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Because You Need to Know®

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The Origins of Disc

Disc originally started as a theory, 2,400 years ago when Greek thinkers and philosophers tried to determine what was our goal. Dr. William Molten-Marston picked up on this early theory, the quadrant theory, and he developed a circumplex. On the horizontal axis, let's call that the X axis, that would be the affection or affiliation axis. So if you think the world is peace, love, kumbaya, let's hug, you're at three o'clock. But if you think, hmm, better be cautious, you shouldn't reveal our deepest thoughts and feelings others. You're at nine o'clock because the environment drives us. If

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