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My Personality Test On 16personalities

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The purpose of this paper is to discuss the results of my personality test on 16Personalities.com. The following paper describes the results of my test, as well as what I learned from the detailed reports of my personality type INFJ-T (Introverted Intuitive Feeling Judging-Turbulent). In her article, Rajagopal states that, “the type indicator provides self-confirming insights and helps make patterning of human behavior understandable and acceptable” (2008). My personality test taught me not only about my personality, but also about my values, attitude, motivation, and decisions. I also learned several things relating to my ability to work with others. The tests helped me learn more about my strengths and weaknesses, and it also helped me …show more content…

The personality code INFJ-T describes my communication skills almost perfectly. I’ve always been prone to keeping to myself, and especially keeping my ideas to myself. INFJ-T’s tend to be extremely private and sensitive individuals. The PowerPoint for week five states that “if leaders don’t provide a clear rationale for decisions, employees can feel confusion,” so I know this is an area that I really need to work on (Organizational Communication). One area of my life that attests to this is my inability to speak publically. Whether it be overwhelming emotion or fright, I have always had a difficult time communicating with large groups of people. With that being said, I do not believe that this has greatly taken away from my leadership abilities. While INFJ-T’s are normally considered perfectionists, they have a strong level of passion for the work that they do. This has always been the case for me, and my passion allows me to lead with a determined attitude. However, when conflict arises in my work center, I rarely have the capacity to deal with it and I often end up passing the torch off to someone else. As I read from my results, I am not alone when it comes to my conflict resolution …show more content…

This are allowed me to reassess and identify strengths and weaknesses that I may or may not have. The strengths listed under INFJ-T are Creative, Insightful, Inspiring and Convincing, Decisive, Determined and Passionate, and Altruistic (AnonymousAdvocate). Of these strengths, I can personally identify with two at most. Knowing these strengths allows me to utilize them more thoroughly. For example, I have always been decisive, but I never considered it a strength. Knowing that I have decisiveness as a strength encourages me to want to go forward with my ideas so that I can have a larger impact on my organization. It is also very important for me to be aware of my weaknesses. One of the weaknesses that I identify with is need to always have a cause. 16 Personalities states that “INFJs get so caught up in the passion of their pursuits that any of the cumbersome administrative or maintenance work that comes between them and the ideal they see on the horizon is deeply unwelcome” (AnonymousAdvocate). Knowing this weakness will help me to understand that whether or not a task has an end goal it was probably assigned to me for good

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