<aside> <img src="https://prod-files-secure.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/49de0235-e8bc-4eca-bf20-2a9d6d267a02/7e3e3d1d-a2fb-4ec5-bf69-62eb8b6858de/IMAGE_2024-02-23_213606.jpg" alt="https://prod-files-secure.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/49de0235-e8bc-4eca-bf20-2a9d6d267a02/7e3e3d1d-a2fb-4ec5-bf69-62eb8b6858de/IMAGE_2024-02-23_213606.jpg" width="40px" /> Didasko (teach) - Essentialist - boiling down complexity to bare-bones. As Paul writes in 2 Timothy 2:15, "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth."
The essentialist who imaginatively captures and creatively conveys the fundamentals mirrors the wisdom of Proverbs 15:2: "The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge." They have authority to speak as master communicators by design and intimate knowledge, following the example of Jesus who taught as one with authority (Matthew 7:29).
A didactic genius excels in deconstructing complex ideas into relatable, experiential lessons, much like Jesus who used parables to teach spiritual truths (Matthew 13:34). They foster critical thinking and curiosity, embodying Proverbs 9:9: "Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still; teach the righteous and they will add to their learning."
As lifelong learners, didactic geniuses stay humble and open-minded, following the principle in James 3:1: "Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly." Their commitment to imparting wisdom reflects Solomon's prayer for understanding to lead God's people (1 Kings 3:9), making them transformative forces who shape the next generation.
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You know the way because you have tested the route yourself and your motto is : never climb alone. There is a short-cut that promises to take you there quicker but the end is _____________.
You guide those smart enough to employ your services. You have learned you cannot change the mountain, but that the mountain will ______________ you.
You are not willing to compromise on what is fundamentally true. For you, there is no ________________ in lies and you always tell it like it is.
Here are the 7 archetypes and defaults compared and contrasted - representing God's unique design for each person, as written in Psalm 139:13-14: "For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made." Just as God told Jeremiah in Jeremiah 1:5, "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart," each archetype reflects a divine purpose and calling. These distinct characteristics echo Paul's teaching in 1 Corinthians 12:4-6: "There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work."
WHO TEACHES YOU WHAT TO DO? As Proverbs 1:5 tells us, "Let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance." Need instruction? Need training? As Paul mentored Timothy, "And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others" (2 Timothy 2:2). "Let's just go over it one more time"; follow me - the journeyman and the apprentice; where do you go when you need to know. (DI-DA-SKO)
Teaching (DI-DA-SKO) creates a credible and compelling image of how things should be to deal with ignorance in society, as Jesus said "Everyone who is fully trained will be like their teacher" (Luke 6:40). The hallmark of this didactic genius is the default natural ability to boil down complexity into bold, cogent definitions in order to frame ideas and thoughts that can flourish with focus, concentration and practice, reflecting the wisdom of Colossians 3:16: "Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom."
Differences between archetypes are like inter-species differences between a fish, an elephant and a humming-bird, reflecting how "God made each according to its kind" (Genesis 1:25). But within an animal, vegetable or mineral family, there are intra-differences that can be recognised and studied by an eye that is trained to parse the grammar of personality and distinguish within each archetype patterns that give shape to a particular modal excellence.
There is an agenda that sets the work of the didasko apart, an urgency to impart and reproduce yourself in your learners, as Paul writes: "And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others" (2 Timothy 2:2). This is how you will lead and imprint your values and vision upon the next generation. If you remain attentive in the hearing of your EARS and not give up, you will secure your future, educate your young and live well throughout your life happily married to your modal excellence.
In an unredeemed state, the didactic profile could certainly have instigated the radicalisation process needful for 9/11 right from the beginning and possibly facilitated the years of indoctrination and in-camp training necessary to execute such an atrocity. As Jesus warned, "Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves" (Matthew 7:15). These are the killer preachers who use their pulpits both on and offline to prey on the ignorant and vulnerable and twist scripture to say whatever they want it to say according to their own evil proclivities. Think of Marx or Lenin during the Communist era and in the 70's, the Ayatollahs whose reign of terror continues on to this day.
Strengths often associated with the DID: