The classic character most like you
Edmond Dantès
Patience of a master planner
The Count of Monte Cristo · Alexandre Dumas
- CSoloEnergy
- MMindJudgment
- PPlanPace
- 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
- Endless stamina
You don't give up on goals that take years. When others tire and quit, you hold on until 'someday' becomes 'today'.
- 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.
- 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
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.
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
Open this book →What shall you teach me first? I am in a hurry to begin. I want to learn.
Heidi is your opposite on all four traits. Strange at first, but you have the most to learn from each other.
Books to read together
All the classic characters
- Anne ShirleyImagination on full blast
- Emma WoodhouseThe neighbourhood's master matchmaker
- HeidiWalking ray of sunshine
- Robin HoodCaptain of the crew
- Don QuixoteAll heart, full charge
- SocratesThe professional question-asker
- AliceCurious first, careful later
- Elizabeth BennetSharp eyes, sharper wit
- Jo MarchAlways on a writing deadline
- Jane EyreQuiet, but never silent
- Huckleberry FinnFree spirit, fast feet
- Mr. DarcyGruff outside, kind inside
- HamletOverthinking, as an art form
- Edmond DantèsPatience of a master planner
- Sherlock HolmesClues make your eyes light up
- Phileas FoggAdventure, right on schedule