wealth Dynamics program by simply watching his video at www.wdprofiletest.com.

Every now and then, something good comes along that has the power to change lives. We believe this is one of them. We love it because it encourages people to work with the unique qualities they have - focusing on the good, rather than feeling they have to “fix” themselves.