I’ve mentioned and attempted to use the idea of a 2×2 square before, particularly when it comes to faithfulness and freedom.  And while Andy Crouch is synonymous with the tool for me, it shows up in other places at times.  Yesterday it showed up in a post by Seth Godin about resilience (amongst other things).

For Godin, the question is what to expect from different kinds of people and how/whether or not they will “show up”.  The title to the post gives it away: exceed or maintain.  On the horizontal axis, things move from internal to external motivations.  The vertical axis is where exceeding and maintaining come into play.  It looks like this:

I recommend the whole piece.  It’s definitely an interesting diagnostic tool, perhaps for yourself more than for how you perceive others.  Once again, you can read the whole piece here.