GallupReport for Yilin Mu

Strengths Insight ReportSURVEY COMPLETION DATE: 09-04-2015

Yilin Mu

Your Top 5 Themes

RelatorResponsibilityAnalyticalInputLearner

RelatorShared Theme Description

People who are especially talented in the Relator theme enjoy close relationships with others. Theyfind deep satisfaction in working hard with friends to achieve a goal.

Your Personalized Strengths Insights

What makes you stand out?

Because of your strengths, you feel most fulfilled when you are busy and simply performing routinetasks. When you have nothing to do, typically you find something to do. Sitting around and wastingtime does not suit you at all. By nature, you have close companions who frequently seek yourguidance. You help them find answers to their personal and professional problems. This makes you avaluable friend. Driven by your talents, you are fully aware of what is said when people confide in you.They know you hear them. They know you care about them. They know you comprehend what theyare thinking and feeling. Often friends turn to you to test an idea or express an opinion. Based on yourcomments, they can evaluate whether their ideas make sense. It’s very likely that you occasionallyinitiate small talk with newcomers and outsiders. On one level, you might make people comfortable inan unfamiliar setting with unfamiliar people. On another level, you might notice that strangers solicityour views on particular issues. Perhaps they reveal who referred them to you. Your knowledge andyour personal interest in others may cause some individuals to return again and again with the samebasic question: “What do you think about . . .?” Instinctively, you have the ability to instruct, train, oroffer suggestions to people who look to you for assistance.

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ResponsibilityShared Theme Description

People who are especially talented in the Responsibility theme take psychological ownership of whatthey say they will do. They are committed to stable values such as honesty and loyalty.



Chances are good that you usually want to be held accountable for outcomes, especially when whatyou are being asked to do sounds reasonable. You are apt to scrutinize your own and others’ ideasbefore you begin a task. Driven by your talents, you sometimes ponder what you could do better. Youmay find some new ways to deliver on the commitments you have made to certain individuals.Perhaps keeping promises is one way you might enhance the quality of your work. It’s very likely thatyou sometimes feel twinges of guilt when certain tasks are done carelessly. Perhaps you want to beassociated with quality. You might be disappointed in yourself when you compromise some of yourbeliefs about right and wrong. By nature, you are held in high regard because of your dependabilityand consistent values. You are someone upon whom others often rely. Why? You do exactly whatyou said you would do. Instinctively, you are naturally compelled to admit the truth. If someone askedyou or told you to intentionally mislead someone, you would reply, “I cannot and I will not do that!”

AnalyticalShared Theme Description

People who are especially talented in the Analytical theme search for reasons and causes. They havethe ability to think about all the factors that might affect a situation.



Instinctively, you are unsentimental and not often swayed by emotional arguments or passionatepleas. People are likely to describe you as quite realistic and practical. Driven by your talents, youassess all of the activities on your day’s agenda. Then you assign to each a level of importance andurgency. As soon as you have outlined your plan, you methodically move into action. It’s very likelythat you truly enjoy instructing people. You prefer to invest your time in trainees or students whogenuinely appreciate your carefully reasoned approach to a particular topic. By nature, you mightsearch for facts when coping with uncertain situations. By taking a problem apart piece by piece, youoccasionally discover its glitches — that is, its minor problems that cause temporary setbacks. Oncein a while, your objective investigation benefits individuals, particularly those who become emotionalwhen confronted with difficulties. Perhaps your insights into what is factual enable them to view thingsa bit more matter-of-factly. Maybe this is one way you help some people agree on how to deal withunpleasant circumstances or overcome obstacles. Because of your strengths, you customarily searchfor pertinent facts and relevant data to reconstruct the chain of events that produced a problem or an


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opportunity. You prefer reasonable explanations. Typically you reject the notion that fate, chance, orluck rules your life.

InputShared Theme Description

People who are especially talented in the Input theme have a craving to know more. Often they like tocollect and archive all kinds of information.



It’s very likely that you may interpret and straightforwardly outline ideas, processes, or projects thatsome people have difficulty understanding. Driven by your talents, you are comfortable saying, “I am afine educator.” You probably converse with others in your field about ideas, theories, or concepts togather the latest thinking. Using these insights, you are apt to draw your students into discussions thatentice them to explore topics. You want them to really understand the subject rather than memorize afew facts just to pass a test. Because of your strengths, you prepare for important conversations ordiscussions by collecting lots of background information. It is not unusual for you to set aside at leastfive hours of quiet time each week to consider what you have discovered. You are likely to use thistime to expand your thinking. A new piece of material can send you hunting for additional evidence tosupport your theories, concepts, or proposals. Instinctively, you eagerly welcome opportunities tothink out loud about ideas, theories, or philosophies. You derive pleasure from conversations thatforce you to ponder matters that exist only in the realm of thought, not in reality. By nature, you canfinagle — that is, obtain by indirect or involved means — time with people who think about the comingyears and decades. Routinely, you read their writings or listen to their conversations. You probablyask them questions and consider their responses. You file away lots of ideas and facts, sensing thatone day this information will prove to be useful. Whether it ever actually does become useful makesno difference to you. Collecting the predictions of forward-looking thinkers is apt to be rewarding inand of itself.

LearnerShared Theme Description

People who are especially talented in the Learner theme have a great desire to learn and want tocontinuously improve. In particular, the process of learning, rather than the outcome, excites them.



By nature, you might offer assistance to people when the predicament in which they find themselvesfascinates you. Maybe you come to the aid of others when they ask you to study an intriguingproblem, unanswered question, or unfamiliar subject. Occasionally you are delighted to report back to


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them your discoveries and conclusions. Because of your strengths, you now and then apply yourselfto scholarly pursuits. You might think seriously about certain issues or ideas for hours. Perhaps youfeel a bit more optimistic about life when you can dedicate yourself to your studies. Sometimes youresist the temptation to quit when obstacles, interruptions, or difficulties momentarily break yourconcentration. Driven by your talents, you may see some value in continuous education. Perhaps thisreflects your interest in particular topics. Sometimes you are fascinated with the process of acquiringknowledge or skills. It’s very likely that you may devote yourself to things that intrigue you. Sometimesyour attention intensifies if you are encouraged to immerse yourself in a specific activity or topic.Instinctively, you occasionally center your efforts on making improvements you decide are intriguingor relevant to your life. Maybe you need to feel passionate about these opportunities. Why? You mightwant to devote time and energy to acquiring the knowledge and/or skills you sense you lack. To somedegree, this explains why you periodically force yourself to address specific shortcomings.


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