Conscientiousness: The Ruthless Pursuit of Order
The ability to implement an idea isn’t nearly as important as the idea itself.
The Benefits of Conscientiousness
Conscientiousness can be broken down into the following two aspects: Industriousness and Orderliness.
Those who score high in Industriousness are driven, focused and determined. They finish what they start.
Whereas those high is Orderliness want everything to be in its place, every detail taken care of. They hate mess (and messy people).
They believe in following the rules and dislike having their routine disrupted.
To summarise, conscientious people may be described as careful, reliable, well organised, self-disciplined, and persevering.
Well sign me up batman!
It’s no wonder our results-obsessed society makes a song and dance about this character trait. It’s easy to see why you would want to be more conscientious.
What’s less easy to see are the costs associated with higher conscientiousness.
And let’s be clear, conscientious is the highest predictor of success after IQ.
