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Personal Quality : Personal Types : Characteristics Of Personality

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Everyone has a different personality that determines their patterns of behavior, thoughts, and feelings. Myers Briggs have determined that there are sixteen different personalities among people. Upon completing the short questionnaire, I have been assigned the logistician, or ISTJ, personality type. In the past, I have completed other personality tests when I was trying to decide on a major that most fit me. These other quizzes also resulted in this personality classification. With that in mind, I am not surprised at my results. Also, upon reading some of the common characteristics of a logistician, I felt that it described me best. According to www.16personalities.com, the defining characteristics are integrity, practical logic, and tireless dedication. This means that if a logistician says they are going to do something, then it is going to get done. I constantly find myself making lists of items or chores I need to get done for the day or week and will not sleep until it is done to my satisfaction. Laziness or constantly putting something off is one of my biggest pet peeves. I found the extent of this when I came to college and had to live in an apartment with roommates who were not use to living in a clean and organized environment. This has been the greatest struggle while at college. I have been trying to find the happy-medium between what I see as a completely dirty, messy disaster and other people seeing as a typical college apartment. A second characteristic is the aversion to depending on others. I have found that in group projects, I would much rather complete all the work instead of relying on others to contribute because I know that it will be completed correctly and satisfactory. Again, regarding to living with roommates, as frustrating as it can be to be the only one cleaning and making sure the apartment is somewhat presentable, I believe that it is the only way that it will be done properly and to my standard. I found that it was interesting that most career paths among the logistician personality type include those with respected tradition, authority, security, and established consistency. Common careers consist of military officers, lawyers, judges, and police officers. This was

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