Common sayings
Maxims that reflect the four DiSC styles
Objective: Quickly review the four main DiSC styles.
Prerequisites: Familiarity with DiSC.
Materials: Download DiSC: Common Sayings as a PowerPoint file or DiSC: Common Sayings as a Word file. If you use the Word file, you can print it on card stock, cut out each saying, and leave them on a table. The sayings are listed at the bottom of this page, in case you'd like to use them in a different way.
Time required: ~10 minutes
Instructions:
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Ask the group to shout out a few common sayings, maxims, or aphorisms. Suggest that some of these reflect how we respect each main DiSC style.
Samples not in the quiz: “To err is human, to forgive divine.” “Having nothing, nothing can he lose.” “Pride goeth before a fall.” “Opposites attract.” -
Walk through the slides asking learners to suggest which DiSC style best fits the selected aphorisms. Or ask participants to organize printed examples into each of the four styles.
Common sayings: facilitator key
You or your learners may think some of these sayings work better for a different style than we have listed. The debate is often the richest part of the learning!
S-style sayings
- Better safe than sorry.
- Good things come to those who wait.
- Two heads are better than one.
- Honesty is the best policy.
- There's no place like home.
- A friend in need is a friend indeed.
C-style sayings
- Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.
- Practice makes perfect.
- If you want something done right, do it yourself.
- A penny saved is a penny earned.
- Necessity is the mother of invention.
- Knowledge is power.
i-style sayings
- Easy come, easy go.
- All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
- Every cloud has a silver lining.
- There's no time like the present.
- Let a smile be your umbrella.
- Variety is the spice of life.
D-style sayings
- Fortune favors the bold.
- You can't make an omelet without breaking a few eggs.
- When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
- The end justifies the means.
- Actions speak louder than words.
- Never say never.
