Hi! I love taking personality tests to see what the results are. They are usually pretty spot on, or just a bit off.
Here are three that I've taken:
Myers-Briggs: https://www.mbtionline.com. You can take this assessment. It takes about 15 minutes and has 93 questions. It costs $49.95 to get started. You can download your personality type summary report. The assessment helps you identify your preferred way of doing things in four areas:
- directing and receiving energy
- taking in information
- making decisions
- approaching the outside world
It helps you have a better idea of what makes you tick and how that affects all areas of your life. How you communicate, your career, relationships, decision-making--personality has a part in it. Knowing your personality can help you navigate your world more effectively and make better choices. You may also be able to tweak the areas that aren't to your liking.
There are 16 personality types. My Myers-Briggs personality is INFJ, which is the rarest type. It stands for:
- Introverted: Reserved and quiet. Limited social interactions.
- Intuition: Focusing on the big picture.
- Feeling: Going with your gut.
- Judging: Prefer planning and early decision-making to last minute decisions.
Enneagram: https://www.enneagraminstitute.com (test code required costs $12) and http://www.9types.com/rheti/index.php (free)
There are nine distinct personality types. Each number on the enneagram stands for a type. You might see a bit of yourself in each type but there usually is a dominant one in each of us. There are also Wings which branch off from the main personality.
The Nine personality types are:
- The Reformer
- The Helper
- The Achiever
- The Individualist
- The Investor
- The Loyalist
- The Challenger
- The Peacemaker
I am The Enthusiast. I'll take it! I thought for sure I would get The Helper since I've always wanted to help people, but it was not the way this one turned out.
Gretchen Rubin's The Four Tendencies Quiz: https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/3706759/Gretchen-Rubin-s-Quiz-The-Four-Tendencies
This quiz helps you determine if you are an Upholder, Questioner, Obliger, or Rebel.
Upholders: Meet inner and outer expectations
Questioners: Meet inner expectations, Resist outer expections
Obligers: Meet outer expectations, resist inner expections
Rebels: Resist inner and outer expections
Knowing which personality you are can help you understand your own behaviors and preferences and those of the people around you.
I am an Obliger with a smidgeon of Questioner. And if I oblige, oblige, oblige and get stonewalls or put off one too many times, I become an Obliger-Rebel. My husband is a Questioner with a smidgeon of Oobliger in him and he considers himself a bit of a Rebel, too. So, we have all the same tendencies, but a different one is the dominant one for each of us.
Are you game to take any of these personality tests? Have you done so in the past? If you have, were you surprised at the results, or were they pretty spot-on? How has your personality helped or hindered you in regards to managing your chronic health issues, and making friends?
Feel free to share your results in the comments below, or email me at amy@acnlifecoach.com.
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