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All About That Bass/Base, No Treble

It is possible that you are one of the people who have not heard Meghan Trainor’s song All About That Bass. It spent 8 weeks at number 1 on the charts and had an infectious 50-60’s pop/do-wop sort of style to it.

And that was the problem. I heard it last week just as I was getting ready to do a program and I got an earworm – you know – the song that gets stuck in your head…when you don’t want it stuck in your head.

So turning lemons into lemonade I thought about how to use it to the good. The song itself sends a positive message about embracing one’s inner beauty and having self-acceptance.

In imapMyTeam® speak, the base [rather than bass in the song] of a person is their needs. Needs describe the inner person rather than the external person [the treble]. We need to pay attention to our own and others’ “base” to get the best from them.

When you are on another person’s main page in imapMyTeam® always remember to take a quick glance at the four colored grid and look at the location of the circle/square symbol.   This describes a person’s bass. 

For some people, it’s easy to figure this out simply by observing their behavior.  When the diamond and circle/square are in close proximity to each other then you know at a glance that this person’s expectations of their interactions with you will be a lot like their own behavior.  What you see is what you get so their bass is obvious.

When the diamond and circle/square are far from each other you know right away that their preference how you interact with them is much different than how they act. You will see that clearly described in the narrative reports you read about them.

For those people it really is all about the bass (base) – not their treble.

To view the diamond and circle/square symbols, login to imapMyTeam® and move the individual you want to see in the center pane view by clicking on their name.  And remember, it really is all about the bass, about the bass, no treble.