Sunshine Yellow is an Insights Discovery color energy that most people are drawn to, because of their infectious energy and enthusiasm, but there is also a risk that at times this energy is perceived as a lack of focus on the task at hand. Sunshine Yellow’s personality description is bright and sunny. Ever the optimist, Sunshine Yellow strives to make the world a better place and is concerned with human relations. When dealing with others, Sunshine Yellow radiates a desire for sociability while approaching situations in a democratic and persuasive manner. The Sunshine Yellow color energy is full of strengths. When harnessed correctly, its belief that life should be fun can be a strength as well. In this blog, I am going to address what may happen when life becomes too serious for Sunshine Yellow, and how to draw them back in again making their zest for life an asset to the team and organization.
When Sunshine Yellow experiences a situation with significant pressure, life may become too serious for this type of color energy. When feeling like its time is controlled or planned out too much, the energy’s natural reaction is to break away and do its own thing, which may not always be consistent with the company’s goals. Sunshine Yellow’s main goal is to achieve popularity and approval. However, when the chance is not given to them to meet this goal with success, Sunshine Yellow may experience loss of self-worth and may have a fear of losing social acceptance. Sunshine Yellow is driven to connect with others. Connecting with Sunshine Yellow will align your goals with its, thus empowering Sunshine Yellow to do tasks in their own way. A delicate balance of accountability and freedom must be met with this type of color energy. Make sure Sunshine Yellow knows you understand its need to be itself, but communicate openly about organizational goals and why they need to be accomplished by a certain deadline. Give Sunshine Yellow the time to complete a task in its own way and trust that the task will get done. Since acceptance and approval are what Sunshine Yellow craves, it will do what it can to achieve praise.
If you’re wondering more about how to benefit from Sunshine Yellow in an employee or co worker, contact me, Scott Schwefel so I can help you work with the Sunshine Yellow energy in your company or on your team and improve your connection with this energy. It’s important as Sunshine Yellow brings so many strengths to the team, such as relieving tension and raising coworkers’ confidence. Share this blog with the person you know who is Sunshine Yellow and follow me on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter to get notified of my next blog on the Fiery Red color energy.