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Q: In the Work Behaviors table in the FEBI report, people don't necessarily find their preferred patterns at the top. I had a case where a client's weakest pattern (in overall profile) was among the top in work behaviors. Also she said that she finds work exhausting, which I interpreted as those top couple of behaviors, coming from a weak pattern, required the greatest amount of energy. Was I accurate? 

A: Sometimes the Work Behaviors table matches the overall energy profile and other times it does not. Both cases are instructive, but in different ways. In the case you mention, where someone places activities high on the Work Behavior table, but those activities map to patterns she’s weak in, your observation that no wonder she finds these exhausting is probably right on. I often ask people when weak patterns appear at the top of the Work Behaviors table whether they think they’re really getting into the “right” pattern when they do those activities. Or are they trying to do them out of their Home pattern, and it’s not working so well? Either case can be exhausting. Their exhaustion can be reduced by accessing the right pattern with less energy.