I am going to talk about Myers-Briggs 16 Personalities Test
in this post.
If you have no idea what it is, I suggest that you try out this test first before you read any further. Link to the test: https://www.16personalities.com/
Recently I went on a social outing with some people that I
consider as my close friends. A somewhat trivial occurrence took place and I
was slightly disturbed by it. I was surprised at my own reaction because such
incident usually could not take its toll on me before this. I conjectured that
I had such reaction not because I had discovered new side of my friends that
irritates me, nor due to my hormone fluctuation, but because I am experiencing
a shift in my overall personality. So after I have calmed down, I went to do
the 16 Personalities Test.
I first did this test during PSP, around mid of November
last year, and I was identified as a Commander (ENTJ-T). I think the
title is pretty self-explanatory. The result was within my expectation.
Fast forward two and a half months, I was asked to do the
same test again by my leadership development officer around beginning of
February. At that point, I have experienced some ups-and-downs in my career and
social life; however, I did not expect those moments to affect my overall
personality. Welp, I was wrong. I was detected to be a Protagonist (ENFJ-T)
this time.
I did not save the detailed result breakdown the first time,
thus I can’t show you the comparison here. But based on what I remember, nothing much has
changed except a minor shift in my thinking VS. feeling ratio.
I was actually a little unhappy about the result, because that minor change shifted me from the Analysts category to the Diplomats category! I know, I know, no category is more superior to the others. Nevertheless, I preferred to stay in the Analysts category because I would love to be recognized as a logical person than a touchy-feely person. Urgh, nevermind. *in denial*
So, yesterday I did the same test once more, and this time I
am a Campaigner (ENFP-T). Ha!
Based on the result, it seems like my emotion coping skill is clearing shifting more and more towards based on feeling as compared to based on thinking. Fine. *give up arguing*
The main reason that causes the change in personality type
though, is how my approach towards work, planning and decision making shifted
from based on judging to prospecting. Actually a lot of signs have shown that I
am changing in this area. For example, I used to be super obsessed about my
working desk, and it was almost impossible for me to focus on work if a
specific set of conditions were not fulfilled. Now, I am much more open to
sharing working space and working with distractions like sound and pauses. I
regard this changes as necessary because of my current job as a teacher.
In terms of my social life, I used to be very strict with my
friends. I have a designated spot for everything; so during college years, I
expected my friends to follow my rules as well before I allowed them into my
close friend circle. Furthermore, I was always so focused on my work;
therefore, I got irritated easily when my friends tried to attract my attention
with silly act because I thought that entertaining them was not worthy of my
time. Thinking back, I am incredibly thankful for my ex-housemates and ex-travel
mates because they put up with my craziness.
Now I am much more laid-back and I am slowly learning to
focus more on my friends’ personality rather than on their behavior. As cliché
as it sounds, I have come to the realization that winning hearts of others is
equally important as winning the imaginary race in my head to be on top of tasks.
Unfortunately, Campaigner has some glaring weaknesses that I
would love to shake off. One of the weaknesses is the inability to follow
through an idea. Since I have moved towards becoming a natural improviser
rather than a careful planner, I realize I have been doing more talking than
actually taking action. I have a lot of great plans in mind that I want to
implement in my classrooms to help my students improve; however, I am slow in
my action, plus I give up or change my plan easily due to small setbacks or people.
I will leave my “improvement plan” for myself because I don’t
want to bore you out here (I probably have done that anyway). It is interesting
to see how much I have changed over these few months, and I am very excited to
see how far I will go. If you are curious about your growth too, once again, feel
free to try out this test. *Disclaimer: this is not a sponsored post.*
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