The IMPACTS profile is mostly a female-oriented profile as was the San tribe. So when considering the IMPACTS profile, think of the attitude a mother would have toward the safety and well-being of her child or children. This is the basic attitude that IMPACTS have toward the world and whatever they are doing.
Some examples of that attitude of the mother and IMPACTS: a sense of urgency, hope for the future, efficient or the attempt to be, immense love and caring, alert for needs, wanting the “best they can be”, innovative in search of solutions, wanting constant improvement, and more.
Let me give you an example of the mother-child relationship that really signifies the IMPACTS profile and attitude.
Dmitri Mendeleev, the Russian who gave the world the Periodic Table of the Elements in 1869, was born in western Siberia in 1834, the last of 14-17 children. The actual total is in dispute. His father was an educator and teacher but early in Dmitri’s childhood, he went blind and later died of tuberculosis when Dmitri was in his early teens.
Dmitri’s mother was from an entrepreneurial family. Her grandfather had started a glass-making business and a newspaper business. Upon the death of her husband, she took over management of the glass factory owned by her brother. Soon it had burned to the ground, putting her, Dmitri, and her daughter in a bad situation. The other children were out on their own.
Maria had been saving for years in the expectation of sending Dmitri to a university, as those around him acknowledged his intellect to be superior. So now faced with few options and at age 57, she took the two children and hitchhiked 4,000 miles from Siberia to Moscow in an effort to enroll Dmitri in a university. Turned down in Moscow, they proceeded another 400 miles on to St Petersburg to the school where her deceased husband had been schooled. A family friend was in charge, Dmitri passed the exams, and he was given a full scholarship. Soon, his mother and sister had died of tuberculosis.
Dmitri said about his mother: “She instructed by example, corrected with love, and in order to devote me to science, left Siberia with me, spending her last resources and strength.”
Dmitri’s mother illustrates vividly the attitude of the IMPACTS, and we see it in the mother-child relationship. This is no surprise because this is the foundation of human life—this is the dispersal-hindering agent—mother and child. This is IMPACTS energy and attitude. IMPACTS generally take this attitude out into the world, IMPACTS men and women alike. The world has to have this attitude or it would not last, just as the mother has to have this attitude or the human race would not last.
Another aspect of the 2nd Law is that energy must be continually re-infused because over time, it loses part of its strength (disperses). The IMPACTS have ample energy and they keep infusing the environment wherever they go.
Let’s keep in mind the IMPACTS traits and characteristics that we see in the Mendeleev family.
Mother’s tenacious love
Strong family bonds
Education emphasis
Travel for opportunities
Recovery from adversity
Entrepreneurial leanings
Coming from the periphery
The effort to actualize potential—use all of that concentrated energy for good
Refusal to accept defeat
Discovery and invention
Mendeleev went on to invent the Periodic Table of Elements. His mother’s love and sacrifice aided all of humanity. That’s why I say that love is the strongest force in the universe.