The classic character most like you

Edmond Dantès

Patience of a master planner

The Count of Monte Cristo · Alexandre Dumas

  1. CSoloEnergy
  2. MMindJudgment
  3. PPlanPace
  4. IImagineVision

When you say 'someday', you actually do it. Like Dantès, even in a hopeless place you grab whatever you can learn right now, and with your thoughts hidden deep you build your grand picture step by step. 'Give up' is barely in your dictionary.

Things a Edmond Dantès type often says

  • Someday I'll do it for sure.
  • Start with what I can learn right now.
  • Wait and hope. That's everything.

In a group, I'm

Long-game strategist who sees it through

As a friend, I'm

The friend who says 'let's finish this' when you want to quit

When stressed

You look calm while planning your next move. Reaching one small goal recharges you.

Sound familiar, Edmond Dantès type?

  • You don't easily show what you're thinking
  • Even angry, you calculate before you feel
  • Your to-do list runs years ahead
  • You carry a grand picture others would call a dream

Where you shine

  1. Endless stamina

    You don't give up on goals that take years. When others tire and quit, you hold on until 'someday' becomes 'today'.

  2. Learns anywhere

    Even in prison-like situations, you learn from whoever is beside you and master what you can hold right now. You find something to learn anywhere.

  3. Sees the big picture

    You plan ten moves ahead, not one. People are amazed as you fill in the big picture step by step.

Watch out for

When the goal becomes everything

Absorbed in your goal, you forget how to rest and laugh, and put time with others last.

Try thisPut 'time to do nothing' into your plan. Rest is part of the plan too.

When you hold grudges

You struggle to forget being hurt, keeping it inside and wanting to repay it coldly.

Try thisAs the book says, 'wait and hope'. Spend your strength on being happy rather than getting even.

A famous scene

Wrongly imprisoned in the Château d'If, Dantès meets an old priest tunneling through the wall and begins learning from him.

A line from the book

What shall you teach me first? I am in a hurry to begin. I want to learn.

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