We’re headed back to reality TV for our next analysis of DISC styles. But rather than look at “real” people playing caricatures like with Tiger King, we’re going to look at a set of celebrities who have successful lives and careers outside of the platform NBC offers them. We’re going to take a look at the celebrity coaches on The Voice. The Voice has been one of the most … [Read more...]
The DISC Styles of Hamilton
Hamilton has finally arrived! It seems appropriate that we take a deeper look at the motivations of some of our favorite characters. It’s interesting to examine a few of the players and understand ways in which we are alike – and different – even 250 years later! This post is based on characters in Lin-Manuel Miranda's Broadway musical who are based on historical figures. … [Read more...]
TV Dads and their DISC Styles
Some of the most endearing characters in television history have been dads. Starting with "Father Knows Best" and continuing on into the present day, fathers have been in starring roles in more than one family-focused TV show. It's hard to whittle this list down to just four famous TV fathers, but that's what we've tried to do. What follows is a brief look at four TV dads and … [Read more...]
Tiger King: Using DISC to Understand Destructive Behaviors
Thanks to Netflix we’ve been able to take a trip into the jungle, or into people’s backyards at least, to learn about the crazy world of private zoos and tiger ownership in the new series Tiger King. Throughout each episode just when you think that things are already hard to believe, it just escalates from there. Unlike previous posts where we commented on fictional … [Read more...]
A Jedi Guide to Star Wars DISC Styles
Piggy-backing off of our analysis of The Godfather, let’s look at another group of iconic American film characters. This time we’ll look at the DISC communication styles present in George Lucas’s Star Wars series. While we could certainly look at some of the characters of the more recent movies in the series, the main characters Lucas introduced to us over 40 years ago (and … [Read more...]