Tranquility

People with a strongly pronounced life motive of calmness have a high sensitivity to dangers, risks or pain.

People with a strongly pronounced life motive of calmness often experience anxiety or stress. Many would describe themselves as a rather nervous or even hypersensitive person. Typically, people with a strongly pronounced life motive of calmness have trouble coping well with stress. Accordingly, they also prefer an environment that is as stress-free as possible and activities with low stress levels.

People with a strongly pronounced restfulness life motive have a low pain tolerance. Some are quick to complain about pain when they get sick or injured. When exposed to pain or high stress, they worry about their health or safety. Some people with a strong Rest life motive are anxious or especially cautious. Some get scared quickly. Many fear heights, flying, or certain animals such as snakes. Some are afraid of having a panic attack. Some are risk avoidant.

Many people with a strong life motive of calmness do not like adventures. Some don't like to travel, certainly not to faraway places. Some prefer to surround themselves with familiar things, such as the comfort of their own home.

Under stress, some tend to worry excessively and become anxious. Some suffer panic attacks. Some people with a strong life motive of calm become "emotional eaters" in order to reduce their feelings of anxiety in this way.

In professional life, people with a strong life motive of calmness can give their best if they find a correspondingly supportive environment. Many prefer to work in familiar places or close to home. Some make sure that their workplace offers them security and is not too stressful. People with a strongly developed life motive of calmness reject occupations that have a high stress level or a high potential for danger.

Cautious people and risk-taking people tend to misunderstand each other. Many cautious people consider risk-takers to be reckless people with a tendency to underestimate danger. Many risk-takers experience cautious people as too anxious and feel that they get in their own way and would be happier if they chose a more exciting life.
Calm - low pronounced

People with a low pronounced life motive of calmness do not have a high sensitivity or sensibility to danger, risk, or pain.

Many people with a low life motive of calmness are considered to be courageous, calm and relaxed contemporaries. Many are not easily ruffled. Most have little fear. They are not prone to panic attacks. Most hardly experience stress or anxiety. Many can handle stress well. In stressful situations, some excel. When under pressure, most keep their cool and remain poised even when things go wrong. Some are more likely to take the initiative in situations that leave others breathless.

When people with a low life motive of calmness are ill, they are among those for whom it takes a long time to complain. Many do not complain of pain even when they are injured.

People with a low life motive of calmness value adventure. Many are more likely to take risks and usually thrills, excitement, daring, and adventure excite them.

Some people experience a kind of elation at the thought of impending danger, as Winston Churchill once described it. People with a low life motive of calmness may be attracted to extreme activities that involve a high potential for danger - such as driving fast, downhill skiing, or mountain climbing.

Many people with a low life motive of calmness are at their best when performance under stress, risk or danger is required. A career focused primarily on safety and stress avoidance is not right for them.

Cautious people and risk-takers tend to misunderstand each other.

Many cautious people think of risk-takers as reckless people with a tendency to underestimate danger. Many risk-takers experience cautious people as too fearful and feel that they are getting in their own way and would be happier if they chose a more exciting life.