The URCHIN's Prime Directive:
URCHINs are inspired by information, understanding, ideas, facts, data and knowledge.

Recognizing the URCHIN
URCHINs are conservative in both nature and dress and tend to be conformists. They tend to pride themselves on their intelligence and are quite analytical in their approach to life, people and situations. They have little tolerance for people who are ignorant or ill-informed. They value being right over being popular.

What Moves The URCHIN To Action
To inspire an URCHIN, use words like "smart", "information", "facts", "documentation", "proven", "absolute certainty", and "intelligence." If you're speaking to an URCHIN, you've got to be certain of what you're saying from a factual standpoint and accurate in your statement of figures and statistics. URCHINs respect and are inspired by intelligence in others.

To get an URCHIN to take action in the face of fear, reframe the necessary action as one that will lead to information, knowledge or certainty.

How URCHINs Inspire Others
URCHINs project and image of being calm, collected and in absolute control. Many people see strength in the Inspirer's ability to stay emotionally detached others around are losing their heads. URCHINs are confident when they speak since they rarely speak on matters on which they are uncertain. They are usually well-spoken and inspire others with their eloquence and command of the language. When an Inspirer gets involved in a business venture or an organization, they are the ones who know exactly what's going on at all times. They are the ones who others come to for information and insight.

How to Be A Better URCHIN
URCHINs, however, can tend to be aloof, detached and intellectual rather than intuitive in their approach to life. They tend to be extremely task oriented individuals who put the project ahead of the people. Therefore, URCHINs need to get in touch with their feelings, and the feelings of others if they are to grow and be successful. They need to be more people-oriented in their interactions and embrace confrontation (which they often see as conflict) as a means to achieve understanding and growth in relationships.

Where URCHINs Find Passion
URCHINs do better in professions and positions which reward knowledge, detail and accuracy. URCHINs make great accountants, engineers, computer programmers, bankers and statisticians. They tend not to do well in jobs or businesses which require people skills. However, because anything one does can be improved by knowing how to relate to others, Inspirers can succeed in any profession if they develop their interpersonal skills. URCHINs think in terms of the value of information. The information, order, analysis, perfection and attention to detail that characterizes them can itself be of value to others who seek these qualities in their own lives. The URCHIN's passion can offer ways for people to add knowledge and order to their lives.

Can URCHINs Turn Passion Into Profit?
If you are aware of your strengths and weaknesses, and willing to do what it takes to achieve a balance in your life, it is ultimately possible for any of the personality types to turn passion into profit.

Because they tend to value process more than people, and tend to be more task-oriented than relationship-oriented, URCHINs may miss out on the profit and success that comes from being more intuitive in their approach to success, and in reaching out to others as valued contributors. The key to real success for you as an URCHIN while on the journey from passion to profit will be to "remember that your good comes through people, value your intuition and remember people won't care how much you know, until they know how much you care." (Take a tip from Walt's Friday Inspiration #167: "Still Keeping Score")

URCHINs in Love
In love, just as in business, URCHINs tend to be attracted to Exciters because they express the fun side, spontaneity and freedom that URCHINs have always wanted to feel. However, while there may be an attraction, the URCHIN is often frustrated by the Exciter's often chronic lateness, inaccuracy, and nonchalant attitude towards life. URCHINs get along well with Supporters since they both take life at a slower pace.

Creator, Savior, Guru or Guide?
There's a good chance you might be a GURU.See the "Purpose" chapter for more details. If you scored highly in another Passion-Seeker type, find out more about that type below.

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