I was to have a job interview today, there was miscommunication in times so it didn't happen. But anywho, it got me thinking about what I was going to say when I was asked to describe myself. I hate that question, or the "How would your friends describe you?" ..I don't know, ask them!? Well, we ask these questions hoping to get a glance at who someone is beneath their surface, ya know, who we really are sort of thing. As a convenient personality analysis, I took (and recommend) the Myers Briggs Test. (And no, I am not trying to promote some company or business or anything if that's the impression you just got. What I am doing is saying "hey, I think this thing is cool, check it out.")
Website for online Myers Briggs Test : http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jtypes2.asp
And after you have your result, if you google your 4 letters, there are SO many publication and analyses on each combination of letters.
My letters: ENTJ
I am Extroverted, Intuitive, Thinking, and Judgmental.
Here's what psychologists thus expect of me:
1. ENTJs? We're rare. As in 2% of the general population, breakdown of 3% of males and 1% of females.
2. Natural born leaders with a drive for leadership
Who wouldn't want to think of themselves as having the innate inclination to take charge? Which, I won't deny, I tend to. Example? Group projects, don't tell me what to do and we'll be all good. Or when group projects are awkward and everyone sits there not wanting to be the one to say something, I always wind up being like "Well, here's what we need to do. Who want's to do what?"
3. Not much room for error, dislike to see mistakes repeated.
I can see where I apply this to my social life, sometimes a bit too much. It's that fear of doing something wrong again or being embarrassed, even sometimes taking a risk and failing.
4. Not tuned in to others feelings, don't like to express their own.
True, and uh... True. Part 1 of that --> I am actually so horrible at perceiving how other people are feeling. As in, I usually think everything's great and fine instead of noticing someone's miserable or pissed or whatever. Part 2 gets a lot deeper in how true it is. I used to be a cutter, and never really understood why, until one day it FINALLY hit me why I actually did it. For me, it was that I would rather just cope on my own then reach out and look weak by sharing my emotions with another person. Breaking down in front of someone, anyone, was one of my biggest fears. I never wanted to cry in front of anyone. Ever. Period. Which is partially why I started making my blog public, because it would force me to open up to people instead of keeping it inside and worrying about someone discovering that those things called feelings and emotions existed in me. Hopefully as seen that I'm sort of coming clean on everything, I continue to get closer to being comfortable with expressing myself in front of people.
5.tremendous amount of self-confidence and excellent verbal communication skills
Simply, I am confident in myself, sometimes a bit too much so, and I know how to voice my opinion.
6. Excellent ability to translate theories and possibilities into plans of action. Ambitious.
For anyone who doesn't know... I someday plan to work for the United Nations as a forensic anthropologist on their International Criminal Tribunal teams, be internationally known for my efforts in protecting human rights, and if my dreams come true, a Nobel Peace Prize winner. I consider that to be ambitious and translating my thoughts to a plan.
See? You got to know me better, I got to know me better. Go get to know yourself better and take the test for yourself. Discover some insight to who you are and embrace it.
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