A rational person is sensible and commonsensical; reasoned and reasonable. In the workplace, rational people exude calmness and steadiness that is comforting to those on their team.

When I was a management consultant, we had a very complex project that was rife with political pitfalls. Some of the best management advice I’ve ever had came from my director Robert, who would ask repeatedly, “What are the facts?”

In today’s society, logic is often deemed to be the opposite of emotional, but I don’t see the two as mutually exclusive. The key is awareness. You can have emotions and be logical… but you can’t be overwhelmed with emotions and still be logical.

Today, we start our journey through the Tilt 365 Model, which is based on character strengths. The model has four quadrants — Wisdom, Humanity, Courage, and Resilience- each quadrant with three character strengths, each character strength with four character traits.