Maverick
“I answer to no one but my own ambition.”
Ambition, Power, Strategy, Self-interest
Fairness, Responsibility, Order, Boundaries
Curiosity, Clarity, Precision, Mastery
Passion, Impulse, Honesty, Risk
Belonging, Growth, Patience, Ecology
Understanding the Maverick
You want your life to be shaped by your decisions rather than by chance or other people. You take responsibility for outcomes and you are willing to make hard calls if they bring you closer to your goals. When pressure rises, you often become sharper and more determined. You may dislike relying on others because you trust your own judgment the most. You feel grounded when you can see a clear path that you created for yourself.
Dominant Driver
Black is the drive toward agency and effective achievement. It shows up in people who notice power dynamics, think in terms of trade-offs, and are willing to do what it takes to move from wishing to actually getting results. This might be the person who negotiates, sets clear personal goals, or quietly builds leverage instead of waiting for permission. At its hardest moments, Black can become suspicious, guarded, or calculating, afraid of being weak or dependent and struggling to fully trust that others will have their back.
Lacking Driver
When you lack White, plans stay vague, boundaries are unclear, and you often postpone decisions with a vague 'we'll sort it out later' until something breaks. Commitments feel optional, shared spaces slide into mess or drama, and it becomes hard to trust that anyone—including you—will actually show up in the way they said they would.
Lacking Driver
When you lack Blue, life runs mostly on habit and immediate reactions. You make decisions because 'that’s how it’s always done' or 'everyone else is doing it', with little patience for questions or deeper reflection. You or the people around you get irritated when asked to slow down, change your mind, or look at nuance, and the idea of learning before acting feels like a burden rather than a resource.
Strengths & Weaknesses
- Makes the call when everyone else is frozen—you're the one who says 'enough talking, here's what we're doing'
- Reads the room like a chessboard: who has influence, who's bluffing, what's actually at stake
- Turns vague ambitions into concrete outcomes; you don't just dream, you execute
- Bounces back from setbacks faster than most—rejection is data, not devastation
- Can treat relationships like investments, mentally tracking who's useful and who's not
- Gets tunnel vision on winning, even when 'winning' costs more than it's worth
- Hides vulnerability so well that even close people don't know when you're struggling
- Burns bridges in the pursuit of results, then wonders why it's lonely at the top