Myers Briggs Personality Test

The Myers and Briggs Analysis is a series of questions that when answered are examined and grouped together in order to determine the personalities of those taking this test. This particular test can result in sixteen different outcomes or types of personalities, which is determined by four different categories that judge if you are introverted or extroverted, use your senses or your intuition, your choice to think or use your feelings, and finally if you are judgmental or perceptive. These series of questions are designed to judge our personalities and help us to determine which career pathways we will be most suited for based on our personality traits and abilities to work well with others, which is important

John Adams once said, “Thanks be to God that he gave me stubbornness when I know I am right”. John Adams, like myself was introverted, intellectual, thinking, and judging, or an INTJ on the Myers Briggs personality test. Like all INTJs, Adams was stubborn and flouted the ideas of others that he did not agree with. By using my results from the Meyers Briggs personality test, I can examine how I react to certain things and use this to improve my Spirituality, my relationship with God, and ultimately my relationship with others through Christ.

I personally think that this test got some of my personality traits but not all of it was spot on. It said that I am an

Looking at the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Mark Wilson appears to be an ENFP. He’s very extraverted because he wasn’t afraid to try and start his new company. Once he realized that most telemarketers were unhappy and were only working as a telemarketer to progress in the job field, he knew that he had to change something right away. He seems intuitive because he looked at the “big picture” (making a company where telemarketers are happy and have long-lasting jobs) then figured out how to get there. He showed his feeling trait through his care for his coworkers and by trying to make them enjoy their jobs more. He didn’t make the new company to make a profit, his main reason was to help his fellow employees. His perceiving side stood out to

After taking on online quiz to determine my Myers-Briggs Type, I analyze how each preference fits into my professional life in a positive or challenging way. I see the world from an external context; my energy comes from external sources therefore my first preference is Extraverted. I am able to conceptualize a broad view of the world, issues and situations as well as work on multiple tasks at one time as an iNtuitive. I use implications, intuition and an internal value system to gather information which is typical of a Feeler. And finally I seek order, and structure as a Judger personality. This makes up my type as ENFJ.

While, the results of the Myers and Briggs Personality Type test did not surprise me; however, I was startled as to how accurate the test described my personality.

After taking the multiple personality and intelligence tests, I have found the potential career choices associated with my characteristics. According to the Myers-Briggs test, I am an ISTP (introverted, sensing, thinking, perceiving). ISTPs are generally interested in how and why things work, learn best “hands-on”, and are highly practical/realistic. An ISTP is fortunate because we have the ability to be good at many different kinds of tasks and our introverted and thinking preferences give us the ability to concentrate and work through problems. My personality test has also told me that I am pretty average in conscientiousness, extraversion, and neuroticism. I am generally efficient, reliable, and orderly. I like some structure, but I also

Other than that, I found the following to be accurate on my personality. Granted, I think the following results are useful to me because the personality test gives me options on a certain career fields I could potentially consider for my personality type. The information will help me in figuring out my future career because I am one of those people who has not figured out what I want to do for the rest of my life. I think the results will help guide me into the right direction for a career. Finally, after exploring the personality page links, I learned that I appear to seem like an extrovert but I am an introvert. The following means that I am so well at connecting with people that it seems like I am an extrovert. Also, I learned that I am strongly humanitarian in outlook. I am not surprised by this because I have been told by others that I am an individual who always tries to help make things better for not just a community but for others. Overall, I found the personality test to be very informative and I am definitely going to pay close attention to certain areas about my personality type to see if my personality really is like the test says it

For each of us, knowing our personality type and temperament allows us to leverage our strengths and to recognize areas of weakness. This can also be extended to our interactions with others, so that we attempt to recognize the personality and temperaments of those around us, i.e. Typewatching, in order to facilitate more efficient and effective communication. In so doing, we can become better employees, managers, spouses, children, and, ultimately, for the Christian, more like Christ. The Myers-Briggs Personality Test can provide a general overview of one’s personality type as a starting point to positively influence organizational behavior.

In the first week of class, we were asked to complete the Myers Briggs Personality test, and then to read up on our results. Once I had completed the typology “test”, I received my results in the form of four letters: INTJ, and afterwards, I decided to view what the four letters represented. Likewise, once I had begun to read the explanation provided by the website, I found that I was agreeing with several of the sentiments, as I felt it not only described my personality to near perfection, but also for the reason of how it was allowing me to come to better understand and accept myself. In other words, I felt that the results were self-fulfilling since they reflected upon who I am, and also, who I am not. For instance, I have found that

I felt the Myers-Briggs type indicator results were accurate because I took it a year ago and it hasn’t changed. I have been a debater all my life and I am not going to change. The document that seemed most like me was “under stress, the ENTP may lose their ability to generate possibilities.” The document that seem least like me was “the least developed area for the ENTP is the Sensing-Feeling arena. Yes, the self-estimated type matches my reported type because a debater never hides from the truth. It was very interesting that this test match me better than most test.

In conclusion, all the four assessments showed my leadership qualities and areas need to be enriched. Student leadership inventory showed the three areas I need to focus which are 'Inspire a Shared Vision, challenge the Process, and Encourage the Heart'. Success in enterprise and in life has been, is now, and will continue to be a function of how well people work and engage with each other. Success in leadership depends on our capacity to build and sustain collaborative human relationships.

Knowing your personality types can be helpful because they show you what your natural inclinations are, but it is important to remember personality types are not boundaries which you never cross. A good example of natural preference was the “write your signature” exercise we did in Leadership class. When people were first told to write their signature, everyone did so with their dominant hand. This shows that people prefer to rely on their dominant and natural inclinations. This does not mean that non-dominant traits cannot be used; in fact, I think they can be helpful. In my Myers-Briggs test, it was said that I take in information by “sensing.” I agree with this, and there is nothing wrong with it. But sometimes, it is helpful to use more

“Live life to the fullest, and focus on the positive.” - Matt Cameron. In my opinion, part of living life to the fullest is being outgoing. This is due to the fact that I am an Extrovert. As an extrovert, I both engage and initiate conversation, I prefer to lead, and I have high energy levels.

There are many similarities between the categories developed by the researchers and the ones found within the scales. The learning and motivational characteristics are very similar to the Myers-Briggs personality tests. Many times the type of individual you are (Reis and Sullivan, 2009, p. 14) will influence how you learn and are motivated. For example, if you have intuition you are going to focus more on abstract ideas whereas a sensing individual tends to focus on more concrete information, such as recalling factual information, understanding analytical reasoning (Reis and Sullivan, 2009, p. 14). The distinction of a person as gifted is partially dependent upon an individual’s personality.