Worldview LensSocialized → Self-authoring
Beginning to author own view, but still pulled back by others' expectations.
How it sounds
I think I want to leave the job, but my parents would be so disappointed that I can't really consider it.
Signs in writing
- conflict between own view and others' expectations
- tentative 'I think' followed by retreat
Values
authenticity emerging
Fears
betraying people
Staying healthy at this stage
- supportive mentors who welcome your own view
Growth edge
- make one decision fully on your own terms
How to be heard at this stage
- encourage their voice without forcing a break
The same altitude in other models
Mapped by altitude, not measured: models track different lines.
- Expert Cook-Greuter
- Self-aware Loevinger
- Formal Commons
- Individuative-Reflective Fowler
- Expert Torbert
- Achievement / Strategic Spiral Dynamics
- Law & social order Kohlberg
- Orange Wilber
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