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If you are a low CFC, you may have a purposeful and methodical approach to your work and your life in general. You aren’t crazy about surprises and feel most energized when your day is planned without overlapping commitments. You enjoy focusing on one task at a time and get a great deal of satisfaction out of a job well done. At home, you prefer a serene environment although it may be a challenge to get your family members to respect your wishes.

It’s possible that you are also somewhat introverted. By definition, extroverts get energy from other people around them. Introverts get energy from within, so the only way that they can recharge their battery, so to speak, is by having the time and space to go within themselves.

Ken is a therapist in private practice and he is married with one child. He is very deliberate about allowing enough time between clients to complete his notes and shift gears before seeing his next client. He says that others in his field are able to get more done, but he needs to structure his life this way in order to maintain the quality of work and parenting that he requires of himself.

Ken may be mistaken that others in his field get more done. By scheduling his activities to take full advantage of his CFC style and by focusing intently on each client, he avoids mistakes and rework. Chances are Ken rarely, if ever, spends 40 minutes searching for a misplaced file! His style is just not the one currently reinforced by our popular culture.

Another plus of the low CFC style is that you are more likely to be in tune with your innate boundaries, even if it isn’t on a cognitive level. You sense in both mind and body when you are getting too close to your threshold of chaos. Unlike the “more is better” high CFC type, you do not have an overinflated sense of what you can accomplish in a day, month, or year. In fact, you may not give yourself enough credit in this area. Don’t sell yourself short just because your style is not the one celebrated in our frenzied society.