What Three Assessments Reveal About How You're Actually Wired

Tamar Routly spent years wondering why her brain worked differently from everyone else's—why she'd jump into a new idea before anyone else had finished asking the question, why she'd build a ChatGPT bot in a doctor's waiting room, why routine follow-through felt like writing with the wrong hand. 

In this conversation with Julia Waller, the three assessments at the heart of the Unique Ability® Discovery Process—Kolbe, CliftonStrengths® 34, and the PRINT® Survey—do what the best assessments do: they give language to what was already true.

Key Takeaways

• Kolbe measures how you take action when you're striving—not your personality, but your instinctive mode of operation. Tamar's results (4393) reveal a natural innovator who leads with Quick Start and thrives in environments built for change, not routine.

• A short Follow Thru score doesn't mean you can't execute. It means you're wired to move between multiple projects simultaneously, find shortcuts, and hand off the repetitive work once you've built the thing.

• CliftonStrengths 34 shows your talent DNA. Focus on your top strengths and don't try to fix your bottom ones. Tamar's combination of Strategic, Futuristic, Positivity, Activator, and Communication makes her a natural vision-holder and energizer for others.

• The PRINT Survey goes deeper than behavior to uncover unconscious motivators. Tamar's 7-2 print—enjoying life/being happy paired with needing to feel appreciated—explains her warm, possibility-focused presence and her instinct to turn hard conversations toward hope.

• When all three assessments are viewed together, they stop being separate reports and start painting a single, coherent picture of how you're wired. That integration is where the real "aha" lives.

• The goal isn't to become someone different—it's to stop apologizing for how you already work and start building your life around it. As Kathy Kolbe said, “Success is the freedom to be yourself.”

Notable Resources

• www.strategiccoach.com

• www.uniqueability.com

• Unique Ability® 2.0: Discovery book & workbook: https://uniqueability.com/the-book/

• Unique Ability Book Club Guide: https://www.strategiccoach.com/resources/guides/unique-ability-20-discovery-book-club-discussion-guide

• Kolbe Index: www.kolbe.com

• CliftonStrengths® 34: www.gallup.com

• PRINT® Survey: www.paulhertzgroup.com

  • REGISTRATION LINK: www.PrintSurvey.com/specialoffer

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• Learn more about Tamar: https://podcastimpactstudio.com/

Ready to begin discovering your own Unique Ability? Go through the Unique Ability Discovery Process using our Unique Ability 2.0 book and accompanying workbook. Download your free Unique Ability® Beginner’s Guide at www.uniqueability.com or if you’re a successful, ambitious entrepreneur, visit www.strategiccoach.com. 

The Unique Ability® Podcast explores the power of living and working in your Unique Ability®—what you love to do, do best, and feel most energized by. Hosted by Julia Waller and built around the cornerstone concept developed at Strategic Coach®, each episode features real stories, practical insights, and conversations that help you align your work, relationships, and life with what’s most natural and fulfilling for you.

Real Stories, Real Magic.

🎵 Music Credits

The intro and outro music for The Unique Ability® Podcast comes from “Outside In” by Paitra Walker, an independent musician, singer-songwriter, and creative collaborator whose eclectic sound deeply resonated with us. This song holds a special personal connection and reflects the heart of what this podcast is about. 

Explore more of Paitra’s music on Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube. Music used with permission. All rights reserved to the original creator.