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Thinker | HBDI® Individual Report: AE, Educational Focus, Occupation & Hobbies | (Reference)

Thinkers often have questions about the bar graphs on the HBDI® Data Sheet report.

Audience: Thinkers
What this covers: How to read the four bar charts on your HBDI® Data Summary (Individual) report.

What the bars show

Edu-Occ-Hobbies

These charts group your responses by quadrant so you can compare patterns across four life areas:

  • Adolescent Education

  • Educational Focus

  • Occupation

  • Hobbies

Longer bar = stronger preference for that quadrant.
If a quadrant shows no bar, your selections didn’t indicate notable preference there.

Note: The “Under Pressure” score and other visuals appear elsewhere in your report.

How each section works

Adolescent Education, Educational Focus, Occupation

 

  • Adolescent Education: An indicator of an earlier, often influential time of your life, ranking adolescent school subjects (math, foreign language or native language) can indicate a possible inclination toward specific thinking styles. 

  • Educational Focus:  Areas you chose to study deepen or broaden those inclinations.

  • Occupation: The kind of work you do, and how you approach it, adds another lens on your preferences.

Together, these bars provide clues about the “tilt” of your mental preferences across time and context.

Hobbies

Hobbies offer a real-life window into what energizes you.

  • Hobbies are evaluated not on the characteristics of the hobbies themselves, but rather on the preferences of those people who engage in those particular activities (based on large data sets).

  • Your selections help reveal additional patterns beyond school/work.

The display below contains activities placed into the quadrants that relate to the preferences of those who prefer them. While a specific activity does not have a profile, the person who is engaging in an activity does. This list is based on the hobbies that are most preferred by thinkers in a particular quadrant. Each activity can be explored using a Whole Brain® approach.

Do some belong to the quadrant you wish to stretch or develop? If the answer is no, consider activities you might take up to extend your range of preferences.

Hobbies model

 

Can preferences change?

The goal isn’t to change who you are, but to work more effectively by recognizing preferences and stretching them when useful.

  • Preferences don’t usually shift quickly without a clear motivation (e.g., new goals).

  • A practical way to stretch is to experiment in low-risk settings, often in your free time, before applying new approaches at work.

Simple ways to “stretch” (examples)

  • To practice more C-quadrant approaches (interpersonal/feeling): try a concert series, join a volunteer group, or take a yoga class.

  • To practice more A-quadrant approaches (analytic/factual): try a personal finance course, follow a tech tutorial, or analyze a small data set.

Explore any activity with a Whole Brain® lens - plan it, do it, reflect on it, and share what you learned.

Tips for using this report page

  • Look for consistency across Adolescent Education, Educational Focus, and Occupation bars. Repeated patterns often signal comfortable strengths.

  • Notice gaps, they can suggest where a small stretch could unlock new options.

  • Revisit after major life or job changes; context can influence how preferences show up.