Those of us who are familiar with the social media world have likely come across the term “Life Hack.” This phrase is typically accompanied by a helpful tip that may make one’s life easier. For example, using Coca Cola to clean a toilet.

In our humble opinion, the Color Code is one of the better life hacks out there. 🙂  By understanding ourselves and others at the motive level, we can build better relationships, be better parents, be better employers and employees, and so on and so forth. Today, we will focus on a few life hacks for our friends with Peace as their Driving Core Motive–The White Personality.

Whites have so many wonderful qualities we could go on and on about; however, since this article deals with life hacks, we ask your forgiveness for diving right into the limitations that White personalities can struggle with. This will hopefully allow you to see where and why to apply these tips. So, let’s dive in!

As a White, you should be aware that you may appear detached and uninvolved to others. You also are known to typically take a passive approach to life. You can be bashful and unsure of yourself and we’re guessing you resist making commitments unless you’ve become “charactered” in that department.

And because a lot of Whites struggle with commitment and direction, this also can lead to a lack of motivation, or at least the appearance of such.

Another issue Whites deal with is, when faced with the choice to confront someone or give them the silent treatment, Whites will typically choose the silent treatment because they are uncomfortable with confrontation. Whites also often feel things very deeply, but they struggle to express their feelings to others. Can you relate?

Finally, we should probably tell you that Whites can struggle with timidness and being emotionally unsure. An example of this might be as an employee, we’ve found that many Whites take the easy road instead of fighting for themselves and accept less pay and lower positions in part because they don’t want to place themselves where there may be potential conflict.

Again, please remember that all these limitations don’t apply to every White personality. No two people are alike. A strong secondary color or filter or years of practice becoming “charactered” can easily make it so a someone who scores as a “White” on our assessment doesn’t deal with one or some of these limitations. However, in general these are all things to be aware of if you are a White personality. And, we want to make you aware of them because only by identifying our limitations can we know where to address our efforts most efficiently.

So, now that we’ve identified some potential limitations a person with a DCM of White could struggle with, let’s dive into what we’ve found to be some of the better hacks we’ve found over the past 30 years of research. And, if you are a White who’s overcome most or any of these, please add your insights in the comments below for your fellow Whites to consider. Without further ado, for your consideration here are:

6 LIFE HACKS FOR WHITE PERSONALITIES

1. Instead of avoiding issues, address them. This will help you feel empowered and less resentful.
2. Instead of reacting to agendas others set for you, set proactive agendas. Proactive attitudes will challenge your natural tendency to be passive-aggressive.
3. Actively seek a sense of urgency. Sometimes you can miss living a passionate life because you refuse to get excited about projects and people. Don’t let time pass you by!
4. Know that conflict can be enriching. Express your ideas with others and ask for their input rather than taking their feedback personally. Choose to view others’ feedback as enlightening and as a way to broaden your horizons.
5. Try taking a risk. Rather than always having a “wait and see” attitude, set goals that require effort and will boost your confidence.
6. Make efforts to control the daydreams that get in the way of you getting work done.

And there you go! Hopefully you’ve found something above that resonated. May we humbly challenge you to take some time this next week to pick even one of these “hacks” and work toward applying it. Then, let us know how it goes!

Here’s to you. 🙂

—The Color Code Team